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Index.

• Aborigines, their treatment by civilized nations, 2

• Acacia (clianthus puniceus), parrot's bill, 207. Kowai. Edwardaia microphylla, 450

• Ahuriri, on the east coast, 28, 216, 217, 244, 339, 462

• Aia, the widow of Pehi, 328

• Akaroa, a French settlement, 210, 218

• Akira, his baptiam, 318

• Alatana, one of the new Hebrides, 374

• Albert (Prince), his interview with the New Zealand Chief Hoani Wiremu, 473, 474

• Allan (John), 423

• American Episcopal Church, 305

• Amo, a Taupo chief, 145

• Anonokia, a slave, 86

• Aotea, 118-121, 215

• Apiti, a term for cursing, 94

• Araara, a flsh, 410, 411

• Arahura, 120

• Arapawa, Queen Charlotte's Sound, 120, 207, 326

• Ara-tuku-tuku, progenitor of the Taniwhas, 50

• Arawa mountains, 120

• Arero, the pa of, 107

• Arikio, or high chiefs, 42, 155, 186

• Arohi-rohi, which formed the first woman, 18

• Assembly, General, met at Auckland, 212

• Atene, or Oawitu, a village on the Wanganui, 342

• Atu ahu, or charm, 72, 73

• Atua Potiki, or infant gods, 19, 88, 186, 225

• Auckland Isles, 218

• 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

• Aukehu kills a monster fish, 52

• Aupouri, or North Cape, 118

• Aute, the inner bark of the Hoheria populnea, 137

• Awa, tidal-river flsh, 411

• Awato, the grub of a sphinx moth, 118

• Babel, tradition of the dispersion, 68

• Ball, game with an ornamented, 174

• Ballet Rock, near Evans's Bay, 472

• Bally Rock, off Point Jerningham, 231

• Balmoral estate in Scotland, its cost, 264

• Banks's Peninsula, 218

• Baptismal regeneration ruled by the Australian bishops, 303, 304

• Baptismal rites (He Tohi) of the aborigines, 74—76

• Barrier Islands, 244

• Basaltio rocks, 222

• Baskets used for serving up food, 55, 167, 168, 175

• Bat, two kinds of, 395

• Baths for invalids, 221, 222

• Battles of the natives, 258

• Bay of Islands, 195, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 214, 221, 243, 270, 273, 286, 287, 290, 331; declared a free port, 211

• Bear, the sea (rapoka), 395

• Beards condemned by the natives, 151

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• Beetle, different varieties, 421, 423

• Bell found embedded under a tree, 184

• Birds:—Apterix Australis (kiwi), 220, 396

• Bittern (matuku), 119, 120

• Dinornis, 220

• Flycatcher (piwakawaka), 27

• Hawk (kahu), 400

• Hihi, 30

• Hoiho, the penguin, 408

• Huia, 150, 400

• Kaiaia, sparrow-hawk, 37, 400

• Kaka, brown parrot, 381, 404

• Kakapo, or tarepo, 238, 381, 405

• Kakariki, green parrot, 131, 161, 382, 404

• Katatai (rallus assimilis), 399

• Kauwau, or karuhiruhi, 408

• Kereru, or wood-pigeon, 381, 406

• Kiwi (apterix Australis), 220, 238, 380, 396—398, 473, 474

• Koekoea, bird of passage, 178

• Kohoperoa, bird of passage, 178, 405

• Koitareke, or kokoreke, 400, 406

• Kokako, the crow, 30, 117, 403

• Kokoreke, the quail, 400, 406

• Korimako, singing bird, 75, 402

• Korora, the penguin, 408

• Kotare (halcyon vagans), 400

• Kotihe, honey-bird, 402

• Kotuku, white crane, 407

• Koukou, or ruru, 400

• Matata, or koroatito, 403

• Matuku, or bittern, 119, 407

• Miromiro, and mirotoitoi, 403

• Moa, or dinornis, 132, 220, 237, 398

• Moho periru, or motarua, 37, 399, 400

• Parera, the duck, 407

• Paroquet, the green, 118, 137

• Patatai, or popotai, 399

• Pihoihoi, 404

• Piopio, bird of passage, 403

• Pipiwarauroa, bird of passage, 178, 406

• Piwaka-waka, 31, 403

• Powakai, an immense bird, 398

• Pukeko (porphyrio), 37, 118, 123, 246, 399

• Putangitangi, paradise duck, 407

• Rallus dieffenbachii, 399

• Riro-riro, the wren, 48, 132, 403

• Sparrow-hawk, 132

• Takahe (notornis), 399

• Tars, a small sea-bird, 70, 123

• Tarapunga, 407

• Tieke, 30, 404

• Titi, a sea-bird, 132, 382, 408

• Tongo-hiti, 39

• Torea, black sea-bird, 406

• Toroa, albatross, 408

• Totoara, 30, 408

• Totoriwai, 400

• Tui, 150, 381, 401

• Weka, 238, 381, 399

• Wio, the blue duck, 407

• Bird-traps, 381

• Bishop's College, 312

• Bishops of Australia, their conference at Sydney, 303

• Bishop's wig, its disuse, 148

• Bligh (Capt.), Governor of New South Wales, 283, 297

• Blood, payment for shedding, 352 (note)

• Botany of New Zealand, 430—457

• Boulder Bank harbour, Nelson, 265

• Bouleott's Farm, 350

• Box, carved, or he papa, 280

• Boyd, massacre of its crew, 206, 285, 286, 314

• Bread, process of making, 390—393

• Bread-fruit (uri), 183

• Brompton, its wreck, 291

• Broughton (Wm. Grant), Bishop of Australia, 294, 299

• Brown (Rev. Mr.), 369

• Burial rites, 97—101

• Burke (Sir Richard), his Church Act, 304

• Busby (Mr.), appointed British resident, 209

• Butterflies (pepe), 420

• Cabbage introduced by Capt. Cook, 206; cultivated, 378

• Californian gold mines, 261, 268

• Cannibalism abolished, 10, 211; noticed, 194

• Canoe preparing for sea, 171

• Canoes, list of those that brought the first settlers, 123; the first made by Toto, 124

