The Maori Race
Index
page X
page XI
Index.
A.
- Adultery 136
- Agriculture 84, 381
- Albinos 16
- Altars 280, 490, 510
- Ameto 411, 423
- Ambushes 334
- Animal Food 105
- Aotea (canoe) 115, 172, 318, 442, 444
- Ara 493
- Aratawhao (canoe) 119
- Arawa (canoe) 114, 147, 149, 250, 431, 442
- Armour 237
- Armouries 282
- Arrow 313, 314
- Astronomy 376, 382
- Aute 51, 242, 245, 328
- Awa-nui-a-Bangi 483
- Awhiorangi 317
- Axes (see Toki)
B.
- Bad Omens 212
- Bags 230, 247
- Baler 120
- Ball-game 61
- Banshee 169
- Baptism 46, 579
- Baptism (war) 332
- Baskets 228
- Battle of Birds 81
- Beacon-fires 333
- Beards 242
- Beater (stone) 223
- Belts 232
- Belt (war) 343
- Best, Elsdon73, 567
- Betrothal 285
- Birds 105
- Bird Messengers 182
- Birds(melted down) 177
- Birds of Prey 540
- Bird-skins 244
- Bird-snaring 173
- Bird-spear 174
- Birds (spirits) 182
- Birth 38
- Birth-house 45
- Bitumen 103, 249
- Black Dye 224
- Blue Paint 256, 287
- Bow (of archer) 313
- Bowl 223
- Bread 100
- Bull-roarer 54
- Burial 386, 581
- Butterflies (moths) 411
C.
- Caesarian Operation 50, 528
- Cakes 94, 100
- Calabash 97, 266
- Cannibalism 17, 356, 358
- Canoes 114, 578
- Carving (wood) 301
- Castration 167
- Cat's Cradle 58
- Caulking 118
- Causing men to grow 368, 446
- Cave (Mortuary) 398
- Cemetery 283
- Charm (weapon) 333
- Charms 499, 515
- Charm - stones(See Kura)
- Charon 414
- Childbirth 19, 41
- Children of Light 467
- Chimney 275
- Chisels 320
- Circumcision 141
- Cities of Eefuge 202
- Climbing palisade 137
- Clothing (See Dress) 25
- Clutch (gesture) 208
- Coffins 393, 397
- Collective rights 129
- Colleges 376
- Colour-sense 11
- Comb 241
- Communal Feeling 30
- Conception 209, 485
- Consumption 200
- Convolvulus 99
- Cook, Captain 17, 115, 166, 582
- Cooked food 332, 393
- Cooking-sheds 282
- Cords 231
- Cosmogony 450
- Counting 142
- Counting Out (game) 59
- Courtesy 29, 112
- (See Politeness)
- Courtship 286
- Courtyard of Hine 202
- Cowan, J.305
- Creation 458
- Cremation 399
- Crozet 167
- Cultivation (also see Agriculture) 84
- Cures 17
- Curls 243
- Curses 203
- Cutting hair 394
- Cuttle-fish 109, 112, 539
D.
- Dagger 309, 310
- Dance (war) 62
- Dancing 61
- Dance of Derision 330, 263
- Darkness (deluge of) 433
- Dart (see Spear)
- Days 143
- Death-chant 391
- Deck (canoe) 114, 118, 120
- Decline in numbers 24
- Delirium 213
- Deluge 186, 434, 435, 466, 523
- Deluge of Darkness 433
- Digging Stick (See Ko) 94
- Dinornis (See Moa)
- Diseases 15
- Divination 503
- Divorce 297
- Dog 166, 177, 206, 209, 215, 259, 447
- Dog-skin Mat 168, 236
- Dog-tattoo 262
- Dogs' teeth 246
- Dolls 39
- Door 275
- Door of Darkness 259, 261
- Door of Jade 291, 365
- Door of Night 466
- Door-sill 275
- Dove 437
- Draughts (game) 59
- Dreams 208
- Dress 221, 232
- Drills 118, 251
- Drowning 18
- Drum 65, 316
- Ducks & Drakes 56
- Ducking (game) 58
- Dwelling 368, 422, 443
- Dyes 223, 224, 237
E.
