Tamatoa finds a beautiful piece of greenstone. Po tells him he must use it to make something special, but Tamatoa forgets. When a fierce wind threatens the village, Tamatoa races to complete a gift to appease the angrey wind....
Based on the original characters created by David Zakaria, to introduce Maori stories to New Zealand children in a modern style. Tamatoa finds a huge egg in the forest, and sets off in search of the mother bird....
12 beautiful huia birds play and sing in the forest. But is that a canoe arriving?A rat sniffling? A ship on the horizon? One by one, as Maori and Europeans arrive with animals and tools, the pristine forest shrinks and the huia start to disappear...