Index

A

• Absolutory rites, 10, 60.
• Adam's apple, origin of, 43.
• Addenda: Maori text, 65.
• Adze: symbolic use of ceremonial form, 52. See also Hewing, Timber.
• Afterbirth: how disposed of, 21.
• Afterbirth a potential danger, 21.
• Agricultural tools, 81.
• Ahi tupopoto, 14.
• Aho ariki, 12.
• Akaaka-matua appealed to, 82.
• Ara whanui a Tane, infant called upon to traverse, 17.
• Aristocratic tendencies of Maori, 9.
• Aromea, 18.
• Arts and crafts taught to boys, 62, 80, 81.
• Asiatic-Polynesian parallels, 61.
• Aspersion: ceremonial, 31, 32, 43, 61.
• Atinuku, Te, 55.
• Attendant assists woman in labour, 18.
• Attendants of lying-in woman, 14.
  • Duties of, 14.
  • Isolated, 14.
  • See also Puhi, Rauhi, Tapuhi.
• Atua—
  • Appealed to in karakia tohi, 63, 83.
  • Appealed to in karakia whaihanga, 63.
  • Empower rites, 38, 39.
  • Offerings to, 61.
• Atutahi-ma-Rehua, 51.
• Awhiorangi, Te, 52.

B

• Baptism of infant, 10 on. See also Tohi, Tua.
• Baptism, place of, carefully chosen, 28.
• Baptismal feast, 37, 38.
• Baptismal font a pure stream, 10, 37.
  • See also Wai matua.
• Baptismal party—
  • Arrival at village, 35.
  • Ceremonial return of, 34.
  • Faced east, 29.
  • Marches to font, 29.
  • Tapu lifted from, 38.
• Bark of "lacebark" as bandage, 19.
• Bark stove or brazier of lying-in hut, 14.
• Betrothal of infants, 44.
• Betrothal: offer of, could not be refused, 44.
• Bird released in baptismal rite, 61.
• Birth—
  • Difficult cases of, 16, 17, 57, 58, 59, 60.
  • See also Rauru nui.
  • Influenced by moon, 59.
• Of infant: how registered, 32.
• Birth customs among commoners, 9.
• Birth customs among high-class families, 9.
• Boys trained in arts and crafts, 62, 63.

C

• Caesarean operation, 20.
• Canoe—
  • Outrigger mentioned, 81.
  • Parts of, 81.
  • Poutoko and tawatawa of, 81.
• Canoe-making, 81.
• Canoes of heke to New Zealand, 52.
• Ceremonial phrases, 46, &c.
• Chanted greeting to infant, 23, 26, 67.
• Charm to avert evil omen, 34.
• Charms: many do not refer to subject, 61.
  • See also Karakia.
• Child: apparatus to assist it to stand, 49.
• Child not fed in tapu hut, 49.
• Childbirth—
  • Few deaths in, formerly, 22.
  • Tutelary being of, 15.
  • See also Labour, Parturition.
• Children, betrothal of, 44, 45, 46.
• Children instructed by means of songs, 49, 50.
• Christianity based on preceding faiths, 61.
• Comfortless surroundings of lying-in woman, 9.
• Conception—
  • Brings congratulations, 12.
  • Miraculous, 11, 12, 34.
  • Rite to cause, 10.
  • Rite to prevent, 13, 41.
• Confession a Maori usage in rites, 60.
• Cooked food pollutes tapu, 38.
• Cradles, 49.

D

• Dancing. See Posture.
• Dark-skinned folk in New Zealand, 55.
• Death in childbirth—
  • Cause of, 22.
  • Increase in, 22.
• Departmental gods applied to by commoners, 9.
• Difficult birth, 16, 17, 57, 58, 59, 60, 80.
  • Formulae employed in, 16, 17, 58, 80.
  • Means an unruly child, 16, 59.
• Divinatory rites, 20, 32, 43.
• Divine element in man, 11.
• Divorce, 20.