- Ear - decoration 244, 245
- Earthquakes 429
- Eclipse (moon) 336
- Eczema 106
- Education 33
- Eels 107, 188
- Eel-spears 188
- Eel-weirs 107, 216
- Elopement 294
- Embalming 397
- Endurance 22
- Engineering 301
- Epidemics 16
- Etymologies 160
- Evening Star 402
- Evil Omens 212
- Exhumation 359
- Extinction (see Ameto)
- Eyes of Heaven 406
F.
- Fables 81
- Fairies 229, 274, 440, 523
- Fair hair 9
- False Peace 366
- Families 39
- Feasts 113
- Feathers 209, 212, 243, 341
- Feathers (boxes for) 244
- Felling Trees 104, 117
- Female Trees 429
- Fern-root 93
- Fiery Cross 328
- File 320
- Fillets 243
- Fire 473
- Fire and Water 433
- Fire (jumping through) 382
- Fire-goddess 437
- Fire (sacred) 138
- Fire-walking 508
- First-born 152
- First Man and Woman) 464
- First Man killed 340 354 (see Mataika) 340, 354
- Fish-hooks 188, 190
- Fish-basket 218
- Fishing Canoes 120
- Fishing 107, 187, 246
- Fishing Nets 106
- Fishing Superstitions 189
- Fish of Maui 437
- Fish of Tiki 354
- Fish of Tu 358
- Flax 121, 222, 243
- Flax Flower 102
- Flint 251
- Floor Mats 229, 227
- Flotsam 149
- Flying Dutchman 478
- Flute 66
- Former Inhabitants 560
- Food 84
- Food Stores 92, 281
- Food of Propitiation 218
- Food Pits 282
- Forts (see Pa)
- Frost-charm 515
- Fungus 101
- Funnel Net 187
- Future World 406, 581
G.
- Games 51
- Gashing with knives 389
- Genealogies 383
- Generosity (war) 345, 346
- Geological Lore 428
- Ghosts 424
- Giants 443
- Gods' Basket 207
- Goblins 537
- Gods (see Atua, etc.)
- Gods, household 39
- Good luck (see Omens)page XIII
- Gouges 320
- Government 147, 123
- Great Lady of Night 438
- Greenstone 248
- Greenstone Door 291, 365, 430
- Greenstone (god of) 249
- Grinding Stone 251
- Guardian Spirits 169, 183
- Gudgeon, Col 567
- Gum 244
- Gum Chewing 103
H.
- Ha 261
- Habits 136
- Hades (see Reinga)
- Haere 169, 566
- Haere Atuatu 477
- Haere Awaawa 183 473
- Haere Kohiko 477
- Haere Waewae 477
- Hahunga 283, 395
- Hair 244
- Hair-cutting 38, 206, 209, 380
- Hairdressing 241
- Haka 55, 61, 72
- Hakari 113, 468, 485
- Hakuturi 229, 525
- Hammer 250
- Hao-o-rua (Te) 401
- Hapai 137
- Hapopo 470, 477
- Hapu 124
- Hara 392
- Hare-lip 16
- Harvest (roots) 87
- Hau 495, 505, 509
- Haumia-tikitiki 95, 462
- Hauora 441
- Hawaiki 89, 91, 92, 93, 97, 170, 171, 181, 219, 244, 318, 387, 434, 442, 556
