Mauao / Mount Maunganui Going Global Framing with a magical and heart-breaking

with a magical and heart-breaking story

enhanced matte finish

Mauao's name

Hand drawn and printed New Zealand

Mauao / Mount Maunganui Going Global Framing with a magical and heart-breakingMount Maunganui (Mauao) is one of the most beautiful places in New Zealand, with a magical and heart breaking story. Mauao's name, meaning caught in the light of the day, comes from the legend in which Mauao was once a nameless mountain, spurned in love by the beautiful mountain Pwhenua. One night he begged the fairy like creatures of the forest to drag him to the ocean and end his misery. But the creatures fled as the morning suns rays struck, and he