Welcome to Season 2 of Dragonfly Tales, a story podcast for children of all ages. We hope you have enjoyed some holiday fun where you are!This episode, we welcome storyteller Sef Townsend to the podcast.  Sef has spent many years animating children and adults through the medium of story, language, rhythm and song and he is equally at home in a nursery school; in the family atmosphere of a local festival; or at a national museum. Recent work has taken him from shantytown schools in South Africa to the British Museum; from the Korean Traditional Performing Arts Centre to remote villages in the West Bank.In the last couple of years he has shared stories, given workshops and conducted his own research in Belgium, China, Italy, Argentina, and Chile, as well as writing ‘London Folktales for Children’, with colleague Anne Johnson,  and their ‘London’s River Folktales for Children’ will be published by The History Press early next year.

If you want to find out more about Sef, visit his website HERE.Our story is from Aotearoa New Zealand and is an old Maori myth.  The Maoris are the indigenous people of Aotearoa and you can learn lots about their history and culture HERE.Maui is a trickster demi-god, and is always up to something.  But many of his tales are about how he created and formed Aotearoa.  You can read more about Maui and the myths of this amazing place HERE.We  also ADORE this play of Maui Tames The Sun  so check it out HERE.

If you would like a SHOUT OUT, or to tell a tale on the podcast, the best thing to do is join the Dragonfly Tales story chat on Facebook.  However, if you don't use Facebook, you can email us at [email protected] and we will try our best to give you a shout out.

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