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  • games, 146, 153
  • genealogy, men in capitals, in small letters, 35; importance of, 37; teaching of, Makereti from chiefs and Tohunga of Te Awara Waka, 49; of village of Whakarewarewa, 36, 40, 45, 56; of whanau of Te Pahau and Morehu, 48; of whanau of Tamawhakaara, 50; of marriage of Waaka te Rohu and Pareraututu, 53; of Ihaia and Makereta and of Te Wiremu and Ngahina, 61; of fish, 219; of kumara, 176

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  • gifts, at betrothal, 65; presentation and acceptance at marriage of, 68 f.; presented and returned, 69
  • girls, teaching of, 138 f.
  • greenstone, kinds of, 323
  • greeting, methods of, 56; and farewell, 57
  • Grey, Sir George, 127, 129, 184
  • groom, dress of, 71
  • guests at weddings, 73 f.

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Title: The Old-Time Maori

Author: Makereti

Publication details: Victor Gollancz Limited, 1938, London

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