Te Ika a Maui, or New Zealand and its Inhabitants
Index
Index.
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Aborigines, their treatment by civilized nations, 2
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Acacia (clianthus puniceus), parrot's bill, 207. Kowai. Edwardaia microphylla, 450
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Aia, the widow of Pehi, 328
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Akira, his baptiam, 318
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Alatana, one of the new Hebrides, 374
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Albert (Prince), his interview with the New Zealand Chief Hoani Wiremu, 473, 474
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Allan (John), 423
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American Episcopal Church, 305
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Amo, a Taupo chief, 145
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Anonokia, a slave, 86
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Apiti, a term for cursing, 94
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Arahura, 120
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Ara-tuku-tuku, progenitor of the Taniwhas, 50
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Arawa mountains, 120
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Arero, the pa of, 107
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Arohi-rohi, which formed the first woman, 18
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Assembly, General, met at Auckland, 212
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Atene, or Oawitu, a village on the Wanganui, 342
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Auckland Isles, 218
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Auckland, suggested as a capital by Capt. Cook, 206, 214; made the seat of government, 211; government-house burnt, 212; its locality as a province, 213; harbour, 214; trade, ib.; craters, 222; view of, 259; noticed, 252, 273, 279, 337, 346, 347, 355, 368
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Aukehu kills a monster fish, 52
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Aupouri, or North Cape, 118
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Aute, the inner bark of the Hoheria populnea, 137
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Awa, tidal-river flsh, 411
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Awato, the grub of a sphinx moth, 118
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Babel, tradition of the dispersion, 68
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Ball, game with an ornamented, 174
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Ballet Rock, near Evans's Bay, 472
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Bally Rock, off Point Jerningham, 231
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Balmoral estate in Scotland, its cost, 264
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Banks's Peninsula, 218
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Baptismal regeneration ruled by the Australian bishops, 303, 304
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Barrier Islands, 244
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Basaltio rocks, 222
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Bat, two kinds of, 395
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Battles of the natives, 258
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Bay of Islands, 195, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 214, 221, 243, 270, 273, 286, 287, 290, 331; declared a free port, 211
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Bear, the sea (rapoka), 395
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Beards condemned by the natives, 151
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Bell found embedded under a tree, 184
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Dinornis, 220
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Flycatcher (piwakawaka), 27
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Hawk (kahu), 400
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Hihi, 30
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Hoiho, the penguin, 408
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Katatai (rallus assimilis), 399
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Kauwau, or karuhiruhi, 408
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Koekoea, bird of passage, 178
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Korora, the penguin, 408
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Kotare (halcyon vagans), 400
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Kotihe, honey-bird, 402
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Kotuku, white crane, 407
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Koukou, or ruru, 400
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Matata, or koroatito, 403
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Miromiro, and mirotoitoi, 403
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Parera, the duck, 407
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Patatai, or popotai, 399
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Pihoihoi, 404
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Piopio, bird of passage, 403
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Powakai, an immense bird, 398
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Putangitangi, paradise duck, 407
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Rallus dieffenbachii, 399
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Sparrow-hawk, 132
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Takahe (notornis), 399
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Tarapunga, 407
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Tongo-hiti, 39
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Torea, black sea-bird, 406
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Toroa, albatross, 408
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Totoriwai, 400
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Wio, the blue duck, 407
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Bird-traps, 381
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Bishop's College, 312
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Bishops of Australia, their conference at Sydney, 303
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Bishop's wig, its disuse, 148
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Bligh (Capt.), Governor of New South Wales, 283, 297
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Blood, payment for shedding, 352 (note)
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Boulder Bank harbour, Nelson, 265
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Bouleott's Farm, 350
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Box, carved, or he papa, 280
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Bread-fruit (uri), 183
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Brompton, its wreck, 291
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Broughton (Wm. Grant), Bishop of Australia, 294, 299
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Brown (Rev. Mr.), 369
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Burke (Sir Richard), his Church Act, 304