E

• Ear-piercing ceremonial, 57.
• Earth Mother, period of labour of, 16, 57.
• Elders of infant greeted, 26, 27.
• Embryo: first part to assume form, 11.
• Ewe (afterbirth), 21.

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F

• Fatigue relieved by massage, 48.
• Feast, baptismal, 37.
• Female sex. See Sex, Women.
• Female sex receptive and protective, 11.
• Fire: how made in hut, 14.
• Fish-hooks, 82.
• Flax-tow, names of, 19.
• Form of thanksgiving for safe delivery, 17.
• Formula—
  • Addressed to newly-born infant, 23, &c.
  • Addressed to unborn infant, 17.
  • Pertaining to absolutory rite, 10.
  • Recited by Paia when Rangi and Papa were separated, 86.
  • Recited by Tane over Hine-titama, 12.
  • Recited over boys in manual training, 63.
  • Recited over betrothed couple, 45.
• Formulae—
  • Archaic expressions in, 40.
  • Baptismal, 30, 31, 32, 34, 40, 41, 42, 70 on, 83.
  • Employed in cases of difficult birth, 16, 17, 58, 80.
  • Employed in conception-causing rite, 10, 12.
  • Employed in koroingo ceremony, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27.
  • Employed in parturition, 16, 17.
  • Intoned, 23, 36.
  • See also Chant, Charms, Karakia.
• Fructifying agents, 11.
• Fructifying charm, 12.

G

• Garments, names of, 35. See also Mahiti,Nudity.
• Genealogies embedded in songs, 53, 54, 55.
• Gifts—
  • A common ceremonial feature of functions, 47.
  • Betrothal, 45, 46; disposal of, 47; how presented, 46.
  • Made to newly-born infant, 10, 22, 28, 45.
  • Marked conception function, 12.
  • To officiating expert, 38.
• Gilgit cedar causes conception, 11.
• "Goddess" presiding over childbirth, 15.

H

• Hair placed with umbilical cord, 20
• Hapu=a pregnant woman, 18, 76.
• Haronga-rangi and Tiunga-rangi, 54.
• Hautakere-nuku, &c., 54.
• Heavens raised, 52, 86.
• Hewing timber, 63, 81.
• Hihira ki uta, 51.
• Hiki-pakupaku, oriori for, 52.
• Hina and Maui, 15.
• Hina and Tangaroa control tides, 15.
• Hina and Tiki, 15.
• Hina and Tinirau, 15.
• Hineahuone, 10; pure rite over, 42.
• Hine-kauorohia restrains Wind Children, 25.
• Hine-korako, 15. See also Korako, 83.
• Hine-korito, 15.
• Hine-kotea, 15.
• Hine-makehu, 15.
• Hine-makohu, or Hine-makohurangi, the Mist Maid, 16, 60. See also Makohurangi.
• Hine-matioro, 57.
• Hine-rauwharangi, 24, 27.
  • How conceived, 12.
• Hine-rurumai, 16, 60.
• Hine-te-ahuru, the Star Mother, 16, 60.
• Hine-te-iwaiwa, 15.
• Hine-titama—
  • Fructifying charm repeated over, 12.
  • Gives birth to Hine-rauwharangi, 27.
  • Places pomum Adami in Tane's throat, 42.
  • Possible origin of name, 50.
• Hine-titama and Tane, 51.
• Hokai rauru maruaitu, 16, 60, &c.
• Hokai rauru nui, &c., 16, &c.
  • See also Rauru.
• Homelands of Maori, two, 64.
• Hono-i-wairua, 23.
• Hori Ropiha discourses on Maori women, 21, 79.
• Houkamau, toro of, 48.
• Houruru, genealogy from, 55, 56.
• House prepared for baptismal party, 34.
• Huakipouri, 23.
• Huhuti, Te, 55.
• Huiarei, 41.
• Hui-te-ananui "house," 17, 27, 50.
• Hui-te-rangiora, 58.
• Human sacrifice at tohi rite, 38.
• Huru-te-arangi, 25, 31.

