Kawariki and the Shark Man

Super Great Kids' Stories

Kids & Family, Education For Kids, Stories For Kids

4.5 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Kawariki is secretly in love with a shark man. Well, he wasn’t a shark when she fell in love with him, but her Dad who has magic powers, wants her to marry someone else, so he turns the man she loves into a shark. Eek! Listen to Emmy Bidois tell this Maori tale, from Aotearoa (New Zealand) and see how the power of love, and help from a sea goddess helps solve this problem. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to super great kids' stories.
0:18.4	Wise tales from storytellers around the world which will make you laugh
0:23.6	and sometimes cry. Recommended for ages 5 to 105. I'm Kim and I love stories.
0:35.6	Hello super great kids. Today we have a Maori story from New Zealand or
0:42.0	Aotearoa called Kawariki and the Shark Man. It's told by Emmy Bidwa, who told you the story
0:51.1	how Maui slowed the sun. How are you super great kids?
0:57.0	I hope you've had a happy week.
0:59.0	I'm very happy and it's because of you.
1:02.0	My reason to be cheerful is that lots of you have been helping us
1:06.0	by pre-ordering our super great book, which is very kind of you. It puts a skip in our walk and a wag
1:14.1	in our tail, so thank you to everyone who's been helping us with that. Last week, we had a cat story,
1:23.7	and this week we have a shark story.
1:30.3	Quite a few of you've asked for a shark story and I found it rather difficult to find a traditional tale with a shark in it.
1:35.9	But, Emmy Bidwa from New Zealand or Aoteiroa, she knew one.
1:42.1	It makes sense because lots of sharks live around the coast of New Zealand,
1:47.2	particularly great white sharks, which are very big,
1:51.6	about half the length of your average bus.
1:54.9	And they've got about 300 sharp teeth to chomp their sneaky snacks down with.
2:00.8	Happily, humans are not generally on the Great White Sharks list of favourite Snicky Snacks.
2:07.8	Just before we hear from Emmy, here is a little question for you.
2:12.6	In this story, we have a character who sometimes takes the shape of a man and sometimes a shark.
2:20.5	Lots of traditional tales include people who can change shape.
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