It would be cool if somebody who knew Maori could read in Hinemoa, available from Gutenberg here:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22009/22009-h/22009-h.htm
Maori Language: Hinemoa
That would be great -- the story bit, particularly. (Though I'm sure we'd find listeners for the vocab list and notes, if they were recorded...)
There's honestly no such thing as a stupid question -- but I'm afraid I can't rule out giving a stupid answer : : To Posterity and Beyond!