The Aborigines of New Zealand: Two Lectures

Contents

• • [covers]
  • [title page]
  • Preface
• The Aborigines of New Zealand
  • Lecture I
    • [introduction]
    • The Origin of the New Zealanders
    • The Religion and Superstitions of the New Zealanders
    • The New Zealander's Ideas of a Future State
    • The Maori Priesthood
    • Tapu
    • Witchcraft
    • The Fairies
  • Lecture II
    • [introduction]
    • Customs in War
    • Cannibalism of the New Zealanders
    • Preserving the Heads of the Slain
    • Tatooing
    • Social and Domestic Condition of the New Zealanders
    • Mourning for the Dead

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Title: The Aborigines of New Zealand: Two Lectures

Author: Reverend Thomas Buddle

Publication details: Williamson and Wilson, 1851

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

This text is the subject of: Victoria University of Wellington Library Catalogue

Keywords: Historical Māori and Pacific Islands

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