Tangi ana te Pere

Written by Maxine Hēmi | illustrations by Andrew Burdan

Children enjoy singing when their teacher, Nanny Hineari, plays an autoharp. When the harp goes missing, the children and Nanny search everywhere, but it seems lost. Only a fantail saw elves taking the harp, and it leads Nanny to the place they are practising for a bush band competition.

The elves’ band sounds terrible, so Nanny gives them some help, and they win the competition and quietly return the harp. The children are delighted, and only Nanny and fantail know what really happened.