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… Zealand. He also persuaded Ngatoroirangi, the most noted tohunga of his day, to travel with him on the Arawa . After … were attributed to the presence of the sacred person of the tohunga, the Arawa reached Ratanui near Cape Runaway. It …
… in the making of a large canoe from a forest tree. First, a tohunga would lift the tapu from the tree and Tane, ruler of …
… the general assembly of church members. Each parish has a tohunga whose speciality is church law while others called takuta engage in faith healing. The ordinary tohunga are men who follow their daily occupations and spend …
… was an honoured profession. The services of an eminent tohunga whakairo (carver) were keenly sought after, not only …
… crops, all work being undertaken under the direction of a tohunga (priest). Digging sticks (ko), spades (kaheru), and …
… were taken according to season and under the direction of a tohunga who conducted all operations. Most esteemed were …
… Place Names (1942), Polynesian Literature (1946), Maori Tohunga (1947). Old Christchurch (1949), and with G. C. …
… Maoris in the vicinity. In 1832 Te Haramiti, an old Ngapuhi tohunga who dreamed of emulating the feats of Honga Hika and …
… “Great Prestige”) when his uncle, the much respected Tohunga Taipahau, on his deathbed, passed to him his mana …
… of esoteric lore, ritual, and ceremony was imparted by a tohunga. In such schools, under conditions of intense tapu, …