• Canterbury Colony founded, 212, 218, 237, 264, 462

• Cape Maria Van Dieman, the spirits' flying place, 28

• Cartwright (Rev. R.), 297

• Cascade Point, 236

• Caterpillar, the bulrush, 422—425

• Cavalloa, 208

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• Cave near the mouth of the Mokau, 394

• Chapman (Mr.), missionary, 359

• Charm for a stubborn woman, 72

• Chasseland (Thomas), interpreter, 238

• Chatham Isles, its aborigines, 7; noticed, 119

• Cherry (Capt.) murdered, 332

• 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

• Chiefs, native, their treatment by the British Government, 270—278; their burial, 97

• Christ Church, town, 1; Lyttelton, 218

• Church Missionary Society, its labours in New Zealand, 305; stations, 209

• Church of New Zealand, its future constitution, 300—308

• Cloaks made of feathers of the kiwi, 397, 473

• Clifford (Mr.), jun., 237

• Climate of New Zealand, 251—255, 262, 460

• Cloth, its ancient material, 185, 194

• Cloudy Bay, 330

• Coal mines, 236, 244

• Cod (Hapuku), 384

• “Columbine,” a vessel, 227

• Columbus's discoveries, 205

• Comb, or He Heru, 218

• Concubinage practised, 59

• Confirmation practised by the aborigines, 76

• Conger eel (ngoiro), 412

• Constitution given to New Zealand, 212

• Convicts, their employment on public works, 267, 268

• Convolvulus (rawparaha), used for food, 323

• Cook (Captain) visits New Zealand, 5, 6, 19, 133, 190, 194, 195, 206, 207, 213, 214, 281, 379

• Cook's Straits settlement founded, 210; noticed, 117, 207, 214, 242, 263, 294, 324, 325, 417, 471

• Cooking process by the natives, 389, 390; at a boiling spring, 250

• Copper discovered at Doubtless Bay, Kawa Kawa, and the Barrier Islands, 244

• Coromandel Harbour, 192, 244, 410

• Corpses, a frame for them till decomposed, 341

• Cowper (Rev. Dr.), 297

• Crab fish, 415

• Craters of New Zealand, 221—226

• Crayfish (koura), 383

• Creation, native traditions of, 14

• Crying, an amusement! 175

• Crying children, how cured, 165

• Cunningham (Allan), the botanist, his journey through a forest, 5

• Cursing as practised by the natives, 94

• Customs of the natives resembling those alluded to in Scripture, 465, 466

• Dancing, a favourite amusement, 174

• Day made distinct from night, 20

• Dead, customs relating to the, 97—101

• Deluge, curious tradition respecting it, 17, 18

• Despard (Colonel), 346

• Dillon (Chevalier Capt.), his testimonial of Samuel Marsden's labours, 295

• Discovery of New Zealand, 205

• Diseases, 254—256

• Diving, an amusement, 174

• Dog, the native, 395

• Doubtless Bay, 194, 215, 244

• Dreams vehicles of communication, 74; explained, 160—162

• Drury (Capt.) on the earthquake at Wellington, 232—234

• Ducks, Paradise; the putangi tangi, 329

• Dunedin, capital of Otako, 218

• Dusky Bay tribe, 218, 235, 348

• Ear ornaments, 150

• Earthquakes at Wellington, 212, 472; at Wanganui, 226—228; in the islands of New Zealand, 471, 472

• Easter Island, 189, 192

• Ectropium, complaint of the eyelids, 254

• Eel (tuna), a delicacy, 135, 166, 413; how taken and cooked, 382, 383

• Evangelical Alliance, 307

• Eel cuts, or drains made from lakes, 384

• Egmont (Taranaki), a lofty mountain, 147, 215, 242, 269

• 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

• Enau, a Christian native, 358, 359

• Enderby (Lieut.), Governor of the Auckland Isles, 212, 218

• England (Capt.), 334

• Erebus, Mount, 225

• Europeans, their traffic in the heads of the natives, 154

• “Every Man his own Physician,” a French work, 72

• Eyre (Lieut.), Governor, 212, 228, 236, 389

• Fables of the natives, 134—137

• Fairies in the form of small birds, 115

• Feasts, or hakari, 169

• Feegee and Maori, their points of agreement, 187

• Female tattoo, 153, 154

• Females, the attachment of the gods to, 48

• Fern-root, food in winter, 18, 134, 135, 166, 168, 183, 337, 379

• Fens of Ely and Lincoln, their fogs, 427, 428

• Fern-stalks, used for play, 173

• Fernandes (Juan) visits New Zealand, 205

• Fin-back (balœno physalus), 396

• Fingers, games played with, 173

• Firearms introduced, 258

• Fish of New Zealand, 382—384, 410—418

• Fishing ceremonies, 83—86; hut, 138

• Fitzroy (Capt.), Governor, 211, 271, 279, 280, 335, 343

• Flax manufactured, 195, 208, 285, 474

• Flios (musca), 418, 419, 424

• Food, its chief articles, 166, 377—384

• Food-store ornamented, 377

• Forest scenery, 253, 433

• Foveaux's Straits, 209, 238

• Friday, called bleeding-day, 176

• Frogs, 409, 410

• Funeral ode (pihi), 315

• Furneaux (Capt.), massacre of his crew, 206

• Fuchsia, a deciduous tree, 130, 176, 243

• Garlick sowed by Marion, 207

• Genealogies of the aborigines, 15—17 155

• Genealogical board, 155, 159

• Geology of New Zealand, 219—245

• George IV., his interview with the New Zealand chiefs, 310

• Gillespies, murdered, 271, 350

• Gods, two grand orders of, 15

• Gold discovered in Australia, 212, 220, 261, 268; in Coromandel Harbour, 244; at Ahuriri, ib.

