The Old-Time Maori
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- wahaika, 14, 328
- Wahiao, sons of, 35
- waiata, at weddings, 74; see also songs
- wairua, of children born dead, etc., 121 f.
- Walker, Commander, 26
- war, causes of, 330, 336 f.; use of weapons in, 324 f.
- weapons, choice of, 316; training in use of, 315
- weeding, 191
- weka, 267
- whaea, 46
- whakamomori, 79
- Whakarewarewa, 15; birthplace of Makereti, 20; visit to England of, 22; home at, 166 f.
- whakatu waewae, 331 f.
- whakawhanau, 112 f.
- whanau, 34page 352
- whare, common, 228; wharepuni, 286 f., 289; whare whakairo, 288; whare kura or wananga, 154, 286, 310; whare ngaro, 21, 116
- whariki, xi
- whata, 160
- whitebait, 241
- whiu kai, 164
- Wiari, Bella, 7, 19, 23
- widows, 85
- window, 308
- windscreens, 180
- witchcraft, see makutu
- woman and food remove tapi[gap — reason: unclear] house, 294
- work, of girls, 140 f.; of 144 f.; see also labour