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Busby (Mr.), appointed British resident, 209
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Butterflies (pepe), 420
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Canoe preparing for sea, 171
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Canoes, list of those that brought the first settlers, 123; the first made by Toto, 124
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Cape Maria Van Dieman, the spirits' flying place, 28
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Cascade Point, 236
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Cavalloa, 208
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Cave near the mouth of the Mokau, 394
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Chapman (Mr.), missionary, 359
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Charm for a stubborn woman, 72
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Chasseland (Thomas), interpreter, 238
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Cherry (Capt.) murdered, 332
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Chief at his meals, 55, 167, 168; praying to his god, 62; tapued, eating with a fern-stalk, 55; receives three names during life, 156
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Chiefs, native, their treatment by the British Government, 270—278; their burial, 97
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Church Missionary Society, its labours in New Zealand, 305; stations, 209
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Clifford (Mr.), jun., 237
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Cloudy Bay, 330
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Cod (Hapuku), 384
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“Columbine,” a vessel, 227
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Columbus's discoveries, 205
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Comb, or He Heru, 218
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Concubinage practised, 59
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Confirmation practised by the aborigines, 76
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Conger eel (ngoiro), 412
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Constitution given to New Zealand, 212
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Convolvulus (rawparaha), used for food, 323
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Cook (Captain) visits New Zealand, 5, 6, 19, 133, 190, 194, 195, 206, 207, 213, 214, 281, 379
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Cook's Straits settlement founded, 210; noticed, 117, 207, 214, 242, 263, 294, 324, 325, 417, 471
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Cooking process by the natives, 389, 390; at a boiling spring, 250
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Copper discovered at Doubtless Bay, Kawa Kawa, and the Barrier Islands, 244
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Corpses, a frame for them till decomposed, 341
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Cowper (Rev. Dr.), 297
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Crab fish, 415
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Crayfish (koura), 383
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Creation, native traditions of, 14
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Crying, an amusement! 175
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Crying children, how cured, 165
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Cunningham (Allan), the botanist, his journey through a forest, 5
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Cursing as practised by the natives, 94
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Customs of the natives resembling those alluded to in Scripture, 465, 466
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Dancing, a favourite amusement, 174
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Day made distinct from night, 20
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Despard (Colonel), 346
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Dillon (Chevalier Capt.), his testimonial of Samuel Marsden's labours, 295
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Discovery of New Zealand, 205
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Diving, an amusement, 174
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Dog, the native, 395
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Ducks, Paradise; the putangi tangi, 329
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Dunedin, capital of Otako, 218
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Ear ornaments, 150
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Earthquakes at Wellington, 212, 472; at Wanganui, 226—228; in the islands of New Zealand, 471, 472
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Ectropium, complaint of the eyelids, 254
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Eel (tuna), a delicacy, 135, 166, 413; how taken and cooked, 382, 383
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Evangelical Alliance, 307
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Eel cuts, or drains made from lakes, 384
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Embalming described, 154
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Emigration to New Zealand since it became a British colony, 213; recommended, 259—269; hints to intended emigrants, 458—462
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England (Capt.), 334
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Erebus, Mount, 225
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Europeans, their traffic in the heads of the natives, 154
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“Every Man his own Physician,” a French work, 72
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Fairies in the form of small birds, 115
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Feasts, or hakari, 169
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Feegee and Maori, their points of agreement, 187
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Females, the attachment of the gods to, 48
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Fern-root, food in winter, 18, 134, 135, 166, 168, 183, 337, 379
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Fern-stalks, used for play, 173
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Fernandes (Juan) visits New Zealand, 205
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Fin-back (balœno physalus), 396
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Fingers, games played with, 173
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Firearms introduced, 258
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Food-store ornamented, 377
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Friday, called bleeding-day, 176
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Funeral ode (pihi), 315
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Furneaux (Capt.), massacre of his crew, 206
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Garlick sowed by Marion, 207
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Gods, two grand orders of, 15
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Gold discovered in Australia, 212, 220, 261, 268; in Coromandel Harbour, 244; at Ahuriri, ib.
