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The Autobiography of a Maori
Contents
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- Chapter I — Early Years at Orutua
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Chapter II — Early Years at Te Araroa
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- Watermelon-stealing Rampant p. 24
- An Inadequate Wage p. 25
- The Common Lolly and Pipe p. 26
- Mr. J. H. Pope p. 27
- Poisoned with Tutu
- A Strange Game p. 28
- The Sacred Moki p. 29
- Maori Justice p. 31
- A Taniwha's Lair p. 32
- Pawa and Rongokako p. 33
- Maroheia Petrified p. 34
- My Mother's Fairy Story p. 35
- Maomao Fishing p. 36
- Chasing the Monsters of the Deep p. 38
- Slaughter of Wild Pigeons p. 39
- A Community Breakfast p. 40
- Fat Kakas Shaken from Trees p. 41
- Snaring the Kaka p. 42
- Catching Fish with Hinaki p. 43
- Heremaia the Generous p. 44
- Wheat-growing Industry p. 45
- Bread Unknown
- Maize-growing Industry p. 46
- Captain Skinner's Fleet p. 47
- Ngati-Porou Tribe Engaged in Rye-grass Industry
- Inter-tribal Fights
- Chapter III — An Innocent Abroad
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Chapter IV — At Te Aute College p. 63
- [section] p. 63
- I Attend Wai-o-Matatini School
- I Try to get into Te Aute p. 65
- I Attend Gisborne Central p. 67
- Davis, the Ferryman p. 69
- My First Circus p. 71
- I Enter Te Aute College p. 72
- I Buy a Webster p. 73
- How Mr. Thornton Taught English
- Reminiscences of Mr. Thornton p. 74
- Life at Te Aute p. 77
- We Discover the Vegetable Caterpillar p. 78
- Failure to Scale Ruahine
- Te Aute and Football p. 80
- Historic Roto-a-Tara and a Sad Event p. 81
- A Historic Island Disappears p. 82
- Huhuti Swims to Her Lover
- Friends I Adore p. 83
- A Religious Revival p. 84
- Chapter V — At Canterbury College
- Chapter VI — At Te Rau College p. 94
- Chapter VII — Life at East Cape
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- A Sad Day at East Cape p. 120
- "They Live in Their Gardens" p. 123
- Green Peas at Christmas Time Only p. 124
- And They Sleep in Their Gardens p. 125
- Simple and Cheap Living p. 126
- Two of My Neighbours p. 128
- A Hypocritical Practice p. 131
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Chapter VIII — Stray Reminiscences p. 132
- [section] p. 132
- An Unrehearsed Performance
- Showing off
- "I am the Law" p. 133
- A Lawyer's "Criminal Practice" p. 134
- Toffee and Prayers
- Meat and Grace p. 135
- "36"
- "To His Eternal Shame" p. 136
- Wiping out a Sad Past
- Sport and Religion p. 137
- Football and Prayer-meeting
- One too Many p. 138
- A Referee Ordered Off
- Should the Stingy be Killed? p. 139
- No Sermon Without Notes p. 140
- Pudding as Stake
- Maoris Poor Debt-payers
- A Child's Awkward Questions p. 141
- The Young Maori Party Started
- Incredible Fish-stories p. 142
- Diving for Octopuses
- A Maori Woman's Struggle with an Octopus p. 143
- More Fish-stories p. 144
- Fish and Stone p. 145
- An Ominous Fish
- Jealous Husbands p. 146
- A Cruel Slander p. 147
- Some Greedy Men I Have Met
- Eels and Snakes p. 149
- Ngati-Porou Wags p. 150
- Tangi over a Wounded Pigeon p. 151
- The First Horse They Ever Saw
- A Massacre and its Result p. 152
- "Ko te Hera te Pakeha" p. 153
- "The Trotter" p. 154
- Two Short Maori Yarns p. 155
- Big Building at Auckland
- An Automatic Cheque p. 156