I

• Idioms, peculiar, 11, 37, 42, 43, 45, 46, 48, 49, &c.
• Ihi, maru, and poautinitini qualities, 42.
• Iho, 16. See also Umbilical cord.
• Iho o Kataka, a fructifying tree, 11.
• Ihorangi, Te (represents rain), 41.
• Ihu-papangarua, 52.
• Immersion, in rites, 32, 43, 60. See also Aspersion, Baptism.
• Infant—
  • Adjured to acquire knowledge, 32.
  • Called upon to enter world, 17.
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• Infant—continued.
  • Care of, 19.
  • Dedicated to Io, 10, 40.
  • Face of, wetted in baptismal rite, 32.
  • Greeted, 9, 17, 22, 27, 37.
  • Immersed, in baptismal rite, 32.
  • Sprinkled with water, 32.
  • Welcomed into world of life, 9, 18, 22, 27.
• Infants—
  • Massaged, 48, 49.
  • Peculiar songs composed for, 49.
    • See also Oriori.
  • See also Boys, Child, Children.
• Insults avenged, 45.
• Insults, memory of, kept alive by songs, 51, 52, 53, 54.
• Inutai, a peculiar query, 46.
• Invocations, symbols connected with, 10.
• Io—
  • Appealed to in ritual formulae, 10, 25, 30, 31, 36, 40, 41, 86.
  • Cult a restricted one, 9.
  • Names of, 39 &c.
  • Names of: how used in formulae, 39, 40.
  • Seed of life emanated from, 11.
  • The source of life, welfare, tapu, mana, 25.
• Io-mataaho, 40.
• Io-matakaka, 41.
• Io-matangaro, 40, 50.
• Io-matua, 40.
• Io-matua-te-kore, 30, 31, 41.
• Io-taketake, 40.
• Io-tama-akaaka, 40.
• Io-te-waiora, &c., 40.
• Io-te-wananga, 31, 40.
• Ira atua, 11.
• Irihia, the homeland, 63.
  • A hot-climate land, 63.
  • Clothing of, 63.
  • Peculiar marriage custom of, 63, 64.

K

• Kahui-pou, 52.
• Kahukura (atua), 54.
• Kahungunu-matangi-rau, 53.
• Kahurangi=female of high rank, 28.
• Kahu-taringa, 52.
• Karakia, definition of, 9.
• Karakia hono (betrothal formula), 45, 47.
• Karakia pertaining to Toi, 41.
• Karakia tohi, 40. See also Tohi.
  • See also Charms, Formulae, Invocations.
• Karauria baptized at Tapu-te-ranga Isle, 31, 57, 62.
• Kete o te wananga obtained by Tane, 50.
• Kokiti-uru rite, 13.
• Koroingo ceremony, 9, 22.
• Korowhitiwhiti, a form of cradle, 49.
• Kunenga, or conception, 11.
• Kura-tawhiti, of Hawke's Bay, 55, 56.
• Kurawaka, 23.
• Kuwatawata, Te, 50.

L

• Labour—
  • Period of, 57.
  • Period of, based on that of Earth Mother, 16.
  • Position of woman in parturition, 18.
  • Signs of, 14.
  • Terms applied to, 16.
• Lads, training of, 62.
• Leaf, symbol of infant, 10.
  • Deposited in whare kohanga, 11.
• Lunar months, 12.
• Lying-in hut a temporary structure, 13.
• Lying-in woman segregated, 13. See also Attendants.