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Government offices at Wellington destroyed by an earthquake, 232—235
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Grant (Capt.) killed, 347
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Grey (Earl), protest against his despatch, 212, 275
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Grose (Capt.), Governor of New South Wales, 284
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Haddock (moki), 412
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Haere-awa-awa, the father of the Weka, 33
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Hadfield, (Octavius), Archdeacon of Kapiti, 303, 331
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Haha, an incantation, 77
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Hahakai, a native antiquary, 193
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Hair-powder, its disuse, 149
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Haka-e-pari, an island, 50
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Hakari, or feast, 169
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Hake-turi, flock of birds, 115
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Hapuku, or whapuku, cod fish, 411
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Harakeke (phormium tenax), 435
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Hauraki, 121
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Hawaiki, the cradle of the race, 15, 66, 96, 107, 117, 120, 121, 124, 128, 147, 178, 192, 193, 377, 378
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Hazlewood (Rev. Mr.), Wesleyan minister, 188
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Heads of the natives sold to Europeans, 154
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Healthiness of the climate, 253—255
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Hedgehog (he kina), 418
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Hekawa, Hicks's Bay, 373
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Heke (Hone), Chief, 9, 10; cut down the flagstaff, 211, 273, 342—348
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He Kowetewete, an etymological puzzle, 175
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Hekawa, Hicks' Bay, 373
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Helme (St.), the lights of, 429
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He papa, or carved box, 280
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Herekiekie, Chief of Tokanu, 360, 361, 364, 366
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He tiki, monument of a chief, 96
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He Tohi. See Baptismal Rites.
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Heuheu, Chief of Taupo, engraving of his tomb, 32, 322; a splinter in his foot, 56; overwhelmed by a landslip, 50, 63, 321; his daughter's lisson, 59; tapued a mountain, 60; his wives, 165; monument at Pukawa, 319; his influence, 319, 320; death, 321; noticed, 13, 156, 158, 326, 363, 364, 371, 372
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Hick's Bay, 241
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Hide and seek, a game, 174
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Hikurangi, a lofty mountain, 28
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Hikurangi, taking leave of friends, 160
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Hinaki, a Chief, persuaded from visiting England, 311, 312; killed, 312
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Hina-moki, the father of the rat, 33
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Hoani Wiremu, a Putiki chief, 351, 354, 356; visits Queen Victoria, 473
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Hobson (Capt.), appointed Consul, and first Governor of New Zealand, 210, 270, 278, 294; his death, 211
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Hohake, 224
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Holmes (Sir Everard), Commander of the North Star, 347, 352
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Hongi, a celebrated chief, 81: visits England, 208, 310; his savage disposition, 312, 313; death, 315; noticed, 258, 287, 342
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Horonguku, or sliding landslip, 158
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Horowhenua, 325
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Hotu-puku, a Taniwha, 52
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House (he whare puni), a view of, 308
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Hue, or gourd, a vegetable, 378
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Huia, the daughter of Pomare, 157
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Huna, a chief, 325
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Hunahuna, a village, 314
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Hunter (Capt.), Governor of New South Wales, 284
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Hurd's Point, 209
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Ihi, Chief of the Taupo Taniwha, 50
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Ikunikau, 354
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Inanga, a small fish, 383
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Infanticide, common, 165
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Influenza, 255
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Ingarani, England, 158
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Iron sand, magnetic, valuable article of commerce, 243
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Islands submerged, 242
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Jack (Bloody), Chief of the Ngaitahu, 329, 330, 349
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Japanese head-dress, 184
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Johnson (Rev. R.), the first minister of New South Wales, 282
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Judges' wigs, still retained, 149
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Jumping into deep water, 174
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Kahikatea, kahika, koroi (podocarpus excelsus), lofty pine, 130, 439
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Kahikato (Leptospenum scoparium), a small tree, 131
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Kakarames mountain, 321
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Kaparatehau Lake, 329
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Kaperatehau, a chief, 350
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Kapiti, an island, 120, 244, 276, 325, 327—331, 370; mission founded, 210, 279
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Kapo Wairua, 196
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Karaka promontory, 329
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Karakia, its derivation, 72
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Karamu (coprosma lucida), used in baptism, 75
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Katorore, a Taniwha, 53
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Kauatata, daughter of Tiki, 18
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Kawis, 215
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Kawa-kawa, 244
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Kawaka, koaka (dacrydiumplumosum), 440
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Kawana Paipai, his dream, 162
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Kemp (Mr.), missionary, 316, 317
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Kendal, (Mr.), missionary, 208, 285, 286, 310
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King (George), pensioned chief, 274
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King (Governor), 195, 196, 208, 285
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Kiore, thorat, 137
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Kite flying, 172
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Kohi-kohi, an early race, 119
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Kokohuia, 324
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Kokopu, a fresh water fish, 383
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Kopi and koroi, a noble tree, 442
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Koro-kio-ewe, god of childbirth, 34
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Korokoro, 287
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Kororareka, burial ground consecrated, 209; its flag-staff cut down, 211; noticed, 9, 10, 342—344
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Kotuku, or stork, 130
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Kotuku-rae-roa, a chief, 319
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Kumara, the offspring of Rangi and Papa, 18
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Kumukumu, rock-cod, 135
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Kupe, the first discoverer, traditionary notices of, 116, 117, 123—125
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Kuri, a Romanist, 60
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Laburnum of New Zealand, 168
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Land, its minimum price, 212, 215, 261—264; how held by the natives, 384
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Lang (Dr.), Presbyterian minister, 298
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Lattice-work (arapaki), indicatesskill, 185
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Laye (Capt.), 352
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Lee (Professor), his New Zealand Grammar, 208, 310
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Leech, water (sangsis nga), 421
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Leigh (Rev. Mr.), Wesleyan minister, 291
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Light, the period of, 14
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Limestone, 243; cave, ib.