• Government offices at Wellington destroyed by an earthquake, 232—235

• Grammar for New Zealand, 208, 310

• Grant (Capt.) killed, 347

• Grey (Earl), protest against his despatch, 212, 275

• Grey, (Sir George) Governor, 211, 212, 271, 273, 335, 339

• Grose (Capt.), Governor of New South Wales, 284

• Groves, sacred (wahi-tapu), 65, 101

• Haddock (moki), 412

• Hades, called Po, or night, 41, 74, 103, 104, 144, 186, 194

• Haere-awa-awa, the father of the Weka, 33

• Hadfield, (Octavius), Archdeacon of Kapiti, 303, 331

• Haha, an incantation, 77

• Hahakai, a native antiquary, 193

• Hair-cutting, ceremonies connected with, 91, 93

• Hair-powder, its disuse, 149

• Haka-e-pari, an island, 50

• Hakari, or feast, 169

• Hake-turi, flock of birds, 115

• Hakitara, a Ngapuki chief, 327

• Hall (Mr.), missionary, 285, 286

• Hapuku, or whapuku, cod fish, 411

• Hapurona, a chief, 352

• Harakeke (phormium tenax), 435

• Hatupatu captured by a giantess, 47—49

• Hauraki, 121

• Hawaiki, the cradle of the race, 15, 66, 96, 107, 117, 120, 121, 124, 128, 147, 178, 192, 193, 377, 378

• Hawaii, or the Sandwich isles, 19, 41

• Hazlewood (Rev. Mr.), Wesleyan minister, 188

• Heads of the natives sold to Europeans, 154

• Healthiness of the climate, 253—255

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• Heaven, ideas of the natives respecting, 16, 17

• Hedgehog (he kina), 418

• Hekawa, Hicks's Bay, 373

• Heke (Hone), Chief, 9, 10; cut down the flagstaff, 211, 273, 342—348

• He Kowetewete, an etymological puzzle, 175

• Hekawa, Hicks' Bay, 373

• Helme (St.), the lights of, 429

• Hemapo, a convert, 364, 369

• He papa, or carved box, 280

• Herekiekie, Chief of Tokanu, 360, 361, 364, 366

• He tiki, monument of a chief, 96

• He Tohi. See Baptismal Rites.

• 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

• Hick's Bay, 241

• Hide and seek, a game, 174

• Hikairo, Chief of Rotorua, 366, 367

• Hiko, the son of Pehi, 327

• Hikurangi, a lofty mountain, 28

• Hikurangi, taking leave of friends, 160

• Hinaki, a Chief, persuaded from visiting England, 311, 312; killed, 312

• Hina-moki, the father of the rat, 33

• Hinau (elœcarpus), 133, 391, 393

• Hine-nui-te-po, great mother of night, 16, 19, 28, 31, 41

• Hine-te-iwaiwa, her love for Tini-rau, 108—112

• Hoani Wiremu, a Putiki chief, 351, 354, 356; visits Queen Victoria, 473

• Hobson (Capt.), appointed Consul, and first Governor of New Zealand, 210, 270, 278, 294; his death, 211

• Hohake, 224

• Hokianga, river, 123; heads, 209, 210

• Hokio, 139, 141

• Holland, New, its aborigines, 3; climate, 252

• Holmes (Sir Everard), Commander of the North Star, 347, 352

• Hongi, a celebrated chief, 81: visits England, 208, 310; his savage disposition, 312, 313; death, 315; noticed, 258, 287, 342

• Hooker (Sir William), 423, 434

• Horokiri Valley, 212, 337, 351

• Horonguku, or sliding landslip, 158

• Horowhenua, 325

• Hotua Pou, or infant gods, 19, 186

• Hotu-puku, a Taniwha, 52

• House (he whare puni), a view of, 308

• Houses betoken a Japanese origin, 185, 387

• Hue, or gourd, a vegetable, 378

• Huia, the daughter of Pomare, 157

• Huia-tahi, a chief, 360, 363, 369

• Huna, a chief, 325

• Hunahuna, a village, 314

• Hunter (Capt.), Governor of New South Wales, 284

• Hurd's Point, 209

• Huru, his visit to Norfolk Island, 195, 285

• Huts of the natives, 6, 8

• Hutt war, 212; noticed, 217, 231, 234, 336, 350, 472

• Idol, memorial, 62: of a chief slain in battle, 54

• Ignis Fatuus, 426—429

• Ihi, Chief of the Taupo Taniwha, 50

• Ikunikau, 354

• Image worship, 54, 62, 72, 73

• Inanga, a small fish, 383

• Infanticide, common, 165

• Influenza, 255

• Ingarani, England, 158

• Irawaru, the father of dogs, 26, 33

• Irish sailor bewitched, 90; his cure, 91

• Iron sand, magnetic, valuable article of commerce, 243

• Islands submerged, 242

• Israel, dispersion of its tribes, 190, 191

• Iwikau te Heuheu, 360

• Jack (Bloody), Chief of the Ngaitahu, 329, 330, 349

• Jackson's adventure at Alatana, 374—376

• Japanese head-dress, 184

• Johnson (Rev. R.), the first minister of New South Wales, 282

• Jones (Lieut.), 232, 234

• Judges' wigs, still retained, 149

• Jumping into deep water, 174

• Kae, his tragical story, 112—114

• Kahawai, a fish, 131, 411

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• Kahikatea, kahika, koroi (podocarpus excelsus), lofty pine, 130, 439

• Kahikato (Leptospenum scoparium), a small tree, 131

• Kai Koura, a mountain, 236, 330, 349

• Kaipara, 156, 214, 313

• Kaitais mission station, 298, 429

• Kai-tangata, 35, 36

• Kakaho, or reed, 154, 391

• Kakarames mountain, 321

• Kaparatehau Lake, 329

• Kaperatehau, a chief, 350

• Kapiti, an island, 120, 244, 276, 325, 327—331, 370; mission founded, 210, 279

• Kapo Wairua, 196

• Karaka promontory, 329

• Karakia, its derivation, 72

• Karamu (coprosma lucida), used in baptism, 75

• Katorore, a Taniwha, 53

• Kauatata, daughter of Tiki, 18

• Kauika, a chief, 66, 68, 69

• Kauri, the pine tree, 136; timber, 221, 236; resin, 236

• Kawis, 215

• Kawa-kawa, 244

• Kawaka, koaka (dacrydiumplumosum), 440

• Kawana Paipai, his dream, 162

• Kawhia, 121, 215, 324

• Kawiti, a chief; 343—348

• Kemp (Mr.), missionary, 316, 317

• Kendal, (Mr.), missionary, 208, 285, 286, 310

• Kereopa, native missionary and martyr, 358, 360—370, 475

• Kekeringa, a chief, 326

• Keri Keri, mission station, 270, 290, 309, 316, 317

• King (George), pensioned chief, 274

• King (Governor), 195, 196, 208, 285

• King (Mr.), missionary, 285, 286, 288, 290, 316

• Kiore, thorat, 137

• Kirikiri River, 207. See Keri Keri.

