1855 - Taylor, Richard. Te Ika a Maui - INDEX

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INDEX.

Aborigines, their treatment by civilized nations, 2
Acacia (Clianthus puniceus), parrot's bill, 207. Kowai. Edwardsia 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 baptism, 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, 36
Aotea, 118--121, 215
Apiti, a term for cursing, 94
Araara, a fish, 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
Arikis, 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 Hoheriapopuluea, 137
Awa, tidal-river fish, 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
Basaltic 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, 4*73, 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
Tara, 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, 208, 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
Cavallos, 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 (rauparaha), used for food, 323
Cook (Captain) visits New Zealand, 5, 6, 19, 133, 190, 194, 195, 208, 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, 339
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, 43
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
Fernandez (Juan) visits New Zealand, 205
Fin-back (balaena 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
Flies (mused), 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 Teina), 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 liason, 59; tapued a mountain, 60; hia 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 (elaecarpus), 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 slainin 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
Kahikatoa (leptospenum scoparium), a small tree, 131
Kai Koura, a mountain, 236, 330, 349
Kaipara, 156, 214, 313
Kaitaia mission station, 293, 429
Kai-tangata, 35, 36
Kakaho, or reed, 154, 391
Kakaramea mountain, 321
Kaparatehau Lake, 329
Kaparatehau, 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
Kawia, 215
Kawa-kawa, 244
Kawaka, koaka (dacrydium plumosum), 440
Kawana Paipai, his dream, 162
Kawhia, 121, 215, 324
Kawiti, a chief, 343--348
Kemp (Mr.), missionary, 316, 337
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, the rat, 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 (veronica 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, 4l4, 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), indicates skill, 185
Lava courses, 222, 223
Laye (Capt.), 352
Lee (Professor), his New Zealand Grammar, 208, 310
Leech, water (sanguis uga), 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
Manawa-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
Maori, 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, 2J. 1
Massacre Bay, 236
Matai, mai (dacrydium), 440
Matamata, 293
Mata 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--28j 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
Mercury 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
Motuapuhi, 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
Ngatimaniapoto, 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 (urticeae), 441
Orakokorako, on the Waikato, 223
Orau moa bay, 329
Orawaro, near Pakerau, 51
Ornaments 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 (ostraea), 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
Patea, 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 Acre 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
Piperaceae, two kinds, 437
Pipiri, chief priest of Motutere, 50
Piripai, 247
Piripi, a Christian teacher, 368, 369
Pitama, the murderer of the Gillespies, 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
Printing-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
Pukemacpau, 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 heaven, 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
Rauparaha, 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 cupressinum), 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, 34, 40, 42
Rongo rongo, 28
Ropa, derivation of, 164
Rore, a chief, 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, 133 Ruapehu, a lofty mountain, 216, 225
Ruapekapeka pa, 347; its model sent to the Great 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 (phocidae), 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 ear 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 (tamure), 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, 245--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
Taiaroa, 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 Rauparaha, 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 5 its disuse, 58, 64; how to render a place tapu, 57, 60; enforced by the will of the chief, 63; in some 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 being 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--154, 194
Tattooed head, 148, 310
Taunui, principal chief of Mokau, 56, 89
Taupiri, an isolated mountain, 28
Taupo, 28, 81, 120, 161, 214, 215, 223, 226, 244, 277, 319, 320, 324, 358, 359, 361, 367, 368, 371, 372
Taupo chiefs, genealogical table of,
469 Taupo Late, 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, a Taupo 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
Tepuna, 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 Australis), 435
Tihoi, 324
Tiki, the father of man, 18, 19, 23, 33
Tikihemi, or eel trout, 383
Tikitere, 223
Timber (Kauri), 221
Time, how reckoned, 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, 93
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, 340
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, 248
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
Turanga 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 Kahikatoa, 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 Kahikatea and Rimu, 33
Tuwhare, 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 mekameka)
5 141, 325
Waimea valley, 218
Waingaroa, 215
Waiohipara, 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 battle 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-te-mata, 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
Wakaahu, 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 Proverbs.
Waka-tu. See Nelson.
Wakatupa, 120
Wakefield (Capt.), 334, 335
Wake-tane, 121
Walker Nene, a chief, 343, 345, 346
Wangu-ehu (the splashed mouth), a river, 140
Wanganui mission and pa, 46, 52, 58, 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 mission 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 bread from the hinau, 393
Weaving known to the aborigines, 185
Wellington province, 216, 217, 252,

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273, 351; earthquakes at, 212, 228-- 235, 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 (balaenidae), 396
Whalers first visit New Zealand, 208
Whanau Moana, parent of the winged race, 34
Whare-kura, or great temple, described, 65--71
Whareroa, its population, 256; noticed, 357
Whau (entelia arborescens), 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 Eruera 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, 55--64; their great temple, Ware-kura, 65--70; religious worship, 72, 73; baptism, 74--76; war ceremonies, 77--82; fishing ceremonies, 83--86; witchcraft, -- 91; burial rites, 97--106; traditions, 107--122; canoes, 123; proverbs, 126--134; fables, 134-- 137; songs, 138--145; mottoes, 146; personal ornaments, 148-- 154; dreams, 160; marriage, 163; polygamy, 164; children, 165; feasts, 169; amusements, 171; time, how reckoned, 176; their origin, 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