Apparently wanting nothing to do with their son, Maui's parents threw him into the sea as an infant, and left him for dead. He was saved by the gods, who raised Maui, granting supernatural abilities, immortality, and a magical fish hook that allows him to shapeshift.
Why did Maui’s hook not work?
In Disney's movie "Moana," Maui's hook was not used to return Te Fiti's heart because it had been lost for a long time, and Maui himself had lost the ability to use it.
Why did Maui lose his powers?
Why couldn t Maui shapeshift?
The hook is notable in that it grants Maui the ability to shapeshift. The hook itself disappears into Maui's animal body whenever he does so, as its shape is seen on the wing of Maui's hawk form. Without the hook, however, Maui cannot perform this ability.
Why did the Maui alarms not go off?
Andaya ultimately said that officials feared residents would believe a tsunami was coming and evacuate to higher ground if they heard the sirens. “Had we sounded the siren that night we're afraid that people would've gone mauka,” he said, using the Hawaiian directional term that can mean toward the mountains or inland.