• Kite flying, 172

• Kohi-kohi, an early race, 119

• Kokohuia, 324

• Kokopu, a fresh water fish, 383

• Kopi, earthquake at, 230, 231

• Kopi and koroi, a noble tree, 442

• Koro-kio-ewe, god of childbirth, 34

• Korokoro, 287

• Koromiko (veromica salicifolia), a plant, 75, 79

• Kororareka, burial ground consecrated, 209; its flag-staff cut down, 211; noticed, 9, 10, 342—344

• Kotuku, or stork, 130

• Kotuku-rae-roa, a chief, 319

• Koura, or cray-fish, 414, 415

• Kumara, a seed, 38, 105; sweet potato, 377—379

• Kumara, the offspring of Rangi and Papa, 18

• Kumukumu, rock-cod, 135

• Kupe, the first discoverer, traditionary notices of, 116, 117, 123—125

• Kurangai-tuku, a giantess, 47—49

• Kuri, a Romanist, 60

• Laburnum of New Zealand, 168

• Lamprey, a favourite fish, 167, 382, 383, 412

• Land, its minimum price, 212, 215, 261—264; how held by the natives, 384

• Landmarks, or boundary-stones, 385, 386

• Lang (Dr.), Presbyterian minister, 298

• Language, showing the origin of the New Zealander, 177—203

• Lattice-work (arapaki), indicatesskill, 185

• Lava courses, 222, 223

• Laye (Capt.), 352

• Lee (Professor), his New Zealand Grammar, 208, 310

• Leech, water (sangsis nga), 421

• Leigh (Rev. Mr.), Wesleyan minister, 291

• Leprosy, 248, 255

• Light, the period of, 14

• Limestone, 243; cave, ib.

• Lion, the sea (phoca jubata), 395

• Lizards, several kinds, 408, 409

• Locusts (tarakihi), 419, 421

• Love songs, 142, 143

• Lovell (barrack-sergeant), killed by an earthquake, 228

• Lyttelton, or Port Cooper, 212, 218, 237, 264

• Mackerel (kahawai, 384

• Macleverty (Col.), 357

• Macquarie (Capt.), Governor of New South Wales, 284

• Maero, or wild man, 49

• Mahometanism, its propagation, 181

• Mai-i-rangi, 66, 68

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• Maize cultivated, 379

• Maketu, a chief, 61, 90, 355; a locality, 121, 277

• Makutu, See Witchcraft.

• Mamaku, a tree fern, 379

• Mamaku, Chief of the Nga ti rangi, 351—357

• Man, how formed, 23

• Manaw pou, 241, 278

• Manawatu river, 139, 141, 240, 325; earthquake at, 230

• Manga nui a te Ao, a tributary of the Wanganui, 65, 126, 273

• Mangonui in Doubtless Bay, 215

• Mani-a-poto tribe, 156

• Maniapoto, a chief, 145

• Manihera, a Christian chief and martyr, 161, 357—370, 475

• Manukau harbour, 121, 214, 215

• Maari, its etymology, 178; noticed, 7, 9, 19, 29, 32, 35, 44, 46, 71, 96, 119, 162, 178, 196, 200

• Mapera, a lake, tradition of its formation, 122; noticed, 222

• Maria Van Dieman, 206

• Marikoriko, or twilight, 18

• Mariner's Tonga Isles, 186

• Marion du Fresne, 206, 207

• Marriage recommended to emigrants, 461

• Mars, the planet, called Maru, 35: see Maru

• Marsden (Miss Mary Ann), 292

• 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

• Maru, a god of war, 33, 35, 40, 41, 67, 85

• Mascarin, massacre of, 206

• Mason (Rev. John), drowned, 211

• Massacre Bay, 236

• Matai, mai (dacrydium), 440

• Matamata, 293

• Mate te ra, 193

• Matene Ruta hung, 157

• Matene te Whiwhi, a chief, 210, 277, 331

• Matouri Bay, 286, 287

• Matthews (Rev. J.), of Kaitaia, 82

• Matuku, tradition of, 115, 116

• Maui, a mythological hero; his marvellous exploits, 23—28; contention with Mauika, 29, 30; his death, 31; noticed, 33, 52, 124, 128, 186

• Mauika, the father of fire, 29, 33

• Maungamuka, 314

• Maungatautari, 323

• Mawae, a Putiki chief, 351

• Mawe pa, 345

• Meals of the natives, 167

• Melbourne, 262

• Melon cultivated, 378

• Men with wings at Waitotara, 33, 34

• Mere, a stone battle-axe, engraving of one, 31, 473, 474; noticed, 77, 79, 244, 330, 348; Wesleyan station, 188

• Meremere, the evening star, 140, 141

• Meremere Pounamu, presented to the Queen, 244

• Mereury Bay, 313

• Meteoric stones, 42

• Meteorological table of London and New Zealand, 470, 471

• Meteors, frequent in New Zealand, 42, 43

• Meurant (Mr.), Government interpreter, 238

• Mice, arrival of a colony of, 213

• Middle Island, earthquake at, 232—239; its rocks, 244; noticed, 209, 252, 335, 339

• Miro (podocarpus ferruginea), 439

• Mission at New Zealand founded by Samuel Marsden, 281—299

• Moa (dinornis), the ostrich, 237, 238, 243, 245

• Moa Upoko tribe, 325, 326

• Moeone, a small bronze beetle, 118

• Mokau, 91, 243, 244

• Moko, or tattoo, 150—154

• Moko Titi, a lizard god, 34

• Molesworth (Sir Wm.) introduces Hoani Wiremu Hipango to Queen Victoria, 473, 474