- Houmea 169
- Head Sacred 195
- Heads Preserved 370
- Hearth 276
- Heart (cut out) 328, 336, 354, 360
- Heavenly Maiden 423, 436
- Heavenly Lover 436, 465
- Heirlooms 247
- Heitiki 247
- Hell (see Reinga)
- Heaven (see Rangi)
- Here (sun) 469
- Heresy 513
- Heuheu (Te) 519
- Hide and Seek 57
- Hikurangi 435
- Hills Wedded 430
- Hina 144, 170, 236, 250, 298, 430, 438, 467
- Hine 202, 423
- Hine Moa 163, 197, 288
- Hine-nui-te-po 438, 463, 464
- Hine-rau-a-moa 229, 461
- Hine-te-iwaiwa 475
- Hine-tu-a-hoanga 439
- Hokioi 186
- Holy Island 144, 475
- Holy of Holies 492
- Honey 102
- Honour (place of) 121
- Hongi 357, 367
- Hook, Fishing (See Fishing)
- Hook (ornament) 247
- Hooks (war) 315
- Hoops 54
- Horouta (canoe) 517
- Hospitality 30
- Houses 270
- Houses (birth) 45
- House - building 214
- House (broken out at birth) 137
- House (nest) 45, 277
- House of Amusement 60, 286
- House of Mourning 216, 394
- House of Stone 282
- House (weaving) 225
- Human Sacrifices 219, 265, 279, 302, 337, 390
- Hunch backs 16
- Hunting 167
- Hunt the Slipper 59, 60
- Hurihanga Takapau 227, 380, 519
- Husband (universal) 407
I.
- Idols 481
- Ihungaru 481
- Ika-a-maui (Te) 437
- Incest 298
- Insanity 16, 22
- Insults 155, 190, 204, 335, 356, 359, 372
- Io (god) 456, 463
- Io (sign) 211, 215, 342
- Io (thread) 223, 226, 237
- Irawaru 115, 170, 236, 473
- Itupaoa 482
J.
K.
- Kae 440
- Kaha 494
- Kahui Tipua 171, 531, 566
- Kahukahu 49, 199, 424page XIV
- Kahukura 90, 93, 232, 330, 376, 430, 435, 435, 490, 566
- Kaiapoi Pa 338, 339, 360
- Karitehe 526
- Kite 51, 392
- Knife 109, 247, 313, 320
- Ko 94, 310, 321, 436
- Kotaha 237, 243, 314, 417
- Kui 530, 569
- Kura 148, 491
- Kurahaupo (canoe) 491
- Kupe171
L.
- Lake Aewa 441
- Lake Dwellings 303
- Lake (vanished) 112
- Lamia 535
- Lampreys 108
- Language 67
- Land Tenure 127
- Landless Men 136
- Latrines 304
- Lattice Work 272
- Leaping Place (of souls) 408, 410, 416
- Legends 432
- Leggings 239
- Leprosy 15
- Letter Changes 68
- Lightning 201, 339
- Litters 145
- Lizards 132, 181, 182, 213, 217, 341
- Lizard (eaten) 106
- Locks (cords for) 276
- Longevity 10
- Lord of Forests 186, 239,
- Lord of Morning 434
- Lord of Tempests 95
- Love Affairs 285
- Love Letters 291
- Love of Children 31
- Luck (see Omens)
- Luck-post 217
- Lucky Days 143
- Lying 36
- Lyonesse 203
M.
