Legends of the Maori
Contents
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- [covers]
- [title page]
- [title page]
- Preface
- Contents p. xv
- List of Illustrations p. xvii
- To Maoriland, My Motherland p. xviii
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- Part I. — The Saga of Tainui — The Voyage from Hawaiki — Pomare’s Genealogy — Rauparaha’s Expeditions
- The Saga of Tainui
- Chapter I. — The Making of the Canoe p. 3
- Chapter II. — The Voyage to Aotearoa p. 9
- Chapter III. — Tainui on the New Zealand Coast p. 14
- Chapter IV. — The Life in the New Land p. 21
- Chapter V. — The Warriors of Kawhia
- Chapter VI. — The Warrior Deeds of Kaihamu. — The Story of Tuparahaki and the Head of Te — Rangihouhirl p. 28
- Chapter VII. — Kaihamu’s Deeds and Magic. — How He Conquered the Multitude of Nga-Rauru p. 36
- Chapter VIII. — The Story of Tupahau. — The Rival Tohungas And Their Little War p. 40
- Chapter IX. — Tupahau’s Adventures at Marokopa. — The Story of a Fishing Expedition p. 44
- Chapter X. — The Exploits of Toa-Rangatira p. 49
- Chapter XI. — The Career of Kawharu p. 54
- Chapter XII. — Utu: a Story of Retribution. — The Last Fight of Taituha p. 60
- Chapter XIII. — The Adventures of Maki. — The Destruction of the Mounuhia Tribe p. 62
- [chapter] p. 63
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Chapter XV. — The Warrior Tale of Marangai-Paroa — And His Sons
- [untitled] p. 66
- Pomare’s Genealogy p. 69
- Rauparaha’s Expeditions p. 73
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Part II. — Polynesian History — The Origin of the Coconut—A Legend of — Manahiki Island
- The Traditions of Aitutaki, Cook Islands — The First Inhabitants of Aitutaki — The History of Ru p. 79
- The Migrations after Ru p. 81
- The Explorations of Ruatapu p. 83
- The Voyage of Taruia to Mangarongaro (Penrhyn Island) p. 87
- Roina and Urirau Return to Aitutaki p. 88
- Genealogy p. 90
- The Origin of the Coconut — A Legend of Manahiki Island p. 92
- Part III. — Legends of the Maori
- Tutaeporoporo p. 99
- In Single Combat p. 103
- Whakamomori p. 104
- The Story of Te Aohuruhuru p. 109
- The Importance of a Comb p. 113
- Mura p. 116
- The Taniwha — The Landing of the First Horses in New Zealand p. 119
- A Shot in the Dark — The Woman or the Land: a Memory of the — Upper Waitara p. 123
- The Origin of the Eel Family p. 131
- The Return p. 132
- The Legend of Maui Tikitiki-O-Taranga — His Search for His Sister Hina p. 134
- Vanity p. 138
- Parau’s Farewell p. 141
- The Escape of Tuiti — A Tale of Taranaki p. 143
- Pono p. 145
- The Adventure of Hinepoupou — How She Swam Cook Strait p. 150
- Part IV. — Pakeha Maori Tales
- How He Lost His Ears — The Pakeha-Maori’s Yarn
- A Little Deal in Land p. 163
- Melchizedec — The Prophets of Parihaka p. 165
- Gratitude of a Kind p. 168
- The Professor’s Specimen p. 169
- Ka Pai Hori p. 173
- Land and Love. — A Tale of Disputed Titles p. 175
- The Rifles of Ropata p. 181
- The Blending of the Races — The Wahine Maori and Her Pakeha p. 185
- Mountain Magic p. 189
- The First Gramophone among the Maoris p. 196
- A Maori Race Meeting p. 197
- The Origin of “Ariki Toa.” p. 199
- The Apotheosis of Hori Kerei p. 200
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The Half-Caste Wife — A Tale of the Old Digging Days p. 201
- Chapter I p. 202
- Chapter II p. 206
- Chapter III p. 208
- Chapter IV p. 211
- Komahi’s Pakeha p. 214
- Heads p. 219
- Part V. — Proverbs of the Maori — Proverbs of the Maori — Some Sayings of Wisdom
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Part VI. — Songs of the Maori
- A Love Ditty
- An Old-Time Love Lilt p. 232
- Like Clouds of Smoke Ascending p. 234
- Though Slowly Sinks the Sun p. 235
- A Leave-Taking p. 236
- Love’s Memory p. 237
- Elegiac Chant — A Taupo Chieftainess’s Lament p. 238
- The Troubled Sleep — A Karakia p. 240
- The Lament of Te Neke — (A Chief of Te Atiawa) p. 241
- Part VII. — In farewell to the Dead
- Part VIII. — New Life for the Maori — The past and the Future — (From a paper read before the Australasian Medical Congress at Melbourne — in 1906 by Sir Maui Pomare (then Dr. Pomare) when Health Officer — to the Maoris.)
- Part IX. — In Memoriam
- Parliamentary Tributes to Sir Maui Pomare
- Samoa’s Sorrow — Farewell to the Chief p. 272
- The Last Scene — The Home-Bringing of the Ashes — Farewell and Burial Scene at Waitara p. 273
- Lament for Sir Maui Pomare p. 280
- Pomare’s Farewell — (Dictated by Sir Maui Pomare shortly before leaving New Zealand for — California, May, 1930.)
- Father and Son — Farewell to Te Naera Pomare p. 281
- Historic Manukorihi p. 283
- A Chant of Praise for Pomare p. 284
- Part I. — The Saga of Tainui — The Voyage from Hawaiki — Pomare’s Genealogy — Rauparaha’s Expeditions