The necklace

Ever since my necklace was put around my neck,
I knew by a glimpse it was a very special gift,
From the plaited black string to the designed carved whalebone,
It has a history like no other.

This is a story about a necklace,
Maui took his grandmother’s jawbone and used it as a fish hook,
But he had no bait,
So he punched himself in the nose until it bled,
Smeared it on the jawbone,
And threw it out to sea.
Finally, he pulled a big stingray out,
The stingray was the North Island,
And that is how the North Island came to be.

Ever since my necklace around my neck,
I knew that I am a special gift,
Made from blood and bone,
I will make history like no other.