- Maero 572
- Magic (see Witch-craft)
- Mahu 511
- Mahuhu (canoe) 203
- Mahuika 473
- Mamari (canoe) 115, 181, 565
- Mana 133, 147, 149, 281, 317, 321
- Manumea 181
- Manure 104
- Marama (god) 406, 467
- Marama (a woman) 239
- Marriage 129, 243, 284, 580
- Maro 144, 160, 222, 232, 233, 310, 331
- Maru (god) 172, 189, 340, 341, 376, 464, 479, 481
- Maru-tuahu 137, 244, 316
- Mataatua (canoe) 442, 446, 467, 473, 477
- Mataika 354, 364
- Mats (floor) 229
- Mats, dress (see Dress)
- Matua Tonga 89
- Maui (god) 59, 88, 90, 115, 119, 183, 242, 262, 298, 406, 422, 429, 436
- Maui (game) 58
- Mauri 89, 493
- Measures of Length 143
- Mental Powers 28
- Mere 248, 251, 310, 319, 357
- Milk 47
- Mirrors 143
- Miscarriage 49
- Missiles 314
- Moa 163, 183
- Mohoao 572
- Moki (raft) 120
- Monsters 542
- Months 142
- Moon 403, 467
- Moon (eclipse) 336
- Moriori 183, 357, 575
- Mortuary Caves 398
- Moss 230, 233, 240
- Moths 86, 411
- Mottoes, Tribal 83
- Mount Egmont 430
- Mountains of Prayer 332, 398
- Mourning 243
- Mu (game) 59
- Mu (god) 475
- Mua 90
- Mummy Cases 397
- Murder 366
- Muru 103, 195, 216, 294
- Music 62
- Myths 432
N.
- Names 161
- Naming Children 44
- Navel String 42, 43
- Necklaces 246
- Neck Ornaments 160
- Needles 240
- Nets 106, 187, 231
- Net Floats 231
- Netting Birds 177
- Net (in war) 349
- Net-makers Tapu 199
- Ngahue 245, 250
- Ngarara (gods) 466
- Niu 331, 336, 503
- Nuku-mai-tore 529
- Nukutawhiti 181, 485, 565page XV
- Nukutere (canoe) 181
- Numbers 142
O.
- Obsidian 320
- Ochre (red) 252, 351, 386, 252, 351, 386
- Offerings 218
- Ogres 531, 532
- Oho (god) 479, 566
- Oil 109, 248, 252
- Okuiti (canoe) 120
- Okunui (canoe) 120
- Old Maids 295
- Omens 210, 212, 228, 336
- Oracle of the Dead 521
- Orion's Belt 401
- Orpheus 259, 415
- Oven 109, 229, 265
- Owa (god) 170
P.
- Pa (forts) 300
- Paddle 122
- Paerau 409
- Pahi 121
- Pahiko 473
- Pahu 65, 316, 330
- Painting n252, 272
- Palisading 301
- Pani 88, 472, 478
- Pangatoru (canoe) 566
- Paoro 464
- Papa (goddess) 408, 455
- Papa (door) 275
- Papahurihia 358, 499
- Papaitonga 303
- Papakura 340
- Paper Mulberry (See Aute)
- Para 56, 223, 238
- Parata 430, 443
- Parauri 183
- Para - whenuamea 434
- Pare 243, 417
- Parekoritawa 222, 411
- Pataka 92, 281, 409
- Patu 223, 311
- Paua 66, 92, 108, 188, 241, 282, 493
- Pekapeka (ornament) 243
- Pekapeka (toy) 59
- Perfume 247, 248
- Phallic Worship 484
- Pick-axe 321
- Piles 281
- Pillow 241, 248
- Pins 240, 359
- Pipiri 402
- Pits (food) 282
- Plaits (hair) 243
- Planes 320
- Planting 90
- Plantations 104
- Platforms (fort) 304
- Pleiades 80, 143, 401, 402
- Plumes 243, 244
- Plunder (muru) 103, 139
- Po 411, 459
- Poetry 71
- Poi 60
- Poisoning 18
- Poke 387, 424
- Polishing Stone 251
- Politeness 29, 112, 139, 214
- Polyandry 298
- Polygamy 296
- Pomaderris 445
- Ponaturi 527
- Ponga 288
- Poria 175, 180, 359
- Porpoise 149
- Population (decrease) 24
- Pou Tawera (Te) 424
- Poutini 402
- Pou-whenua 312
- Precedence 124
- Property 126
- Pregnancy 39
- Priests (see Tohunga)
- Priest's Rods 491
- Priest, Chief 124
- Primogeniture 125, 129, 149
- Princess 125
- Props of Heaven 318
- Proverbs 76
- Pua 100
- Puberty 38
- Puhi-huia 288
- Purifying Spells 45, 195, 394
- Putting in the Wrong 326
- Putuangaanga 352
- Pyramid (food) 113
R.
