The Maori As He Was : A Brief Account of Maori Life as it was in Pre-European Days

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Fig. 22.—A tuahu, or wahi tapu (sacred place), in Rotorua district, whereat religious rites were performed. Marked only by unworked stones set up. Each stone represents a certain atua (god). Now overgrown with rarauhe (bracken—Pteris)

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Title: The Maori As He Was : A Brief Account of Life as it Was in Pre-European Days

Author: Elsdon Best

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This text is the subject of: Introduction to The Maori As He Was

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