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Lion, the sea (phoca jubata), 395
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Lovell (barrack-sergeant), killed by an earthquake, 228
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Mackerel (kahawai, 384
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Macleverty (Col.), 357
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Macquarie (Capt.), Governor of New South Wales, 284
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Maero, or wild man, 49
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Mahometanism, its propagation, 181
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Maize cultivated, 379
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Makutu, See Witchcraft.
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Mamaku, a tree fern, 379
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Man, how formed, 23
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Manga nui a te Ao, a tributary of the Wanganui, 65, 126, 273
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Mangonui in Doubtless Bay, 215
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Mani-a-poto tribe, 156
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Maniapoto, a chief, 145
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Maari, its etymology, 178; noticed, 7, 9, 19, 29, 32, 35, 44, 46, 71, 96, 119, 162, 178, 196, 200
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Mapera, a lake, tradition of its formation, 122; noticed, 222
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Marikoriko, or twilight, 18
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Mariner's Tonga Isles, 186
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Marriage recommended to emigrants, 461
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Mars, the planet, called Maru, 35: see Maru
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Marsden (Rev. Samuel), his early life, 282; his mission to Norfolk Island, 283; founder of the New Zealand mission, 285—294; his death and funeral, 295; his devoted zeal, 295—299; noticed, 195, 208, 210, 308—312; 331, 373
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Mascarin, massacre of, 206
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Mason (Rev. John), drowned, 211
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Massacre Bay, 236
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Matai, mai (dacrydium), 440
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Matamata, 293
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Mate te ra, 193
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Matene Ruta hung, 157
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Matene te Whiwhi, a chief, 210, 277, 331
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Matthews (Rev. J.), of Kaitaia, 82
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Maui, a mythological hero; his marvellous exploits, 23—28; contention with Mauika, 29, 30; his death, 31; noticed, 33, 52, 124, 128, 186
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Maungamuka, 314
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Maungatautari, 323
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Mawae, a Putiki chief, 351
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Mawe pa, 345
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Meals of the natives, 167
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Melbourne, 262
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Melon cultivated, 378
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Mere, a stone battle-axe, engraving of one, 31, 473, 474; noticed, 77, 79, 244, 330, 348; Wesleyan station, 188
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Meremere Pounamu, presented to the Queen, 244
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Mereury Bay, 313
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Meteoric stones, 42
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Meurant (Mr.), Government interpreter, 238
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Mice, arrival of a colony of, 213
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Middle Island, earthquake at, 232—239; its rocks, 244; noticed, 209, 252, 335, 339
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Miro (podocarpus ferruginea), 439
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Mission at New Zealand founded by Samuel Marsden, 281—299
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Moeone, a small bronze beetle, 118
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Moko Titi, a lizard god, 34
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Molesworth (Sir Wm.) introduces Hoani Wiremu Hipango to Queen Victoria, 473, 474
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Months, grumbling, 168
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Moon, the natives idea of its spots, 95; used for reckoning time, 175—178; its twenty-eight nights, 177
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Moses Tawai, a chief, 343
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Motuspuhi, 325
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Motu Karamu, German Mission station, 60
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Motu Taiko, a small island in Lake Taupo, 204
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Motu Tawa, a small island, 324
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Moutohora, Whale Island, 223
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Muka Muka rocks, 230
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Mumuhanga, the father of the Totara, 33
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Murderers' Bay, why so named, 206
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Musical pipe (he koauau), 147
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Musk-rat, 394
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Names, native, have always a signification, 155
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Neck ornaments, 150
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Nene (Walker), pensioned chief, 274
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New South Wales, 267
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New Testament first printed at Paihia, 209
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New year celebrated, 93
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Ngae, a mission station, 53
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Nga Hui, tradition of, 120
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Ngahurus' Lament, 144
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Nga-rangi-hore, the father of stones, 33
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Ngarara, the lizard, 136
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Nga-ti-mamoe, inhabitants of lofty mountains, 49
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Ngatimanispoto, a tribe, 145
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Ngatimaru tribe, 144, 145, 147
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Nga ti paoa, a tribe, 147
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Ngatiraukawa tribe, 169
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Nga ti ruaka tribe, 326, 351, 352, 355
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Night, the period of, 14; made distinct from day, 20; divided into three decades, 177
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Nikau (areca sapida), 434
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Norfolk Island, 195
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North Cape, 285
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Nota, or north star, 157
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Nursery song, 139
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Obsidian, instrument for cutting hair, 93
