K

• Karakia (priestly ritual, recitals and prayers), 49, 52, 53, 68, 77, 80–83, 92, 129–135, 154–155, 184, 189–190, 231–233

• Kaka parrot-snaring, 170–171

• Kao (dried kumara), 189, 191

• Kauru, sugar-tree (cabbage-tree), 173–176

• Kauwae (women's tattoo), 144–148

• Kawanga-whare (house-opening ceremonies), 120, 129–135

• Kawhia, fisheries in, 192–194

• Kawhia, Maori life at, 192–198

• Kermadec Islands, 47

• Kiwa, Ocean of, 46

• Ko, digging implement, 184–186

• Koauau (nose-flute) and song, 96–98

• Kohamo, sacred greenstone, 75–76

• Kooti, Te, 62

• Kōpu, planet, 84, 85, 86

• Korotangi, carved stone bird, 75

• Kuaka (godwit), 47

• Kumara, cultivation of, 183–191

• Kumara planting chant, Mokoia Island, 189–191