- Ra (god) 430, 461, 467
- Ra (sail) 120
- Rafters 272
- Rafts 121
- Rahui 128, 144, 198
- Rainbow 430, 435
- Rain (lucky) 340
- Raka-maomao 473
- Rakataura 474
- Rake 321
- Rake (shell-fish) 188
- Rank 123
- Rangi (air of song) 64
- Rangi (Heaven) 402, 408, 435, 455, 463, 479
- Rangi-awatea 436
- Rangi - hiwi - nui (Te) 385
- Rangitihi 79, 149
- Rapuwai (Te) 531, 569
- Rat 106, 165, 167, 179, 181, 216, 281
- Rat-path (coiffure) 242page XVI
- Rata 115, 439, 480
- Raukataura 132
- Rauparaha (Te) 126, 161, 205, 326, 357, 360
- Rebellion in Heaven 478
- Reciting (game) 60
- Red Bird 181
- Red Feathers 244
- Red Ochre (see Ochre) Reeds 272
- Rehua 422, 465
- Rehua (star) 402
- Rehu-a-Tainui 476
- Rei 240, 246
- Reinga 92, 169, 259, 260, 281, 408
- Religion 450, 579
- Rengarenga 99
- Rerenga Wairua 408
- Retreat (pretended) 323
- Rewharewha 16
- Riddles 59
- Ridge Pole 271, 279, 281
- Rigel 401
- Rights of Property 123
- Ririno (canoe) 172
- Ririo 474
- Riwaru (canoe) 440
- Robley (Colonel) 262, 268
- Rohe 187, 240, 438, 463
- Roiroiwhenua 460
- Rollers 143
- Rona 206, 404
- Roof 271, 273
- Rongo 17, 453, 471, 479, 482, 490
- Rongomai 183, 405, 455, 475, 479, 481
- Rongomai (star) 403
- Rongo - marae - roa 87
- Ropes 231
- Rua 228, 442
- Ru-ai-moko 429
- Ruatapu 222, 473
- Ruatapu (Tide of) 435
- Rupe 422
- Rushes 243, 277
- Rutherford 264
S.
- Sacred Fire 195
- Sacred Dog 138
- Sacred Thread 226
- Sacred Tree 215, 485
- Sails 120
- Saliva 141
- Salutation 142
- Sanctuaries 202
- Sanitation 304
- Sandals 239
- Sapping Shields 343
- Saws 320
- Scalps 229, 331, 341, 355, 361, 391
- Scalp Dance 365, 391
- Scape-goat 200
- Scent (See Perfume) 109
- Scouts 333
- Scraping Bones 397
- Sea-fairies 274
- Sea-horse 245
- Seal 106
- Second Person Killed 354
- Second-sight 424
- Seer 20, 42, 202
- See-Saw (game) 57
- Selwyn, Bishop519
- Sentries 333
- Serpent Women 535
- Servitude 153
- Shark 107, 109, 209, 246, 313
- Shark-noosing 246
- Shark-tooth 245, 246
- Shears (for lifting) 271
- Shell-trumpet 65
- Shields 236, 237, 316
- Shooting Stars 336
- Shrines (See Tuahu) 114, 280
- Sirius 402
- Skin of Tane 239
- Skipping Rope 52
- Slaves 153
- Slings 314
- Smoke (omen) 337
- Smoking Heads 371
- Snake Legends 535, 539
- Snaring Birds 173
- Sneezing Charm 144
- Sneezing (omen) 341
- Song (tattooing) 266, 267
- Soul 495
- Spades 321
- Spears 308, 416
- Spear (game) 56
- Sperm Whale's Tooth 241, 246
- Spiders 210, 212, 215
- Spider's Web 436
- Spirals (canoe) 119
- Spirit's Leap 408
- Spirit of Dog 169, 170
- Spirit-possession 20
- Spitting 141
- Steam of Food 113, , 204
- Stern Piece (canoe) 118
- Stick of the Dead 399
- Stilts 53
- Stockade 343
- Stone Worship 40, 485
- Store Houses (See also Pataka) 281, 282
- St. Patrick 170
- Strangling Wives 392
- Strengthening Spells 40
- Styx River 412
- Sub-tribes 124
- Subject-tribes 154
- Summer 143, 430, 467
- Sun 406, 430, 467page XVII
- Suntied 406, 429
- Sun-worship 467, 485
- Supreme Being 450
- Surgery 18
- Suspended Gods 483
- Sweeping Spell 207
- Sweet Potato (see Kumara)
- Swing 52, 417
- Swords (wooden) 312
T.
