Who fished new zealand from the sea?

Answer 1

The demigod Maui fished the North Island of New Zealand from the sea. Maui is a prominent figure in Polynesian mythology and most Polynesian cultures have a myth of Maui fishing up their land from the Pacific Ocean. The Maui myth is particularly prominent in Maori mythology probably because the shape of the North Island does closely resemble a fish, particularly a stingray with its tail in the north, wellington harbour as its eye, Taranaki and East Cape are its wings and the Coromandel Peninsula is the spine of its tail. The South Island is likened to the waka (canoe) Maui used to catch the fish and Stewart Island is likened to the anchor stone of Maui's waka.