M

• Mahanga-tikaro, birth of, 58.
• Mahinarangi, 57.
• Mahiti cape: how adorned, 44.
• Main narrative, subjects of, 9.
• Maioha ceremony, 22.
• Makahakaha, a plant, 19.
• Makohurangi, 41. See also Hine-makohurangi.
• Male sex is active, 11.
• Mana atua, 39, 41.
• Maori text, 65.
• Maoris regret decay of old modes of life, 22.
• Marriage—
  • Aphorism pertaining to, 47.
  • Custom of Irihia, 63, 64.
  • Custom of Mangaia, 64.
  • Of betrothed couple, 47.
  • Political, 45.
• Mārū appealed to in cases of difficult birth, 58.
• Mārū=desirable qualities in man, 42.
• Maruaroa season, 16, 24, 58.
• Maruiwi, 55.
• Massage of infants, 48, 49.
• Massage, three forms of, 48.
• Mat, ceremonial, 28.
• Matahiia pito stone, 19, 20.
• Matangi-reia, 50.
• Matorohanga, the pundit, 9.
• Mauri ora, 32.
• Measurement, units of, 19.
• Meremere (planet), 51.
• Miri aroha rite, 20.
• Mist Maid guards Star Children. See Hine-makohu, Makohurangi.
• Moa destroyed by fire, 53.
• Moana-o-kura, 40.
• Moana-o-rongo, 40.
• Moe-te-ao and her twins, 58.
• Moon goddess presides over childbirth, 15.page 90
• Moon influences birth of child, 59.
• Moon influences disposition of child, 59.
• Moon Maidens aid voyagers, 15.
• Moon, nights of, 59.
• Mother, purification of, 21.
• Mother's milk, substitute for, 48.

N

• "Nest house," 13.
• Ngai-nui, &c., 53.
• Ngati-Mamoe, 55; genealogy, 56.
• Nudity essential in ritual performances, 29.
• Nurses or attendants. See Puhi, Tapuhi, Wahine rauhi.

O

• Ohomairangi, 25.
• Oho rangi rite, 32.
• Omens, 34, 43, &c.
• Origin of data, 9.
• Oriori tamariki, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55.
• Oriori of—
  • Ngarangi, 52.
  • Rangikawea, 53.
  • Tahatu, 55.
  • Tamahau, 51.
  • Waikaraka, 52.
• Orongonui season, 27, 59.
• Orotu, Te (of Napier), 55, 56.
• Ovens, special, for leading persons, 37.

P

• Paeaki, 54.
• Paerangi, Te, 50.
• Pae whakairi, or "dumb nurse," 18.
• Pae whakaruru, or "dumb nurse," 18.
• Pakokori, a form of cradle, 49.
• Papa, the Earth Mother. See Earth Mother.
• Papa the Parentless, 30.
• Papa matua te kore, 30.
• Paparoa, place of baptism, 20, 29.
  • How prepared, 29.
  • Arrangement of persons at, 29.
• Parawera-nui, 25.
• Parawhenua personifies water, 37.
• Paremata gifts, 46.
• Pari-rangi, Pari-nuku, 51.
• Parturition, 15.
  • Position of woman in, 18.
  • Use of "dumb nurse" in, 18.
• People greet infant at "nest house," 22.
  • See also under Infant.
• Personal-name origins, 61.
• Personifications, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 32, 34, 36, 39, 41, 42, 43, 50, 51, 54, 58, 60, 61, 63, 66, 67, 70, 71, 73, 74, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 83, 86.
• Phallic eel, 15.
• Physical features admired by Maori, 64.
• Pipiri, star and season name, 53.
• Pito=umbilical cord, 16. See under Umbilical cord.
• Place-name origins, 58.
• Po, periods of, 59, 60, 77.
• Poautinitini=afflictions, misfortune, 42.
• Pohokura, 54.
• Porakaraka, a form of cradle, 49.
• Posture dancing accompanies oratory, 23, 24, 25, 26.
• Po tahuri atu, 60.
• Po tahuri ki taiao, 60.
• Po tamaku, &c., 59.
• Po taruaitu, 59.
• Potiki whakahirahira, 21.
• Pourangahua, 54.
• Poutere-rangi, 50.
• Pou-titi, &c., 52.
• Poutu-i-te-rangi, 24.
• Pou uekaha, 20.
• Priest immerses self and infant, 32.
• Priests. See Tohunga.
• Primal offspring, dispersal of, 16.
• Primogeniture, strict preservation of, 41.
• Props used to support sky, 52.
• Proverbial sayings, 21, 37, 45, 48, 49.
• Puainuku appealed to, 12.
• Puhao-rangi, 25.
• Puhi=attendants. See Tapuhi.
• Puhi-ariki, in karakia, 18.
• Puke-hauone, 24.
• Punctilious greeting of infant and mother, 22.
• Pure rite, 9, 10, 27, 33, 34, 38, 42.
  • Often distinct from whakanoa, 38.
  • Performed over Hineahuone, 42.
  • Reception of baptismal party, 35.