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Ochre and oil much used, 149
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O'Donohu, the bush-ranger, executed, 297
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Ohaiawai, 350
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Ohinemotu, 223
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Onga onga (urticeœ), 441
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Orakokorako, on the Waikato, 223
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Orau moa bay, 329
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Orawaro, near Fakerau, 51
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Orono, deity at Hawaii, 19
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Ostrich, or Moa, 237
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Otahuhu, 121
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Otake, engraving of the church at, 65; noticed, 42, 90, 139, 141, 277, 335, 337
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Otaua, near the Bay of Islands, 221
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Owa, the father of the dog, 33
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Owl, its various names, 196
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Oyster (ostrœa), 417
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Paerau, a region of Hades, 144
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Paeroa, near the Waikato, 223
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Page (Lieut.), 351
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Pahiko, the father of the Kaka, 33
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Pakakutu, 326
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Pa Karaka, volcanic cone, 222
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Palm tree (ni-kau), 182
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Panakareao, the name of the head chief of the Rarawa, 156
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Papaiti, 355
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Papanoko, a scaleless fish, 383
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Paradise, its etymology, 182
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Parahia, a diminutive kind of spinach, 133
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Parapara, a native village, 193
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Parata Gulf, 118
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Parauri, the father of the Tui, 33
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Parramatta, 299
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Parson (tui), 401
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Pataka, sacred stages for the dead, 95
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Patiarero, 132
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Patutokotoko tribe, 355
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Paulnier (Sieur Binot), discoverer of New Zealand, 205
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Peel (Mr.), founder of Swan river settlement, 266
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Pekehaua, a Taniwha, 53
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Penny an Aere Act, 279
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Pepper tree (piper excelsum), 181
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Pepper tree (horopito), 437
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Peter (St.), a mountain, 243
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Petoni Road, 231
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Philippine Isles, 205
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Phillip (Capt.), Governor of New South Wales, 284
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Piako river, 214
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Pianga, a mountain, 225
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Pigeons, 168
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Pihanga explained, 69
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Piperaceæ, two kinds, 437
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Pipiri, chief priest of Motutere, 50
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Piripai, 247
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Pitama, the murderer of the Giliespies, 271
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Po, or night, the name for Hades, 41, 74, 103, 104, 186, 194
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Point Jerningham, 231
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Polygamy, 164
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Polynesian race, its close connexion with the natives of New Zealand, 466—468
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Pomegranate, its luxuriance, 218
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Pompalier (Bishop), and the Romish mission, 210
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Potato introduced by Captain Cook, 190; by Governor King, 208; cultivated, 377
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Potiki, infant gods, 105
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Poto, song to, 157
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Poultry introduced into New Zealand, 196
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Pounamu, a rock of the Middle Island, 244
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Pounamu, or green stone, 120
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Poutama, head chief, 91
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Poutu, 369
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Powers (Andrew), his tragical story, 370—373
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Presbyterian colony, 211
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Priting-offices at Wellington, 217
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Prodigal son, an apt illustration of the aborigines, 8
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Propagation Society, its labours in New Zealand, 305
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Prow of a war canoe, 125
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Puckey (Mr.), catechist, 82, 313
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Puha, a war song, 80
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Pukemaepau, limestone cave at, 213
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Puke Tapu Atene on the Wanganui, burial-place at, 179
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Pumpkin cultivated, 378
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Punga, the father of the shark, 33
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Puni puni, a game with the fingers 173
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Puratawa, 276
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Purua, 324
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Puta, priest of Taupo, 42
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Putu, or song of invitation, 175
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Rangatira, 224
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Rangi, the first converted chief, 291
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Rangiatea, a mountain of Hawaiki, 147
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Rangihaeata, a chief, 252, 271, 276, 277, 325, 326, 333—341, 350, 351, 359
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Rangihu, in the Bay of Islands, 208, the first missionary station, 287—289, 293
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Rangi mairehau, chief of Turakina, 325
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Rangi riri, a fountain, 95
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Rangitakoru's nursery song, 139