- Tactics (war) 333
- Taepo 424
- Taewa-a-Rangi 147
- Tahu 137
- Taiaha 312, 318
- Taiko 82
- Tainui (canoe) 115, 239, 250, 442, 445, 566
- Taka 261
- Takarangi 290
- Takarita 360
- Tokataka-putea 476
- Takitaki 436
- Takitumu (canoe) 442, 563
- Takurua (star) 402
- Tama 54
- Tama-i-hara-nui 328
- Tama-nui-a-raki 250, 260
- Tama-o-hoi 564
- Tamarau 403, 476
- Tamatea 250, 434
- Tama-te-Kapua 149, 245, 442
- Tane 423, 428, 435, 439, 453, 461, 464, 479, 579
- Tanerore 467
- Taniwha 169, 428, 542
- Tangaroa 189, 249, 266, 267, 274, 276, 459, 490, 493
- Tangarengare 337
- Tangata-whenua 328, 446
- Tangi 364, 389
- Tangi-aitua 474
- Tangüa 431
- Tangotango 461
- Tapairu 46, 112, 149, 152, 336, 423
- Taporapora 203
- Tapu 192, 579
- Taraia 280
- Taranga 242
- Tarangata 433
- Taro 95, 103, 104, 113, 218, 381, 393
- Tasman 115, 582
- Tattooing 241, 257
- Tattoo (women's) 264
- Tattooing Songs 267
- Taukata 89
- Tautini-ariki 473
- Tawa 101
- Tawera 22, 402
- Tawhaki 137, 411, 422, 423, 435, 436, 463, 465, 483, 527
- Tawhaitiri 261, 411
- Tawhiri-matea 95, 462
- Teeth (necklaces) 246
- Teeth (pointed) 141
- Teetotum 53
- Teraphim 39
- Tethering Fish 107
- Textiles (See also Weaving) 221
- Thanksgiving (war) 361
- Thatch 273
- Third Person Killed 354
- Thunder (as mana) 322
- Ti (Cabbage palm) 98, 102, 224, 230, 231, 240
- Tide of Ruatapu 435
- Tiki 183, 247, 364, 464
- Tiki (image) 481
- Time Reckoned 142
- Tinirau 144, 250, 440, 475
- Tini o te Haku-turi (see Haku-turi)
- Tipua 213, 537
- Toboggan 58
- Tohunga 20, 197, 225, 258, 265, 498
- Toi 232, 436, 561
- Toki 310, 319
- Tokomaru (canoe) 115, 442, 445, 563
- Tomairangi 473
- Tombs 393
- Tongariro 324, 430, 444
- Tongotongo 467
- Tools 319
- Toothache 19
- To-pae-pae 298
- Tops 52
- Top-knot 242
- Toroa 446
- Tortoise (war) 316
- Tote 475
- Towers in Forts 304, 343
- Toys (see Games)
- Tracks 141
- Traditions 432
- Trampling Threshold 279
- Traps 179
- Treasure - trove 149
- Tree-burial 398
- Tree-felling 216, 319
- Tree-forts 303
- Tree (foster-brother) 43, 45
- Trees (male and female) 429
- Tree, sacred 40, 215
- Tree-worship 40, 484
- Tribal Mottoes 83
- Trinity Worship 453
- Trombone 316
- Tropic Bird 243
- Trumpet 64, 316
- Tu (god) 46, 332, 453, 462, 466, 471, 479, 490, 579
- Tua 45, 369
- Tuahu 280, 379, 490
- Tuapiko 261, 411
