Acheson, Judge, 256

Agriculture, 13, 15, 17–22, 183–191, 250, 254–260

Akarana Maori Association, 251, 252

Alaskan Indians and the Polynesians, 34

Amusements in the kainga, 199–210

Ancient tribes in New Zealand, 37

Aotea canoe, paddling chant, 201–202

Aphorisms and proverbs, 110–113

Arab traits in Maori race, 27, 30–37

Arawa carving experts, 115

Artcraft, 114–129

Atahu (love charm), 100

Atua, names of, 53, 60, 61, 68

Atua Wera, Te, 68

Awhiorangi, the sacred axe, 75

Beveridge Reef, 48

Bird-spearing and snaring, 168–171

Buck, Dr. P. (Te Rangihiroa) 4

Bush remedies, 171–172

Cabbage-tree (ti-kouka), sugar from, 173–176

Canoe-making, 150–162

Canoe, Polynesian sailing, 40–48

Canopus (Autahi), 87, 88, 89

Carved houses, 114–135

Casualties, Maori (Great War), 10

Caucasian origin of Maori, 26

Census, Maori, 7–8

Chinese cohabiting with Maori women, 251–252

Church at Ohinemutu, carvings in, 118

Co-operative dairy factories, 20–21, 254–256

Co-operative farming, 20, 254–256

Cosmogony, Maori, 49–58

Crozet, French navigator, 28–30

Culture of the Maori, 12–13

Doctors to Maori race, 4, 6, 7

Dairy-farming and factories, 20, 254–256

Dirges, 103–109, 245–246

Drift of Maori to the towns, 251–253

Economic survey of Maori people, 249–260

Eel-fishing customs, 181

Fairy legends, 211–214

Farmer, the Maori, 13, 18–22, 249–260

Fisheries, Rotorua lakes, 182

Fishing customs, 177–182

Fishing-nets, great size of, 177

Feeding tohunga under tapu, 72–73

Fiji (Whiti, or Viti), 30, 37

Fletcher, Rev. H. J., 84

Forest foods, 172–173

Forts of the Maori, 13, 14

Forest lore, 167–176

Foods of the Maori, 168, 169–171, 172–176, 177–182, 183–191, 192–198, 253

Funeral chants, 103–109, 245–246

Gallipoli, Maoris' service on, 10

Genius of the race, 12

Gods of the Maori, 53, 54, 55, 60, 61, 62, 222–228, 230–233

Hare Hongi, 84, 112, 156, 157, 262

Haupapa-o-Tane, of Tuhua Country, 55

Hau, 3

Hawaiki, traditions of and migrations from, 23–48

Hair regarded as sacred, 71

Hawea, ancient South Island tribe, 38

Health of the Maori, 3–7

Hinemoa, flute song for, 96–97

Horoirangi, stone carving of goddess, 222–229

House-opening ritual, 129–135

India, and Maori-Polynesian origins, 26, 27, 35

Indians and Maori women, 252

Io, the supreme power, 34, 52, 54, 55

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

Labour in pioneering work, Maori, 249

Land, confiscation of, 250, 257

Land, excessive Govt. purchases of, 250

Land, total area of Maori, 17

Land, wanted for Maori farmers, 17, 18, 250, 258

Lightning-omen mountains, 215–216

Love songs, 94–101

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

Nelson, C. E., 30–36

Ngai-Tahu tribe, 39

Ngapuhi tribe, 28–29

Ngati-Porou tribe, 18–22, 254

Ngati-Ruanui tribe, 183–189, 256

Nakahi, Te (religious cult), 68

Ngata, Sir Apirana, 19, 253, 254, 258

Ngeri-waka (canoe chants), 160–166

Origin of Maori-Polynesian race, 23–39

Orion's Belt, 89

Paddling chants, 102, 162–166

Pae-hinahina Pa, Rotoiti, 234–240

Paeko, proverb of, 112

Pao-miere, religious cult, 80–83, 261–262

Parearau, star, 90

Patara te Ngungukai, the bonescraper, 74

Patara te Tuhi, 5

Patu-paiarehe (fairy people), stories of, 211–214

Pikopiko-i-whiti, 24, 74