• Molyneaux River, 218, 236

• Monoa, son of Whiro, 69—71, 124

• Months, grumbling, 168

• Moon, the natives idea of its spots, 95; used for reckoning time, 175—178; its twenty-eight nights, 177

• Moses Tawai, a chief, 343

• Mottoes, 146, 147

• Motuspuhi, 325

• Motu Karamu, German Mission station, 60

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• Motu Taiko, a small island in Lake Taupo, 204

• Motu Tawa, a small island, 324

• Motutere, 359, 360, 367

• Moutohora, Whale Island, 223

• Muka Muka rocks, 230

• Mumuhanga, the father of the Totara, 33

• Murderers' Bay, why so named, 206

• Muscle (kuku) used for food, 183, 383, 417

• Musical pipe (he koauau), 147

• Musk-rat, 394

• Mythology of New Zealand, 12—54

• Names, native, have always a signification, 155

• Natural history of the islands, 394—429

• Neck ornaments, 150

• Nelson settlement founded, 211, 217, 218, 330, 332—335

• Nene (Walker), pensioned chief, 274

• New South Wales, 267

• New Testament first printed at Paihia, 209

• New year celebrated, 93

• Ngae, a mission station, 53

• Nga Hui, tradition of, 120

• Ngahurus' Lament, 144

• Ngaitahu tribe, 326, 327, 329

• Nga puhi, a tribe, 147, 331

• Nga-rangi-hore, the father of stones, 33

• Ngarara, the lizard, 136

• Nga te rau kawa tribe, 326

• Nga ti apa tribe, 325, 326

• Ngatiawa, natives of Otaki, 42, 325, 329, 330

• Nga ti haua tribe, 355

• Nga-ti-mamoe, inhabitants of lofty mountains, 49

• Ngatimanispoto, a tribe, 145

• Ngatimaru tribe, 144, 145, 147

• Nga ti paoa, a tribe, 147

• Ngatiraukawa tribe, 169

• Nga ti ruaka tribe, 326, 351, 352, 355

• Nga ti ruanui tribe, 277, 278, 326, 358, 364—366, 368

• Ngatitoa, 325

• Ngatiwhatua tribe, 156

• Nicholas (Mr.), 285, 286

• Night, the period of, 14; made distinct from day, 20; divided into three decades, 177

• Nikau (areca sapida), 434

• Niu, or divination by sticks, 69, 74, 91—93

• Norfolk Island, 195

• North Cape, 285

• Nota, or north star, 157

• Nursery song, 139

• Obsidian, instrument for cutting hair, 93

• Ochre and oil much used, 149

• O'Donohu, the bush-ranger, executed, 297

• Ohaiawai, 350

• Ohau, a creek, 139, 141, 228, 325

• Ohinemotu, 223

• Onga onga (urticeœ), 441

• Orakokorako, on the Waikato, 223

• Orau moa bay, 329

• Orawaro, near Fakerau, 51

• Ornamenta for the person, 148—155

• Orono, deity at Hawaii, 19

• Ostrich, or Moa, 237

• Otahuhu, 121

• Otake, engraving of the church at, 65; noticed, 42, 90, 139, 141, 277, 335, 337