R

• Rakahore personifies rock, 37.
• Rakaiora: origin of name, 61.
• Rakau-tuke, &c., 52.
• Rangahua, 54.
• Rangi and Papa separated: formula recited, 86.
• Rangiahua, 34.
• Rangiatea, 50.
• Rangi-kamangungu, 53.
• Rarohenga, 42.
• Rauhi, or attendant, caretaker, 13.
• Rauru, iho, pito =umbilical cord, 16.
• Rauru maruaitu, 16, 60.
• Rauru motu, 16.
• Rauru nui, 16, 58, 59, 60.
• Rauru whiwhia, 16, 58, 60.
• Raurumatua appealed to, 82.
• Rehua, 25.
• Renata Kawepo, 56.
• Repehina (lacebark) as a bandage, 19.
• Revenge, keen spirit of, in Maori, 51, 53, 54.page 91
• Rites. See Absolutory, Aspersion, Atua, Baptism, Baptismal, Bird, Charms, Conception, Confession, Divinatory, Divorce, Formulae, Hinetitama, Immersion, Invocations, Io, Karakia, Karauria, Kokoti-uru, Koroingo, Maioha, Maru, Mat, Miri, Mother, Nudity, Oho, Ovens, Paparoa, Priest, Pure, Rangi, Tane, Taupa, Tohi, Tua, Tuapa, Tupa, Turuma, Umbilical cord, Wai tapu, Water, Whakahoro, Whakaingo, Whakanoa, Whakapa, Whakato.
• Rongo appealed to, 83.
• Rongoiamoa, 54.
• Rongokako, 53.
• Rongokako and mana atua, 41.
• Rongomai appealed to, 63, 80.
• Rongomai-matua, 34.
• Rongomai-tahanui, 24.
• Rongomai-tuwaho, 36.
• Rongomai-whakateka, 36.
• Rongo-maraeroa, 24.
• Rongoueroa, a daughter of Toi, 42.
• Rowhitu-papa, 53.
• Rua-i-te-pukenga, &c., 12, 23, 24, 36.
• Ruaki-motumotu, 51.
• Ruarangi and Toi, 41.
• Ruatapu and Kahutia, 53.
• Ruatau appealed to, 41.
• Ruaumoko, the earth-shaker, 43.
• Rumakina, 54.

S

• Sayings concerning women, 21.
• Seasons, 13. See also Maruaroa, Orongonui.
• Segregation in parturition, 13; in sickness, 13.
• Self-burning stove, 14.
• Sex detected prior to birth, 15.
• Sex, functions of, 11.
• Sick persons segregated, 13.
• Signs betokening sex of unborn infant, 15.
• Sky propped up, 52.
• Songs, children taught per medium of, 49, 50.
• Songs composed for infants, 49-55.
• Songs composed to commemorate insults, 51.
• Spirit or soul. See Wairua.
• Stars—
  • In care of Mist Maid and Star Mother, 60.
  • Names of, 51.
  • Offspring of Earth Mother, 60.
• Stone cist, umbilical cord placed in, 20.
• Stone-flake knife to sever umbilical cord, 18.
• Stone symbol in conception-preventing rite, 13.
• Stone, umbilical cord placed in, 19, 20.
• Symbols employed in rites, 10, 13, 15.

