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• Waeroti, Waerota (traditional islands), 24, 190

• Waikato River, canoes on, 151–166

• Waitaha, ancient tribe, 38

• War customs and ceremonies, 230–233

• War, Maoris in the Great, 10, 12

• War, Hone Heke's, 11, 14

• War, Waikato, 257

• Whai, string game, 205–206

• Wawau (Vavau Island), 24

• “Whai-a-te-Motu, Te,” carved house, 123–124, 168–169

• Whanau-a-Apanui tribe's dairy factory, 255

• Whare-kura (whare-wananga, or whare-maire), 69

• Whare-whakairo (carved house), 116, 118–135

• Wheat-growing, 15, 256

• Whiowhio (“spirit - whistlings”), 68

• Whiti, Te, 64, 200–201

• Whitiora te Kumete, 111

• Witchcraft (makutu), 77–83, 261–262

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