Customs and habits of the New Zealanders, 1838-42
Servant, Catherin
Father
1808-1860
creator
author.
Glasgow, J.
Dr
translator.
Simmons, D. R. (David Roy)
1930-2015
author.
text
bibliography
nz
Wellington [N.Z.]
A.H. & A.W. Reed
1973
monographic
eng
mao
mri
84 p., [4] p. of plates : ill., port. ; 23 cm.
Foreword by the Rev. E.R. Simmons -- Introduction -- Maori clothing -- Native houses -- Food -- Right of ownership -- Planting -- Fishing -- Canoes -- Prerogatives of the chiefs -- Natives' propensity of war -- Pa or fortification -- Offensive arms -- Ways of making war -- Tattooing -- Ornaments -- Amusements -- Hakari -- Ceremony at the birth of a child -- Native marriage -- Burial -- Atamira -- Hahunga -- Maori tapous (tapu) -- Prayer for the kumaras -- Maori priesthood -- Medicine and surgery -- Character of the New Zealanders -- Slavery -- Dreams -- Oracles -- Sorcery -- Superstitious fear -- Reinga -- Theogony of the New Zealanders -- Mawi (Maui) -- Taki -- Hina -- Tawaki (Tawhaki) -- Maheuke (Mahuika) -- Wiro (Whiro) -- Kiharoa Taniwa (Kiharoa Taniwha) -- Tingara (Te Ngara) -- Demi-gods -- Tanakahi (Te Nakahi) -- Maori song -- Notes -- Father servants writings on the Maoris -- Bibliography for notes -- Appendix : Servant and Yate compared -- Index.
by Father C. Servant ; translated by Dr. J. Glasgow ; edited by D.R. Simmons.
"This book is published with the assistance of the Maori Purposes Fund Board"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-78) and index.
In English with some Maori.
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