Maui was an archetypal hero in Polynesian style, He was the last-born in his family so his rank was low but he compensated for this by being far more resourceful and imaginative than his brothers. In the fishing legend Maui smuggled himself aboard his brothers canoe in Hawaiki, the 'traditional homeland'. The brothers were annoyed by his trickery and wanted to return to shore but by this they were far from land when he was found that they decided to continue their fishing expedition as planned. After the brothers had filled their canoe with their catch, Maui produced his own hook, the barb of which was made from a fragment of his grandmother's jawbone. The other brothers refused him bait so Maui struck his own nose and smeared the hook with his blood. He lowered the line and almost immediately hooked a fish of unimaginable size. The only way he could haul it up was by reciting a chant to make heavy weights become light. When this mighty fish had been brought to the surface Maui left the canoe to find a priest to make offerings to the gods and perform the appropriate rituals and thank them for such a magnificent catch. He warned his brothers not to touch the great creature until this was complete. The brothers, however, ignored him and left the canoe and commenced scaling the fish and hacking bits off it. The fish raised its fins and writhed in agony. As the sun rose the flesh became solid underfoot, its surface rough and mountainous because of the brothers mutilation. It remained that way, and the name given to it was 'Te Ika-a-Maui', the 'fish of Maui'. It is what we know today as the 'North Island of New Zealand'. The South Island is known as 'Te Waka a Maui' (the waka of Maui). Stewart Island, which lies at the very bottom of New Zealand, is known as 'Te Punga a Maui' (Maui's anchor), as it was the anchor holding Maui's waka as he pulled in the giant fish.