ON AN ISLAND CALLED MATA NUI SIX TOA HEROES WASH ASHORE IN SIX CANISTERS. AFTER BUILDING THEMSELVES UP, THEY DISCOVER THEIR KANOHI MASKS AND THEIR ELEMENTAL POWERS: FIRE, WATER, STONE, EARTH, AIR AND ICE.
THE TOA, NAMED TOA MATA, EACH MEET THE TARUGA, THE ELDERS OF EACH VILLAGE, OR NU, ON MATA NUI. EVENTUALLY, THEY MEET EACH OTHER AND DISCUSS THE NEXT COURSE OF ACTION.
THEY BEGIN TO SEARCH THEIR OWN FIVE OTHER MASKS, HIDDEN ON MATA NUI.
EACH MASK THAT THEY FOUND HAD THE POWERS OF ONE OF THE OTHER....