W

• wahaika, 14, 328
• Wahiao, sons of, 35
• waiata, at weddings, 74; see also songs
• wairua, of children born dead, etc., 121 f.
• Walker, Commander, 26
• war, causes of, 330, 336 f.; use of weapons in, 324 f.
• weapons, choice of, 316; training in use of, 315
• weeding, 191
• weka, 267
• whaea, 46
• whakamomori, 79
• Whakarewarewa, 15; birthplace of Makereti, 20; visit to England of, 22; home at, 166 f.
• whakatu waewae, 331 f.
• whakawhanau, 112 f.
• whanau, 34

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• whare, common, 228; wharepuni, 286 f., 289; whare whakairo, 288; whare kura or wananga, 154, 286, 310; whare ngaro, 21, 116
• whariki, xi
• whata, 160
• whitebait, 241
• whiu kai, 164
• Wiari, Bella, 7, 19, 23
• widows, 85
• window, 308
• windscreens, 180
• witchcraft, see makutu
• woman and food remove tapi[gap — reason: unclear] house, 294
• work, of girls, 140 f.; of 144 f.; see also labour