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the battle of the mountains retold by the children in space 14

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the battle of the mountains long ago in the north island there were five mountains who loved pihanga they came to a decision in that they would have to fight for her the battle went on for years one day putauaki and taranaki had had enough and walked off tauhara did the same and so tongariro had pihanga all to himself zac jans

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zac

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the battle of the mountains once there were five mountains four of them were men they fought for the girl three retreated and went when the sun came up they froze gabriel collier

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gabriel

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the battle of the mountains once upon a time there were 5 mountains one of the mountains names was tongariro he was the mighty chief another mountain s name was taranaki he was a snowy mountain and he was as big as tongariro there were two more male mountains named tauhara and putauaki they were smaller than the other two but they glared at the mighty tongariro then there was a beautiful mountain named pihanga which all of the male mountains loved pihanga lived a little further from the others she was sad about the trouble that was brewing between her mate tongariro and the other mountains then one day they had a battle taranaki blew a huge boulder at tongariro and tongariro did it back tauhara and putauaki burst lava at the back of tongariro for days and months and years the battle went on and the land shook until tauhara and putauaki gave up and moved away tauhara moved somewhere around lake taupo and putauaki moved further away taranaki carried on until he was puffed up and left tongariro and pihanga became husband and wife kerehi tamati

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kerehi

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the battle of the mountains tongariro tauhara putauaki and taranaki had a fight then they went in the river to see tongariro then they went back home guy hohepa

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guy

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the battle of the mountains the 4 volcanoes were very tough but the big chief was the toughest suddenly the mountains challenged tongariro tongariro won against the 3 mountains then he married pihanga then they lived happily ever after gary tunbridge

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gary

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the battle of the mountains tongariro tauhara putauaki and taranaki were all in love with a beautiful mountain called pihanga the mountains battled for years tauhara was tired and moved away putauaki and taranaki were tired too they moved away they froze when the sun rose tongariro and pihanga lived for ever michael hartley

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the battle of the mountains one beautiful mountain called pihanga and the dad mountain called tongariro were going to get married but some other mountains came along they were called tauhara putauaki and taranaki tongariro challenged the other mountains for a battle tongariro won the battle jake marks

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jake

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