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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