T

• Tahekeroa: the descent to underworld, 42.
• Tahuaroa = this world, the earth, 17.
• Tahuaroa = seat of parents at pure ceremony, 35.
• Taiwhetuki, 52.
• Takamai-ahuahu, 24.
• Takamai te ahurangi, a thunder-name, 30.
• Takamaitu, a thunder-name, 30.
• Takapau wharanui, a ceremonial mat, 27.
• Takotoranga pito tamari (receptacle for umbilical cord), 19.
• Tama-akaakanui, 62.
• Tamahau, song by, 51.
• Tama-nui-te-ra = the sun, 28, 51.
• Tamatea and Ihuparapara, 33.
• Tane—
  • Appealed to in parturition, 17.
  • Ascends to heavens, 25, 51.
  • Baptized in heavens, 25, 44.
  • His charm recited over Hine-titama, 12.
  • Slays Tuarangi, 52.
• Tane and Hine-titama, 50.
• Tane-matangi-nui, 62.
• Tangaiwaho appealed to, 82.
• Tangaroa and Hina controlled tides, 15.
• Tapu—
  • Formulae not repeated in public, 25.
  • Hereditary and self-made, 37.
  • Influences treatment of lying-in women, 9.
  • Lifted from whare kohanga, 21.
  • Of birth, 9, 13, 14, 61, 62.
  • Of infant, 37.
  • Of Io, 44.
  • Persons fed by others, 37.
  • Person treated with respect, 37.
  • Polluted by presence of women, 39.
  • Tohunga, 37.
• Tapu ariki, 37.
• Tapuhi = nurses, attendants, 12, 14, 18, 38.
• Tapu-te-ranga Isle (Napier), 31, 57.
• Taraia, of Hawke's Bay, 56.
• Tara-kumukumu, 54.
• Tattooing, 49.
• Taumau = infant betrothal, 44.
• Taunaha, custom of, 45.
• Taunaha wahine, a "wife-bespeaking" function, 63, 85.
• Taupa rite, 13, 42.
• Tawhirirangi, 30.
• Tawhiti-nui, Tawhiti-pamamao, &c., 23, 53.
• Thunder demanded from heavens, 30, 32, 34.page 92
• Thunder, proper names for, 30.
• Timber-hewing, 63, 81.
• Timber-splitting, 63.
• Time reckoned by nights, 59.
• Titi-parauri, &c., 25.
• Tiwhaia appealed to, 82.
• Tohi ariki form of baptismal rite, 40, 44.
• Tohi kura form of baptismal rite, 44.
• Tohi raupara form of baptismal rite, 44.
• Tohi ururangi form of baptismal rite, 28.
• Tohi rite—
  • Description of, 28.
  • Performed over first-born son only, 61.
  • Performed over Hine-rauwharangi, 28.
  • Pertaining to war, 42.
  • Rarely performed over females, 57.
  • Several grades of, 44.
• Tohiora. See tohunga tohiora.
• Tohunga = priestly experts, 10, 17, 28, 30, 37.
• Tohunga recompensed for services, 38.
• Tohunga tohiora, 30.
• Tohunga whakairi, 30, 31.
• Toi and descendants, &c., 54.
• Toi huarewa, path to heaven, 28.
• Toiora of man guarded by Dawn Maid, 36.
• Toka a Hinemoko, a tuahu, 58.
• Toki aronui, 63.
• Toki tata, 63, 81.
• Toko-hurunuku, &c., 52.
• Tonganuikaea, 25.
• Tools, boys taught to use, 62.
• Toro, or envoy, 45.
  • Duties of, 48.
  • How received, 48.
• Training of boys, 62.
• Tua rite, 33, 40, 61, 62.
• Tuahiwi nui o Hine-moana, 33.
• Tuahu. See Toka, Wahi tapu, Wai tapu.
• Tuapa rite, 42.
• Tuapapa personifies rock, 37.
• Tuarangi, 52.
• Tuatea and Tarakumukumu, 54.
• Tumatahuki, 42.
• Tumatakaka, 42.
• Tumatarauwiri, 42.
• Tumatatawera, 42.
• Tumatauenga and Whiro, 42.
  • Two-edged weapons of, 43.
• Tuna, the phallic eel, 15.
• Tupa rite to prevent conception, 42.
• Tupai-whakarongo-wananga, 24.
• Turauwha, 56.
• Turuma (latrine), rites performed at, 25, 38; why, 38.
• Tutumaiao, 42.
• Twelve po, 60.
• Twins: how received by Maori, 21.