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Rangiwakaurua's Lament, 143, 144
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Rarawa tribe, 156
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Rat, manner of hunting it, 87—89; an article of food, 380; different species, 395
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Rata tree, 393
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Rauparaba, chief of the Nga-ti-raukawa, 212, 258, 323—338, 340, 341, 349, 398
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Raupo, or bulrush, 379
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Reinga, entrance to Hades, 41, 42; engraving of it, 97; its etymology, 103; noticed, 103—106, 160, 161, 313, 328, 360, 374
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Remutaka forest, 337
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Repe repe (callorynchus Australis), 429
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Reptile gods, a list of, 67
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Reretawangawanga, chief of Waikanae, his monument, 11
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Resin manufacture of, 151
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Rimu (dacrydium cupresstinum), 441
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Rimurapa, 28
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Roads required, 273
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Robertson (Capt.), of the “Hazard,” 343, 344
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Rona, a chief, 95
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Rongo, the father of the Kumara, 33
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Rongo rongo, 28
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Ropa, derivation of, 164
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Ropa, a choef, killed 324
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Rotokawa, 224
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Rotorua, 52, 53, 147, 223, 224, 277, 294, 313, 359, 366, 367, 372
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Rotu, or charm, to cause sleep, 113
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Rua, an early settler, 138
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Ruapekapeka, 347; its model sent to the Greast Exhibition, ib.
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Rutherford (Mr.), his preservation, 208
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St. John's Wood, the battle of, 356
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Sandal, or snow shoe, 203
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Sandwich Isles, 35
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Sanscrit and Maori, affinity between, 184
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Saturday, or washing-day, 176
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School for natives, 300
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Scott, of Tauranga, a trader, 372
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Seal (phocidæ), 395
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Seasons of the year, 178
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Sedimentary deposits, 240
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Selwyn (Dr. George Augustus), Bishop of New Zealand, 95, 209, 212, 255, 308, 345
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Settlers'Journey along the west coast of the Middle Island, 4
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Sharks' teeth used for car ornaments, 150
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Shoe, a snow, 203
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Shortland (Lieut.), Acting Governor, 211
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Sickness making person tapu, 61
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Skipping-rope, a game, 172
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Snapper (tammer), 384
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Spade, or Ako, 258
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Spiders (punga werewere), 418
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Staff of a chief, 299
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Stanley (Capt.) plants the British flag at Akaroa, 210; commander of the “Calliope,” 337
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Staten Land, 206
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Stewart (Capt.), commander of the “Elizabeth,” 327—329
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Stewart's Island, 218
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Stick throwing, an amusement, 173
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Stone (Rev. Mr.), Incumbent of Guiseley, the first patron of Samuel Marsden, 282
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Sugar-loaf rocks, 242
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Sunday, called Te Wiki, 176
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Swan River Settlement, 266
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Swinging-poles, 173
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Taaroa, creator of all things, 19
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Tahana, native teacher, 358
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Tahoraparoa, 144
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Taiaha, or chiefs' staff, 299
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Taimaro, 194
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Taipo, an imaginary creature, 49
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Taki, its different meanings, 197
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Tamamutu, his capture, 50
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Tama te Kapua, traditions of, 121
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Tamihana Katu, 331
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Tamihana te Raupahara, Christian convert, 168, 210, 373
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Tamorangi, a chief, 290
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Tanaure-ure, a cave, 243
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Tanekaha, tawaiwai, a tree, 438
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Tapo, a priest, 118
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Tapouka, or “Old Wig,” chief of the Middle Island, 348
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Tapsall, a Norwegian, the first European who married a native woman, 373
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Tapu, a religious observance, 55—64, 288, 317; its disuse, 58, 64; how to render a place tapu, 57, 60; enforced by the will of the chief, 63; in somo instances beneficial, 64; form for taking it off, 78
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Tapuae, 371
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Tapuaenuko hill, 236
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Tapuanikau, 324
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Tara, 314
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Tara (George), a chief, 286
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Tara-hunga, father of the Maui family, 24
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Taramea, a plant, 237
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Taranaki, lofty mountain, 147, 207, 211, 215, 225, 241, 242, 244, 252, 269, 278, 324, 326, 332, 371, 462
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Tararua range, 244
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Tarata, a boiling spring, 248
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Taringa-here, a Reing with a face like a cat, 49
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Tasman (Abel), visits New Zealand, 205, 206