- Tu - awhiorangi 430page nXVIII
- Tu-hina-po 475
- Tuhirangi 473
- Tuhouhi 465
- Tuhourangi 89
- Tumaroro 39
- Tumu-whakarae 147
- Tuna 477
- Tupai 201
- Tupu-nui-a-Uta 434
- Tupurupuru 205
- Tuputaputa 401
- Tura 527
- Turehu 531
- Turi 318, 444
- Tutu 18, 66, 102, 103, 209, 224, 230, 316
- Tutanekai 197, 288, 305
- Tutelary Deities 472
- Tutetawha 266
- Tu-te-waimate 345
- Tutu-mai-ao 531
- Tutunui 440
- Tuwharetoa 206
U.
- Uenuku 171, 244, 360, 430, 475
- Uenuku tu whatu 485
- Under World (see Reinga) University (see Wharekura)
- Uranga-o-te-po 438
- Uru 360
- Uruao 142
- Uruhi (Te) 302
- Uru o Manono (Te) 281
- Uto 360
- Utu 369
- Utu 327, 360
V.
- Valley of Death 438
- Vega 91, 402
- Vegetable Caterpillar 86, 259
- Veiled Faces 138
- Venereal Disease 16
- Venus 401, 403
- Verandah 271, 272, 281
- Virgin-birth 483
W.
- Wahanui (Te) 308
- Waharoa (Te) 327, 367
- Wahitapu 112, 157, 198, 206, 283, 292, 393, 394, 515
- Wailing 364
- Wai-ora-o-Tane (Te) 403, 441
- Wairaka 446
- Wairau 39
- Wairua 209, 411
- Waka -a- Tamarereti 401, 402
- Walled Forts 302
- Walls, tapu 199
- Wands of Life and Death 330, 515
- War 325
- War-belts 393
- War-canoes 119
- War-dance 62, 241
- War-drum 316
- War-songs 72
- Waru (Te) 347
- Watchman 66
- Water of Life 403, 441
- Water and Fire 433
- Watering Plants 105
- Weapon Charms 317
- Weather Signs 406
- Weaving 214
- Weaving House 225
- Wedge 143, 321
- Wehi-o-te-rangi (Te) 478
- Whaka-onge-kai 402
- Whaka-oti-rangi 79, 239
- Whaka-rara (Nga) 485
- Whakaroro (Te) 280
- Whakatane 446
- Whakatau 281
- Whakane 197
- Whaka-witi-ra 302
- Whale 149, 249, 266
- Whangahoro 517
- Whangai-hau 219, 341, 355, 361
- Whare-kahu 45
- Whare-kura 374, 450
- Whare-rakau (Te) 367
- Whati Hua 255
- Whatu-manu (Te) 239
- Wheka 475
- Whena 171
- Whence of the Maoris 552
- Wherowhero (Te) 357
- Whete 94
- Whet-stone 251
- Whetu-puhihi (Te) 403
- Whirl of Drill 251
- Whiro 143, 181, 472
- Whistle 66
- Whistling 142
- Wi 60
- Wills 151, 387
- Wilson, Judge 567
- Winds 473, 515
- Wind (between Worlds) 418
- Wind of Battle 212
- Winiwini 478
- Winter 143, 430, 467
- Witchcraft 362, 495, 498, 564
- Wizards (see Tohunga) Woman in Moon 404
- Wood-carving 273
- Words Avoided 164, 165
- Wounds 18
- Wrestling 57
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