• Otako, a Scotch settlement, 211, 218, 264, 462

• Otaua, near the Bay of Islands, 221

• Oulad Riahs, mountain tribe, 9; massacred, 10

• Ovens of the natives, 389, 392

• Owa, the father of the dog, 33

• Owl, its various names, 196

• Oyster (ostrœa), 417

• Paerau, a region of Hades, 144

• Paeroa, near the Waikato, 223

• Page (Lieut.), 351

• Pahiko, the father of the Kaka, 33

• Paihia mission station, 209, 291, 294

• Pakakutu, 326

• Pa Karaka, volcanic cone, 222

• Palm tree (ni-kau), 182

• Panakareao, the name of the head chief of the Rarawa, 156

• Papa, or carved dish, 169, 170

• Papa, or earth, the god of light, 16—22, 33

• Papaiti, 355

• Papanoko, a scaleless fish, 383

• Paradise, its etymology, 182

• Parahia, a diminutive kind of spinach, 133

• Parapara, a native village, 193

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• Parata Gulf, 118

• Parauri, the father of the Tui, 33

• Paripari, 141, 244

• Parramatta, 299

• Parson (tui), 401

• Pataka, sacred stages for the dead, 95

• Pates, 116, 119, 120, 141, 242

• Patiarero, 132

• Patuone, 315

• Patu paearehe, fairy giants, 46—49

• Patutokotoko tribe, 355

• Paua-taha-nui pa, 212, 337, 351

• Paul (St.), a mountain, 243, 431

• Pauley (George), 238

• Paulnier (Sieur Binot), discoverer of New Zealand, 205

• Peel (Mr.), founder of Swan river settlement, 266

• Pehi, a chief, 325—328, 331, 335, 474

• Pekehaua, a Taniwha, 53

• Penny an Aere Act, 279

• Pepper tree (piper excelsum), 181

• Pepper tree (horopito), 437

• Peter (St.), a mountain, 243

• Petoni Road, 231

• Philippine Isles, 205

• Phillip (Capt.), Governor of New South Wales, 284

• Philpott (Lieut.), 344, 347

• Piako river, 214

• Pianga, a mountain, 225

• Pigeons, 168

• Pigs introduced into New Zealand, 195, 208, 285

• Pihanga explained, 69

• Pines, 130, 437—441

• Piperaceæ, two kinds, 437

• Pipiri, chief priest of Motutere, 50

• Piripai, 247

• Piripi, a Christian teacher, 368, 369

• Pitama, the murderer of the Giliespies, 271

• Plants of New Zealand, 430—435

• Plymouth (New), or Taranaki, a province, 211, 215, 279, 462

• Po, or night, the name for Hades, 41, 74, 103, 104, 186, 194

• Point Jerningham, 231

• Polygamy, 164

• Polynesian race, its close connexion with the natives of New Zealand, 466—468

• Pomare on board the North Star, 157; noticed, 345

• Pomegranate, its luxuriance, 218

• Pompalier (Bishop), and the Romish mission, 210

• Population, 256—258, 263, 468

• Porirua Harbour, 212, 217, 332, 336, 339, 351, 359

• Poroutawao, 337, 339, 351, 359

• Port Cooper, Canterbury colony at, 212, 218, 237, 264

• Port Nicholson, 28, 123, 332

• Potato introduced by Captain Cook, 190; by Governor King, 208; cultivated, 377

• Potiki, infant gods, 105

• Poto, song to, 157

• Poultry introduced into New Zealand, 196

• Pounamu, a rock of the Middle Island, 244

• Pounamu, or green stone, 120

• Poutama, head chief, 91

• Poutu, 369

• Pouwhaitere, the green parrot, 118, 137

• Powers (Andrew), his tragical story, 370—373

• Pre-emption, or land sold only to the crown, 278—280

• Presbyterian colony, 211

• Priting-offices at Wellington, 217

• Prodigal son, an apt illustration of the aborigines, 8

• Propagation Society, its labours in New Zealand, 305

• Proverbs, or Wakatauki, 126—134

• Prow of a war canoe, 125

• Puckey (Mr.), catechist, 82, 313

• Puha, a war song, 80

• Pukawa, Taupo, 319, 360, 363

• Pukemaepau, limestone cave at, 213

• Pukenui, a volcanic hill, 122, 222

• Puke Tapu Atene on the Wanganui, burial-place at, 179

• Pumpkin cultivated, 378

• Punga, the father of the shark, 33

• Puni puni, a game with the fingers 173

• Puoho, chief of Nga-ti-tama, 330

• Puratawa, 276

• Purua, 324

• Puta, priest of Taupo, 42

• Putaia, a hill, 122, 222

• Putiki tribe, 227, 324, 326, 351, 352, 354, 363, 368, 371

• Putu, or song of invitation, 175

• Ranga tapu, 194, 475

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• Rangatira, 224

• Rangi, the first converted chief, 291

• Rangi, or hevon, the god of light, 16—22

• Rangiatea, a mountain of Hawaiki, 147

• Rangihaeata, a chief, 252, 271, 276, 277, 325, 326, 333—341, 350, 351, 359

• Rangihu, in the Bay of Islands, 208, the first missionary station, 287—289, 293

• Rangi mairehau, chief of Turakina, 325

• Rangipo road, 326, 367

• Rangi riri, a fountain, 95

• Rangitakoru's nursery song, 139

• Rangitikei, a river, 141, 227, 240, 326, 335, 336, 339

• Rangiwakaurua's Lament, 143, 144

• Rapa, a valley of the Taupo Lake, 320, 321

• Rarawa tribe, 156

• Rat, manner of hunting it, 87—89; an article of food, 380; different species, 395

• Rata tree, 393

• Rauparaba, chief of the Nga-ti-raukawa, 212, 258, 323—338, 340, 341, 349, 398

• Raupo, or bulrush, 379

• Rawiri Puaha, 334

• Reay (Rev. Mr.), 396

• Red (kura) a sacred colour, 66, 95, 96

• Reinga, entrance to Hades, 41, 42; engraving of it, 97; its etymology, 103; noticed, 103—106, 160, 161, 313, 328, 360, 374

• Remutaka forest, 337

• Repe repe (callorynchus Australis), 429

• Reptile gods, a list of, 67

• Reretawangawanga, chief of Waikanae, his monument, 11

• Resin manufacture of, 151

• Rimu (dacrydium cupresstinum), 441

• Rimurapa, 28

• Roads required, 273

• Robertson (Capt.), of the “Hazard,” 343, 344

• Rocks of New Zealand, 242—244

• Rona, a chief, 95

• Rongo, the father of the Kumara, 33

• Rongo-mai, chief god of Taupo, 33, 84, 40, 42,

• Rongo rongo, 28

• Ropa, derivation of, 164

• Ropa, a choef, killed 324

• Roto-aira Lake, 224, 324, 369, 371

• Roto Kakahi, 324, 327

• Rotokawa, 224

• Rotomahana, a warm water lake, 224, 245

• Rotorua, 52, 53, 147, 223, 224, 277, 294, 313, 359, 366, 367, 372

• Rotu, or charm, to cause sleep, 113

• Ru, the father of lakes and rivers, 13, 19, 32, 146

• Rua, an early settler, 138

• Ruapehu, a lofty mountain, 216, 225

• Ruapekapeka, 347; its model sent to the Greast Exhibition, ib.

• Ruatara, 287, 288, 293

• Ruhe, a chief, 346

• Rum, designated water brought from heaven, 133, 207

• Rupe, the father of the pigeon, 33, 110—112

• Russell, the seat of Government, 210, 211

• Rutherford (Mr.), his preservation, 208

• St. John's Wood, the battle of, 356

• Sandal, or snow shoe, 203

• Sandwich Isles, 35

• Sanscrit and Maori, affinity between, 184

• Saturday, or washing-day, 176

• School for natives, 300

• Scott, of Tauranga, a trader, 372

• Seal (phocidæ), 395

• Seasons of the year, 178

• Sedimentary deposits, 240

• Selwyn (Dr. George Augustus), Bishop of New Zealand, 95, 209, 212, 255, 308, 345

• Settlers'Journey along the west coast of the Middle Island, 4

• Shark (mango), a winter food, 384, 412

• Sharks' teeth used for car ornaments, 150

• Shells of New Zealand, 415, 416

• Shoe, a snow, 203

• Shortland (Lieut.), Acting Governor, 211

• Sickness making person tapu, 61

• Skipping-rope, a game, 172

• Snapper (tammer), 384

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• Song, extract from an old, 67; used whilst tattooing, 152

• Songs of the natives, 138—145

• Spade, or Ako, 258

• Spells and incantations, 70—73

• Spiders (punga werewere), 418

• Springs, hot, 222, 223, 246—250

• Staff of a chief, 299

• Stalactites, 243—245

• Stanley (Capt.) plants the British flag at Akaroa, 210; commander of the “Calliope,” 337

• Stannard (Rev. George), 29

• Staten Land, 206

• Stewart (Capt.), commander of the “Elizabeth,” 327—329

• Stewart's Island, 218

• Stick throwing, an amusement, 173

• Sticks, divination by (niu) 69, 74, 91—93

• Stone (Rev. Mr.), Incumbent of Guiseley, the first patron of Samuel Marsden, 282