U

• Uenuku-rangi and Ihuparapara, 33.
• Uenuku-titi, baptism of, 33.
• Uenuku-tuwhatu, a fructifying stone, 11.
• Uepata, 53.
• Umbilical cord—
  • Buried, 32, 72; place of burial named, 33.
  • Disposal of, 19, 20, 32, 72.
  • How severed, 18.
  • How tied, 19.
  • Immersed in water, 31.
  • In divinatory rite, 20.
  • Inserted in carved image, 20.
  • Inserted in post, 20.
  • Inserted in stone, 19.
  • Marks land-boundary, 19.
  • Names of, 16.
  • Placed in stone cist, 20.
  • Set adrift in stream, 20.
  • Used in baptismal rite, 30.
  • See also Iho, Pito, Rauru
• Umu mataki tini, 37.
• Umu rauroha, 37.
• Umu tara, 37.
• Upoko-poito fight, 53.

W

• Wahi tapu, 11. See also Toka, Wai tapu.
• Wahine ariki, 12.
• Wahine rauhi, 13.
• Wai matua, 33, 37.
• Wai matua o Tuapapa, 37.
• Wairua: when implanted in embryo, 12.
• Wai tapu, 10.
• Wai tohi, 33, 44.
• Waka huruhuru manu, 54.
• Waka taupo, 20.
• Water for baptismal rite: purity essential, 37, 44.
• Water, tohunga spiritually insulated in, 44.
• Waves figuratively chopped through, 52.
• Weaning infants, 48.
• Weapons used in pure ceremony, 35.
• Wehinui-a-mamao, 57.
• Wero i te marie (star), 51.
• Wero i te ninihi (star), 51.
• Whakaaraara pa chant, 26, 34.
• Whakahoro rite, 10.
• Whakaingo ceremony, 35.
• Whakanoa of baptismal party, 38.
• Whakapa rite, 13.
• Whakaruaumoko in Rarohenga, 42.
• Whakato tamariki rite, 10, 12.
• Whale's teeth as prized gifts, 12.
• Whanau kehu a Tangaroa, 15.
• Whanganui-a-Orotu (Napier Harbour), 57.
• Whare kahu, 13, 62.
• Whare kohanga, or "nest house", 13, 61, 62.
  • Destroyed, 21.
  • Location of, 14.
  • Names of, 28.
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• Whare kura, 50, 51.
• Whare motunau of Mangaia, 64.
• Whare puhi, 13, 28.
• Whare rauhi, 13.
• Whare tupapaku, 13.
• Whare wananga, 40, 44.
• Whare whakakahu, 62.
• Whariki wharanui, 28.
• Whatumamoa, 55.
• Whiro assails Tane and mankind, 42.
• Whiro descends Tahekeroa, 43.
• Whiro fails to reach uppermost heaven, 50.
• Whiro versus Tumatauenga, 42.
• Whitianaunau, 50.
• Wind Children, 25, 26.
• Woman made tapu during absence of husband, 42.
• Women pollute tapu, 39.
• Women: why employed in lifting tapu, 39.

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