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General Index

• Acknowledgment, 266.
• Almanac, 261-265.
• Aotea-roa naming, 18.

• Canoes:
  • Aotea—Cause of leaving Rai-atea, 69.
    • Voyage, 4; landing, 70.
  • Te Ara-tawhao—Building and voyage, 28.
    • Reaching Tahiti, 29.
  • Te Arawa—Preparation and voyage, 62.
    • Mishap, 62; landing, 63.
  • Horouta—Reaching Poverty Bay, 21-26.
    • Preceding the Main Fleet of 1350, 24.
  • Mata-tua—Landed at Whaka-tane, 179.
    • Taken by Puhi-kai-ariki to the North, 68.
  • Tainui—Preparation and voyage, 62.
    • Final landing at Kawhia, 65.
  • Takitimu—Building and builders, 30.
    • Tapu taken off builders and tools, 31.
    • Naming and dedication, 31-32.
    • Invocation for the blessing of the canoe, 32-33.
    • A very sacred canoe, 29-30.
    • Selected crew, 39; voyage, 39-40.
    • First landfall at Rangaiinu, 40.
    • Landed at Tauranga where Tamatea remained, 41.
    • Handed in command of Tahu-Potiki, 41.
    • Reaching Gisborne, Poverty Bay, 42.
    • Landed at Mahia where Ruawharo settled, 43.
    • Visited Portland Island, 43.
    • Called at Wai-roa, 43.
    • Reached the mouth of the. Wai-kari river, 43.
    • Landed at Wai-rarapa where Tupai settled, 43.
    • Reached Te Arahura river, South Island, 44.
    • Ending, 44.

• Carroll, Sir James, history, 207-214.
• Charms or karakia, 233-244.
• Chief, of different ranks, 46.
• Contents, 11-12.
• Dedication or tohi rite to the book, 5-6.
• Discovery of New Zealand by Kupe, 17-18.
• Dreams, omens and superstitions, 255-260.
• Farewell to the book by the Author, 227-229.
• Genealogical trees, at end of book.
• Gods of the Maori, 34.
• Kupe sets out to search for New Zealand, 17.
• Mauri or life of birds implanted at Maunga-haruru, 43.
• Mauri or life of whales implanted at Maahia, 60.
• Nicknames, 249-254.

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• Pas:

  Taken:	Fell:
  Ma-kakahi, 105.	Roto-a-tara retaken, 174.
  Nuhaka, 163.	Hei-pipi, 113.
  Puke-karoro, 166.	Kakepo, 138.
  Rakiroa, 170.	Keke-paraoa, 172.
  Roto-a-tara, 167.	Omakukara, 176.
  Te Pakake, 169.	Otatara, 113.
  Titi-rangi, 164.	Te Maihi, 138.
  Wai-reporepo, 165.	Toka-akuku, 173.
  	Wai-koukou, 111.

• Pomare, Sir Maui, history, 215-223.
• Preface, 7-9.
• Preparing a foundation of a house, 200-201.
• Proverbial sayings or whakatauaki, 242-248.
• Refutation of certain stories re Takitimu canoe, 45.

• Songs:
  • Challenging, by Eraihia Maru, 90.
  • Beseeching for aid, by Pareihe, 168.
  • Indicative of hatred, by the enemy, 176.
  • Invitation, by Eraihia Maru, 91.
  • Jubilant, by Ngati-Kahungunu, 169.
  • Lament, for Te Wera Hauraki, 178.
  • Lament, for Te Whenuariri, 164.
  • Lament, for Tama-i-uia, 161.
  • Lullaby, for Rangi-te-aorere, 184.
  • War dance, by Ngati-Kahungunu, 175.

• Takitimu House—first building, 198.
  • Second building, 198.
  • Present building, 200.
  • Builders, carvers and weavers, 202.
  • Description and names of different parts, 204.
  • Cost of erection and opening, 203.

• Tamihana Huata, history, 224.
• Tapu meaning and purposes, 36.
• Toi-Kai-rakau expedition to New Zealand, 19.
• Toi-Kai-rakau received his second name, 28.
• Taukata and Hoaki arrived in Whaka-tane, 27.
• Wai-hirere site, history, 197.
• Whatonga voyage to New Zealand, 19-20.
• Whare-wananga implanted at Portland Island, 42.
• Whare-wananga, description, teaching and rules, 47-51.

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