• Sugar-loaf rocks, 242

• Summer in New Zealand, 176, 178

• Sunday, called Te Wiki, 176

• Swan River Settlement, 266

• Swinging-poles, 173

• Sydney, 262, 290, 291, 295, 311

• Taaroa, creator of all things, 19

• Tahaiti, 41, 192, 205

• Tahana, native teacher, 358

• Tahoraparoa, 144

• Tahu, author of all good, 18, 33

• Taiaha, or chiefs' staff, 299

• Taiamai plain, 222, 346

• Taiamai, 330, 331, 335

• Taimaro, 194

• Taipo, an imaginary creature, 49

• Takerei (Earl Grey), 158

• Taki, its different meanings, 197

• Tamai hara nui, 327—329, 335

• Tamaki, 121, 214

• Tamamutu, his capture, 50

• Tama te Kapua, traditions of, 121

• Tamihana Katu, 331

• Tamihana te Raupahara, Christian convert, 168, 210, 373

• Tamorangi, a chief, 290

• Tanaure-ure, a cave, 243

• Tane, the parent of birds and trees, 13, 32, 33, 84

• Tanekaha, tawaiwai, a tree, 438

• Tane Mahuta, the offspring of Rangi and Papa, 18—23

• Tangaloa, creator of all things, 19, 28, 186

• Tangi, or wail, 102, 103

• Tangaroa, father of fish, 13, 19, 21, 33, 84—87, 186

• Taniwha, an immense fish, 49—53, 321

• Tapo, a priest, 118

• Tapouka, or “Old Wig,” chief of the Middle Island, 348

• Tapsall, a Norwegian, the first European who married a native woman, 373

• 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

• Tapued chief eating with a fern-stalk, 55, 167, 168

• Tapuae, 371

• Tapuaenuko hill, 236

• Tapuanikau, 324

• Tara, 314

• Tara (George), a chief, 286

• Tara-hunga, father of the Maui family, 24

• Taraia, the last cannibal, 211

• Taramea, a plant, 237

• Taranaki, lofty mountain, 147, 207, 211, 215, 225, 241, 242, 244, 252, 269, 278, 324, 326, 332, 371, 462

• Tararua range, 244

• Tarata, a boiling spring, 248

• Tarawera Lake, 146, 246, 247

• Tareha, a Nga-puhi chief, 316—318

• Taringa-here, a Reing with a face like a cat, 49

• Taro, a seed, 100, 135, 377, 378

• Tasman (Abel), visits New Zealand, 205, 206

• Tattoo, or moka, 150—164, 194

• Tattooed head, 148, 310

• Taunui, principal chief of Moksu, 56, 89

• Taupiri, an isolated mountain, 28

• Taupo, 28, 81, 120, 161, 214, 216, 223, 226, 244, 277, 319, 320, 324, 358, 359, 361, 367, 368, 371, 372

• Taupo chiefs, genealogical table of, 469

• Taupo Lake, 145, 150, 204, 219, 224, 225, 319

• Taupos, 43, 81

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• Taupo Taniwha, 50, 94

• Tauranga, 120, 209, 215, 294, 398

• Tauteka, s Taupe chief, 319, 358

• Tauwara, a high mountain, 145

• Tawaki, his mythical history, 17, 33, 35—40

• Tawirimatea, father of the winds, 19, 20, 33

• Taylor (Mr.), letters of Ranga tapu to him, 475

• Teka, a game with fern-stalks, 110

• Temple of the tribes described, 65—70

• Tepuns, 289

• Thames, a river, 142, 165, 190, 209, 214, 215, 293, 294, 312, 313

• Thierry (Baron de), an adventurer, 209

• Thieving, the gods of, 69

• Thompson (Capt.), commander of the Boyd, 208

• Thought, its epoch, 14 “Three Kings,” or lava courses, 222, 285

• Ti (cordeline Australia), 435

• Tihoi, 324

• Tiki, the father of man, 18, 19, 23, 33

• Tikihemi, or eel trout, 383

• Tikitere, 223

• Timber (Kauri), 221

• Time, how reekoned, 176

• Tini-rau, a great chief, tradition of him, 107—114, 157

• Tino ariki, or chief priest, 75

• Tirah, a meal given by the Rajah of, 167

• Titapua, a submerged island, 242

• Titihai, god of the ankles and feet, 34

• Toa, or warrior, 79

• Tohunga, or priest, 42, 98

• Tohora, the whale, 136

• Toi (dracena indivisa), 435

• Toitoi stalks used as a game, 173

• Tokanu, 224, 360, 361, 364, 368

• Tokumaru natives, 208

• Tologa Bay, 206

• Tonga, 7, 9, 19, 28, 34, 41, 186—188

• Tongariro, a lofty mountain, 28, 60, 134, 215, 216, 223—226, 244, 252, 322, 310 Topi, a chief, 349