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Taupo, 28, 81, 120, 161, 214, 216, 223, 226, 244, 277, 319, 320, 324, 358, 359, 361, 367, 368, 371, 372
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Taupo chiefs, genealogical table of, 469
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Tauwara, a high mountain, 145
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Taylor (Mr.), letters of Ranga tapu to him, 475
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Teka, a game with fern-stalks, 110
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Tepuns, 289
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Thames, a river, 142, 165, 190, 209, 214, 215, 293, 294, 312, 313
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Thierry (Baron de), an adventurer, 209
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Thieving, the gods of, 69
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Thompson (Capt.), commander of the Boyd, 208
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Thought, its epoch, 14 “Three Kings,” or lava courses, 222, 285
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Ti (cordeline Australia), 435
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Tihoi, 324
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Tikihemi, or eel trout, 383
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Tikitere, 223
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Timber (Kauri), 221
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Time, how reekoned, 176
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Tino ariki, or chief priest, 75
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Tirah, a meal given by the Rajah of, 167
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Titapua, a submerged island, 242
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Titihai, god of the ankles and feet, 34
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Toa, or warrior, 79
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Tohora, the whale, 136
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Toi (dracena indivisa), 435
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Toitoi stalks used as a game, 173
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Tokumaru natives, 208
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Tologa Bay, 206
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Tongariro, a lofty mountain, 28, 60, 134, 215, 216, 223—226, 244, 252, 322, 310 Topi, a chief, 349
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Toronaihi explained, 201
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“Tory,” the first ship of the New Zealand Land Company, 332
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Totara (podocarpus), 439
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Toto, the maker of the first canoe, 124
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Treaty of Waitangi, 210
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Tribes of New Zealand, 468
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Tua-riki, or little gods, 49
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Tuatara, the guana, 135
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Tuatini, a fish, 136
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Tuki, his visit to Norfolk Island 195, 285
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Tumata-uenga, or Tutenganahau, 19, 20
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Tumatua, 135
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Tumuwakairia, a principal chief of the Mani-a-poto, 156
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Tuparaunui, a large fly, 121
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Tuparitapu, god of consumption, 34
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Tupuna, 155
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Turakirae, a mountain, 28
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Tunings pito, 325
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Turkey-cock venerated by the natives, 53
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Turoa, 325
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Turuki (cordeline stricta), 435
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Turutu, 374
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Turuturu, a pole with a cross, 152
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Tu-tangata-kino, god of the stomach, 34
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Tutemanoa, the father of the Kahi-katos, 33
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Tute-nga-nahau, the father of evil, 33
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Tutu (coriaria sarmentosa), its juice, 161
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Tuwairore, the father of the Kah-katea and Rimu, 33
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Uaua, Cook's spring at, 206
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Uenuku, god of the rainbow, 41, 117 134
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Uira, a lady of rank, 145
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Vallies of New Zealand, 240
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Victoria (Queen), 158; her supremacy acknowledged, 210; interview with Wiremu Hipango, 473
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Victoria province, 267
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Waero, a Nga Puhi chief, 324
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Waheroa, a great chief, 115
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Wakapiri, the son of Puoho, 330
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Waiawa, 286
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Waiho island, 189
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Waikato river, 145, 147, 209, 214, 215, 223, 244, 277, 293, 313, 366
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Waikowau, engraving of the old priest of, 1
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Waimate, Bay of Islands, 122, 195; residence of the Bishop, 211, 331, 343—345, 347; college founded, 211; missionary station, 331 Wai-mea (from mehameha), 141, 325
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Waimea valley, 218
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Waingaroa, 215
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Wainhipara, 143
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Waioratane, the river of death, 104
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Waipa, a river, 313
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Waipaihi, 145
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Waipakura, 355
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Wairake, boiling springs near Taupo, 219
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Wairarapa, the river of joyfulness, 28, 140, 141, 216, 217, 230, 231, 324, 339, 472
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Wairere, 120
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Wairewarewa, 359
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Wairo, a chief, 327 331
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Wairota, 193
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Waitaha, a courageous tribe, 127
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Waitaha-nui, 371
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Wai-teroata, now Auckland, 211
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Waitotara, its population, 256; noticed, 29, 33, 34, 93, 225, 241, 319, 359, 360
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Wakaahue, a Wanganui chief, 156
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Wakarau, a chief, 319
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Waka-rewa-rewa, a hot spring, 49
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Wakatauki, See Proverbe.
