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What do you think of Maui after seeing him in Moana?

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No one ever mentioned the Maui of legend in New Zealand, as a big fat samoan dude. But, it makes sense, if he was samoan or Hawaiian. Then Again, the script writers I feel were alluding to a hybrid of samoan origin and the Hawaiian story of Kamapua’a. Coincidently, he went to the island of Maui to live. read more

Specifically, the island he pulled up was the north island of New Zealand. The South Island is supposedly his canoe, which was overturned, and his brothers frozen into stone on top. For this reason, the islands in the māori language are called Te Ika A Maui, (The fish of Maui) and Te Waka A Maui, (The Canoe of Maui). read more

While Disney’s version of Maui differs wildly from their own, previous Maui portrayers are eager to see what the creators of “Moana” have come up with. “I’ve got two young boys, so I’ll take them to that, for sure,” Mr. McNeil said. read more

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