M

• Maahu-Tonga, the Southern Cross, 46, 86

• Mahuta family, 76

• Magellan Clouds, 89

• Makutu (witchcraft), explanation of, 77–83, 261–262

• Manaia, 128–129

• Mata-huna (face-mask), 148–149

• Matakité (second-sight) 220–221

• Matariki (the Pleiades), 85–86

• Matimati game, 204

• Mauri (soul-force), 58, 59

• Mauri-kohatu (fertilising emblems), 59, 227, 229

• Military engineering skill, 14

• Miru, goddess of death, 106–107

• Moari, swing-tree or pole, 206–207

• Moko (tattooing), 136–149

• Mokoia Island, Rotorua, 189–191, 221, 231–233

• Moriori, or Mai-oriori, race, 8, 10