The Maori: Yesterday and To-day

Contents

• • [cover]
  • [title page]
  • [frontispiece]
• The Maori: Yesterday and To-day
  • Chapter I. — The Maori's Place in New Zealand Life
    • [section]
    • What the Census Shows
    • The Test of War
    • The Genius of the Race
    • The Maori Farmer
    • The Progress of Ngati-Porou
  • Chapter II. — Maori-Polynesian Origins
    • [section]
    • The Ancient People of New Zealand
  • Chapter III. — Maori-Polynesian Ships and Sailors
  • Chapter IV. — Maori Cosmogony and Religion
    • [section]
    • Io and the Twelve Heavens
    • Modern Religions of the Maori
  • Chapter V. — The Law of Tapu
  • Chapter VI. — Makutu: — The Belief in Witchcraft
    • [section]
    • The Pao-Miere: A King Country Cult to Combat Makutu
  • Chapter VII. — On Stars, and Star Lore
  • Chapter VIII. — The Poetry of the Maori
    • [section]
    • “My Eyes are like the Flax-Flowers.”
    • The Deserted Girl's Lament
    • “Hokihoki Tonu Mai.”
    • The Flute Song for Hinemoa
    • Rakapa's Love Songs
    • “Ye Winds from Snowy Peaks Afar.”
    • A Love-Charm. (Atahu)
    • “Haul up the Canoe.”
    • “Te Riwaru”
    • A Patriotic Song
    • A Sentry Song
    • Dirges, Laments. — (Tangi, Apakura)
  • Chapter IX. — Whakatauki. — Some Maori Proverbs and Aphorisms
  • Chapter X. — Artcraft of The Maori
    • The Carved House
    • The Rite of the Kawanga-Whare: Maori House-Opening Ceremonies
  • Chapter XI. — Moko: The Tattooing art
  • Chapter XII. — The Maori Canoe
    • [section]
    • A Rotorua Canoe Chant
    • The Chant of Takitimu
    • A Waikato River Song
  • Chapter XIII. — Some Forest Lore
    • [section]
    • Bush Remedies
    • Forest Foods
    • The Maori Sugar-tree
  • Chapter XIV — The Fisherman's Lore
    • [section]
    • The Mauri of the Fisheries
    • Eeling Customs
    • The Lakes Fisheries
  • Chapter XV. — The Cultivation of the Kumara
    • [section]
    • A Rotorua Planting Song
  • Chapter XVI. — Kawhia Felix. — A Picture of the Past
  • Chapter XVII. — Amusements of The Maori
    • [section]
    • Games Ancient and Modern
    • Top-Spinners of the Arawa
    • The Whai
    • The Moari
    • The Sailing-Leaf
  • Chapter XVIII. — Some Folk-Stories
    • [section]
    • Te Rii and the Enchanted Forest
    • Omens, Tipua and Taniwha
    • A Tale of “Matakite.”
  • Chapter XIX. — The Shrine of an Atua
  • Chapter XX. — The Maori in War
    • [section]
    • “Great Pilgrims of Tu.”
  • Chapter XXI. — The Pole of Spears: A Tale of Old Rotoiti
  • Chapter XXII. — The Tangi
  • Chapter XXIII. — An Economic Survey
• • Appendix. — The Pao-Miere Ritual
    • Karakia to Slay Sorcerers. — (Pages 82–83.)
    • (1)
    • (2)
    • (3)
  • Index
    • A
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    • E
    • F
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    • I
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    • M
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Title: The Maori: Yesterday and To-day

Author: James Cowan

Publication details: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, 1930

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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