Legends of the Maori

Contents

• • [cover]
  • [halftitle]
  • [title page]
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • To Maoriland, My Motherland
• • Part I. — The Saga of Tainui — The Voyage from Hawaiki — Pomare’s Genealogy — Rauparaha’s Expeditions
    • The Saga of Tainui
    • Chapter I. — The Making of the Canoe
    • Chapter II. — The Voyage to Aotearoa
    • Chapter III. — Tainui on the New Zealand Coast
    • Chapter IV. — The Life in the New Land
    • Chapter V. — The Warriors of Kawhia
      • The Dissensions of Haumia and Mango
      • Haumia and the Taniwha
    • Chapter VI. — The Warrior Deeds of Kaihamu. — The Story of Tuparahaki and the Head of Te — Rangihouhirl
    • Chapter VII. — Kaihamu’s Deeds and Magic. — How He Conquered the Multitude of Nga-Rauru
    • Chapter VIII. — The Story of Tupahau. — The Rival Tohungas And Their Little War
    • Chapter IX. — Tupahau’s Adventures at Marokopa. — The Story of a Fishing Expedition
    • Chapter X. — The Exploits of Toa-Rangatira
    • Chapter XI. — The Career of Kawharu
    • Chapter XII. — Utu: a Story of Retribution. — The Last Fight of Taituha
    • Chapter XIII. — The Adventures of Maki. — The Destruction of the Mounuhia Tribe
    • [chapter]
      • Chapter XIV. — The Conquests of Karewa
      • The Story of a Fictitious Curse
    • Chapter XV. — The Warrior Tale of Marangai-Paroa — And His Sons
      • [untitled]
      • Pomare’s Genealogy
      • Rauparaha’s Expeditions
  • Part II. — Polynesian History — The Origin of the Coconut—A Legend of — Manahiki Island
    • The Traditions of Aitutaki, Cook Islands — The First Inhabitants of Aitutaki — The History of Ru
    • The Migrations after Ru
    • The Explorations of Ruatapu
    • The Voyage of Taruia to Mangarongaro (Penrhyn Island)
    • Roina and Urirau Return to Aitutaki
    • Genealogy
    • The Origin of the Coconut — A Legend of Manahiki Island
  • Part III. — Legends of the Maori
    • Tutaeporoporo
    • In Single Combat
    • Whakamomori
    • The Story of Te Aohuruhuru
    • The Importance of a Comb
    • Mura
    • The Taniwha — The Landing of the First Horses in New Zealand
    • A Shot in the Dark — The Woman or the Land: a Memory of the — Upper Waitara
    • The Origin of the Eel Family
    • The Return
    • The Legend of Maui Tikitiki-O-Taranga — His Search for His Sister Hina
    • Vanity
    • Parau’s Farewell
    • The Escape of Tuiti — A Tale of Taranaki
    • Pono
    • The Adventure of Hinepoupou — How She Swam Cook Strait
  • Part IV. — Pakeha Maori Tales
    • How He Lost His Ears — The Pakeha-Maori’s Yarn
    • A Little Deal in Land
    • Melchizedec — The Prophets of Parihaka
    • Gratitude of a Kind
    • The Professor’s Specimen
    • Ka Pai Hori
    • Land and Love. — A Tale of Disputed Titles
    • The Rifles of Ropata
    • The Blending of the Races — The Wahine Maori and Her Pakeha
    • Mountain Magic
    • The First Gramophone among the Maoris
    • A Maori Race Meeting
    • The Origin of “Ariki Toa.”
    • The Apotheosis of Hori Kerei
    • The Half-Caste Wife — A Tale of the Old Digging Days
      • Chapter I
      • Chapter II
      • Chapter III
      • Chapter IV
    • Komahi’s Pakeha
    • Heads
  • Part V. — Proverbs of the Maori — Proverbs of the Maori — Some Sayings of Wisdom
  • Part VI. — Songs of the Maori
    • A Love Ditty
    • An Old-Time Love Lilt
    • Like Clouds of Smoke Ascending
    • Though Slowly Sinks the Sun
    • A Leave-Taking
    • Love’s Memory
    • Elegiac Chant — A Taupo Chieftainess’s Lament
    • The Troubled Sleep — A Karakia
    • The Lament of Te Neke — (A Chief of Te Atiawa)
  • Part VII. — In farewell to the Dead
    • Te Whiti the Prophet — Pomare’s Oration
    • Farewell to Taare Waitara
    • Mahuta of Waikato — Sir Maui’s Funeral Speech
    • To a Patriot of Samoa
  • Part VIII. — New Life for the Maori — The past and the Future — (From a paper read before the Australasian Medical Congress at Melbourne — in 1906 by Sir Maui Pomare (then Dr. Pomare) when Health Officer — to the Maoris.)
  • Part IX. — In Memoriam
    • Parliamentary Tributes to Sir Maui Pomare
    • Samoa’s Sorrow — Farewell to the Chief
    • The Last Scene — The Home-Bringing of the Ashes — Farewell and Burial Scene at Waitara
    • Lament for Sir Maui Pomare
    • Pomare’s Farewell — (Dictated by Sir Maui Pomare shortly before leaving New Zealand for — California, May, 1930.)
    • Father and Son — Farewell to Te Naera Pomare
    • Historic Manukorihi
    • A Chant of Praise for Pomare

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Title: Legends of the Maori (Volume 2)

Author: Maui Pomare

Editor: James Cowan

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

Keywords: Historical Māori and Pacific Islands

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