Te Ika-a-Māui/North Island Kids Tee

From Cape Reinga to Wellington, the North Island brings us sandy beaches, volcanoes, mountain tops, large cities and some of the best summer roadies.  We're proud to be from Te Ika-a-Māui, and we're here to show it.   Do you know the story?  

Kids Tee comes in sizes 2-12 in Pink, Black, Grey and Blue.  The tees are mid weight, 100% combed cotton.

Māui fishes up the North Island
One of the greatest stories of Māori literature recounts the fishing up of the North Island. It begins with Māui and his brothers setting off on a fishing expedition. The elder brothers did not want to take Māui, so he hid in the canoe and did not reveal himself until they were out at sea. When he emerged he managed to convince his brothers to row out to the deepest part of the ocean, where he cast a fish hook made from his grandmother’s jawbone. It sank below the waves and fastened to the underwater house of Tonganui, the grandson of Tangaroa, god of the sea. Māui hauled up his catch above the water. The land, the North Island, became known as Te Ika-a-Māui (the fish of Māui).