Pioneer Battalion, Maori, 10

Pleiades, constellation (Matariki), 85, 86

Poetry of the Maori, 91–109

Poi action song, 199–202

Pomare (Ngati-Mutunga chief) 10

Pomare, Sir Maui, 4–7

Population, Maori and half-caste, 7, 8

Potatau Te Wherowhero, 72

Proverbial sayings, 110–113

Punga-o-Tainui, mooring stone, 179–180

Racial pollution, 251–252

Rafter painting patterns, 168, 169

Rainbow god, 85, 230

Rakapa's love songs, 99–100

Rapuwai, ancient tribe, 38

Rarotonga, 48

Ratana, religious healer, 63, 64, 256

Rauparaha, Te, 161

Religion, of the ancient Maori, 49–62

Religions of the modern Maori, 63–68

Rerenga-wai song, 209

Rewi Maniapoto, 197

Ringatu faith, 63, 64, 66

Rivers tapu'd, 70–71

Rongomai, the god, 61, 233

Ruatorea butter factory, 21, 254

Sailors, Polynesian, 30, 36, 37, 40–48

Sailors, Maori coastwise, 196, 250

Samoa, 25, 26, 30

Sari Bair, Maoris in battle of, 10

Sea-Arabs, 36, 37

Sea-fish under tapu, 70

Sheep-farming, 18, 20, 21, 22

Sentry's chant, 103, 239

Snares for birds, 170–171

Spears, bird-killing, 170–171

Songs and chants, 40, 58, 91–109, 162, 164, 165–166, 189–190, 201, 202, 207, 209, 210, 221, 232, 233, 239, 245, 246

Southern Cross, 46, 86, 87, 88

Spiral design in Maori art, 124–126

Stars and star lore, 84–90

Sugar-tree (ti-kouka, kauru, cabbage tree), 173–176

“Taheretikitiki,” war-canoe, 157–158

“Takitimu” canoe, 40

Tahiti, Tawhiti, 23

Tane, god of man, 44

Tane-Mahuta, god of the forest, 44

“Tane-Whirinaki,” carved house, Waioeka, 122

Tangaroa, god of the ocean and of fish, 44

Tangi chants, 103–109, 245–246

Tangi over King Tawhiao, 241–248

Taniwha stories, 216–220

Tapu, explanation of, 69–76

Tattooing (moko), 136–149

Taupiri, sacred mountain and burial place, 241–248

Telepathic powers of Maori, 69

Three-fingered hand in Maori art, 126–128

Tihi-o-Tonga, Rotorua, 222–229

Tiki, first human being, 53, 58

Tiki, greenstone, 57, 58

Titi-torea game, 204

“Toki-a-Tapiri,” war-canoe, 149, 151–152

Top-spinning, 204–205

Tobacco-growing, 22, 257

Tohunga, the, 50, 51, 58, 60, 62, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77, 80–83, 99, 120, 122, 130–135, 154, 184, 188, 189

Tu, god of war, 230, 232

Tuahu (altar, holy place), 60, 223

Tuhoto Ariki, the tohunga, 71

Twelve heavens, names of, 56

Tumakoha, Arawa tohunga and poet, 51, 99

Tutanekai, of Mokoia Island, 96–97

Tutanekai Haerehuka, 130–135

Uenuku, the deity, 46, 61

Umu-ti (kauru-cooking oven), 174–176

Urewera tribe, 28, 61, 64, 74, 123, 140, 168, 170, 255

Urukehu (ruddy-haired strain in race), 28, 29, 148–149, 212

Voyages of Polynesian crews to New Zealand, 40–48

Waeroti, Waerota (traditional islands), 24, 190

Waikato River, canoes on, 151–166

Waitaha, ancient tribe, 38

War customs and ceremonies, 230–233

War, Maoris in the Great, 10, 12

War, Hone Heke's, 11, 14

War, Waikato, 257

Whai, string game, 205–206

Wawau (Vavau Island), 24

“Whai-a-te-Motu, Te,” carved house, 123–124, 168–169

Whanau-a-Apanui tribe's dairy factory, 255

Whare-kura (whare-wananga, or whare-maire), 69

Whare-whakairo (carved house), 116, 118–135

Wheat-growing, 15, 256

Whiowhio (“spirit - whistlings”), 68

Whiti, Te, 64, 200–201

Whitiora te Kumete, 111

Witchcraft (makutu), 77–83, 261–262