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Waka-tu. See Neson.
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Wakatupa, 120
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Wake-tane, 121
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Walker Nene, a chief, 343, 345, 346
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Wanguehu (the splashed mouth), a river, 140
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Wanganui mission and pa, 46, 62, 68, 90, 126, 139—141, 146, 168, 210—212, 215, 216, 223—230, 240, 241, 244, 252, 257, 263, 273, 277, 281, 299, 313, 319, 323—326, 332, 337, 339, 352, 357, 359, 368, 373, 462
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Wanganui Heads, 355
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Wanganui-a-te-ao, 371
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Wangape, a sketch near, 239
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Wangaree district, 184
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Wangarei, a port to the north of Auckland, 214
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Wangaroa, 195, 208, 209, 215, 222, 241, 243, 286, 291, 308; view of the harbour, 309; Wesleyan misson station, 314
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Wapuku, the cod-fish, 135
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War weapon, engraving of one, 322
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Wata, food stores or stages, 109
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Watanui, native warrior, 326
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Waterfall at Papa Roa, 323
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Water scoop for a canoe, 137
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Watutureiarua, the first person who made Rread from the hinau, 393
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Weaving known to the aborigines, 185
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Wellington province, 216, 217, 252, page 490 273, 351; earthquakes at, 212, 228—285, 472
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Wera, a chief warrior, 395
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Whale Island, 223
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Whales (balænidæ), 396
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Whalers first visit New Zealand, 208
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Whanau Moan a, parent of the winged race, 34
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Whau (entelia arborecens), a light wood, 137
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Wheat first sown at Kapo Wairua, 196; cultivated, 379 Whipping-top game, 172
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Wife, a battle for one, 163
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William IV., letter to him for protection, 209
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Williams (Messrs.), missionaries, 291; 292
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Williams (Rev. H.), missionary, 331
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“Will o' the Wisp” in the Fens, 428
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Wind, indicates a god's presence, 78
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Windsor, Wesleyan chapel at, 298
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Winyard (Col.), acting Governor, 212, 347
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Wiremu Eruura Tauri, native teacher, 321, 358
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Witchcraft (makutu), 89—91, 188 Witi, a cannibal, tradition of, 115, 116
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Woman, creation of the first, 18
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Wrestling, an amusement 173
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Zealand (New), why so named by Abel Tasman, 206; called Nukuroa and Uku-rangi, 118; and Aotea toa, 124; its new constitution, 212; provinces, 213; close connexion between its natives and the Polynesian race, 466—468
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Zealand (New), native talent of its aborigines, 4—6; their deterioration, 7; emigrations, 7, 8; cannibals, 10; mythology, 12—54; genealogies, 15—17; gods, 33, 42, 43; tapu institution, 65—64; their great temple, Ware-kura, 65—70; religious worship, 72, 73; baptism, 74—76; war ceremonies, 77—82; fishing ceremonies, 83—86; witohcraft, 89—91; burial rites, 97—106; traditions, 107—122; canoes, 123; proverbs, 126—134; fables, 184—187; songs, 138—146; mottoes, 146; personal ornaments, 148—154; dreams, 160; marriage, 163; polygamy, 164; children, 165; feasts, 169; amusements, 171; time, how reckoned, 176; their oruge, as traced by their language, 179—203; history, 204—218; geology, 218—245; climate, 251; Christianity introduced, 281—299; Church established, 300; food, 166, 377—384; land, 384—386; natural history, 394—429; botany, 430—457
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Zealand (New) Colonization Company, 209