• Toronaihi explained, 201

• “Tory,” the first ship of the New Zealand Land Company, 332

• Totara (podocarpus), 439

• Totara trees, 237, 241

• Toto, the maker of the first canoe, 124

• Treaty of Waitangi, 210

• Tribes of New Zealand, 468

• Tu a god of war, 33, 80

• Tuahu, a short stone pillar, 73; or altar, 94

• Tua-riki, or little gods, 49

• Tuatanga, or naming a child, 75, 112, 156

• Tuatara, the guana, 135

• Tuatini, a fish, 136

• Tuhuruhuru, a chief, 110—112

• Tuki, his visit to Norfolk Island 195, 285

• Tukupuarangi, or the Cloudy Atmosphere, 247, 249

• Tumata-uenga, or Tutenganahau, 19, 20

• Tumatua, 135

• Tumuwakairia, a principal chief of the Mani-a-poto, 156

• Tuna, the eel, 135, 166, 382, 413

• Tupaia, the Tahaitian chief, 207

• Tuparaunui, a large fly, 121

• Tuparitapu, god of consumption, 34

• Tupeke, or invocation, 61; a war-dance, 80

• Tupuna, 155

• Turakina river, 140, 211

• Turakirae, a mountain, 28

• Tunings pito, 325

• Turi, an early settler, 117—120, 123, 124, 139, 141

• Turkey-cock venerated by the natives, 53

• Turnip, introduced by Capt. Cook, 206; cultivated, 378

• Turoa, 325

• Turuki (cordeline stricta), 435

• Turutu, 374

• Turuturu, a pole with a cross, 152

• Tu-tangata-kino, god of the stomach, 34

• Tutemanoa, the father of the Kahi-katos, 33

• Tute-nga-nahau, the father of evil, 33

• Tute ou nuku, 329, 330, 349

• Tutu (coriaria sarmentosa), its juice, 161

• Tuwairore, the father of the Kah-katea and Rimu, 33

• Tuwhere, head chief of the Ngatiwhatua, 156, 324

• Uaua, Cook's spring at, 206

• Uenuku, god of the rainbow, 41, 117 134

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• Uira, a lady of rank, 145

• Vallies of New Zealand, 240

• Ventriloquists (Mata Kita), 43—46

• Victoria (Queen), 158; her supremacy acknowledged, 210; interview with Wiremu Hipango, 473

• Victoria province, 267

• Volcanoes, 221—223, 242

• Waero, a Nga Puhi chief, 324

• Waharaupo, 327, 331, 335

• Waheroa, a great chief, 115

• Wahi-tapu, or sacred grove, 65, 101

• Wakapiri, the son of Puoho, 330

• Waiapu, near the East Cape, 28, 194, 243, 398

• Waiariki, 360, 361, 366, 417

• Waiawa, 286

• Waiho island, 189

• Waikanae, 140, 141, 276, 325, 335, 339, 351

• Waikato, a chief, visits England, 208, 310

• Waikato river, 145, 147, 209, 214, 215, 223, 244, 277, 293, 313, 366

• Waikowau, engraving of the old priest of, 1

• Wail (tangi) for the dead, 102, 103

• Wai Marino, a Christian pa, 360, 367

• 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

• Waimea valley, 218

• Waingaroa, 215

• Wainhipara, 143

• Waioratane, the river of death, 104

• Waipa, a river, 313

• Waipaihi, 145

• Waipakura, 355

• Wairaka, 140, 141

• Wairake, boiling springs near Taupo, 219

• Wairarapa, the river of joyfulness, 28, 140, 141, 216, 217, 230, 231, 324, 339, 472

• Wairau Valley, the bettle at, 211, 333—335

• Wairere, 120

• Wairewarewa, 359

• Wairo, a chief, 327 331

• Wairoa river, 214, 472

• Wairota, 193

• Waitaha, a courageous tribe, 127

• Waitaha-nui, 371

• Waitangi, grand Council at, 210, 270, 275

• Wai-teroata, now Auckland, 211

• Waitiri, grandmother of Tawaki, 35, 36, 38—40

• Waitotara, its population, 256; noticed, 29, 33, 34, 93, 225, 241, 319, 359, 360

• Wakaahue, a Wanganui chief, 156

• Waka-ari, White or Sulphur Island, 142, 223

• Wakarau, a chief, 319

• Waka-rewa-rewa, a hot spring, 49

• Wakatauki, See Proverbe.

• Waka-tu. See Neson.

• Wakatupa, 120

• Wakefield (Capt.), 334, 385

• Wake-tane, 121

• Walker Nene, a chief, 343, 345, 346

• Wanguehu (the splashed mouth), a river, 140

• 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

• Wanganui Heads, 355

• Wanganui, Upper, 357, 473

• Wanganui-a-te-ao, 371

• Wangaparaoa, 118, 120, 121

• Wangape, a sketch near, 239

• Wangaree district, 184

• Wangarei, a port to the north of Auckland, 214

• Wangaroa, 195, 208, 209, 215, 222, 241, 243, 286, 291, 308; view of the harbour, 309; Wesleyan misson station, 314

• Waokena, 357, 358, 368

• Wapuku, the cod-fish, 135

• War ceremonies, 76—82

• War weapon, engraving of one, 322

• Warm lake, Roto Mahana, 224, 245

• Wata, food stores or stages, 109

• Watanui, native warrior, 326

• Waterfall at Papa Roa, 323

• Water scoop for a canoe, 137

• Watutureiarua, the first person who made Rread from the hinau, 393

• Weaving known to the aborigines, 185

• Wellington province, 216, 217, 252, page 490 273, 351; earthquakes at, 212, 228—285, 472

• Wera, a chief warrior, 395

• Werowero, a chief, 274

• Wesleyan station at Wangaroa, 209; at Hokianga, 209

• Wetu, assaults on European sailors, 370, 371

• Whale Island, 223

• Whales (balænidæ), 396

• Whalers first visit New Zealand, 208

• Whanau Moan a, parent of the winged race, 34

• Whare-kura, or great temple, described, 65—71

• Whareroa, its population, 256; noticed, 357

• Whau (entelia arborecens), a light wood, 137

• Wheat first sown at Kapo Wairua, 196; cultivated, 379 Whipping-top game, 172

• Whiro, god of lightning and thunder, 41, 67—70

• White Island, in the Bay of Plenty, 142, 223

• Wife, a battle for one, 163

• Wigs, remarks on, 148—150

• William IV., letter to him for protection, 209

• Williams (Messrs.), missionaries, 291; 292

• Williams (Rev. H.), missionary, 331

• “Will o' the Wisp” in the Fens, 428

• Wind, indicates a god's presence, 78

• Windsor, Wesleyan chapel at, 298

• Winter in New Zealand, 176, 178, 252, 457

• Winyard (Col.), acting Governor, 212, 347

• Wiremu Eruura Tauri, native teacher, 321, 358

• Witchcraft (makutu), 89—91, 188 Witi, a cannibal, tradition of, 115, 116

• Woman, creation of the first, 18

• Words, a philological list of, 198—200

• ——traced to their roots, 201—203

• Wrestling, an amusement 173

• Year counted by moons, 177; begins with May, 178

• 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

• 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

• Zealand (New) Colonization Company, 209

• Zealand (New) Land Company, 209, 210, 263, 264, 332—334