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… is usually a service presided over by a minister, priest or tohunga, and then the body is taken to the urupā (cemetery) … of the deceased’s home will be removed by a minister or tohunga walking through the house chanting karakia. The …
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Part of story: Tangihanga – death customs
… to their unborn children. When a child was born, tohunga would undertake rituals to prepare them for their … and other kōrero tawhito that prepared them for the role of tohunga. Ngā kete wānanga – the baskets of knowledge … religious and mythological information was recited by the tohunga, who was assisted by other teachers, and students …
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Part of story: Māori education – mātauranga
… However, this section of the act was never implemented. Tohunga Suppression Act 1907 The colonial administrators who … later laws actually banned traditional Māori customs. The Tohunga Suppression Act 1907 made it an offence to practise …
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Part of story: Te ture – Māori and legislation
… of chiefly rank), particularly ariki (first born), and tohunga (experts). The concept of mana is closely tied to … atu i te hau o tenei tanga-ika; a, kia tae atu au ki te tohunga, kia whangaia ki te atua, ka hurihia te hurihanga … carry the essence of this offering, and, when I get to a tohunga, its essence will be offered to the atua, and the …
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Part of story: Traditional Māori religion – ngā karakia a te Māori
… travel would likewise ask for his blessing. His mana as a tohunga was illustrated by two significant events. Before … and that where they touched land bodies were found. As a tohunga, Tuakana would not allow hot water to come in …
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… healers Today’s healers differ significantly from the tohunga of old times. Training is highly variable, usually … of healers. Common features The approaches of modern-day tohunga have some common features. The use of wai rākau …
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Part of story: Rongoā – medicinal use of plants
… When a woman had difficulty conceiving she would go to a tohunga, who would carry out the rite of whakatō tamariki. … feared that they could not have children, they went to a tohunga and underwent a ritual. Afterwards Katerina became … poroporo leaves. The whakapā rite, involving karakia by a tohunga, was said to be a practice to avoid pregnancy which …
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Part of story: Te whānau tamariki – pregnancy and birth
… Rangi began to establish a reputation as a faith healer and tohunga. The Tūtekohi movement, as officials called it, was … activities with a view to prosecuting him under the Tohunga Suppression Act 1907. In July 1950 Moana Raureti, …
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… forces could conspire to deplete the mauri itself, and tohunga (priests) from other tribes could recite incantations to negate or steal it. Tohunga were called on to protect or revitalise the mauri. …
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Part of story: Te ngahere – forest lore
… and ministering to the sick. To her people she was a tohunga, and she had an important bearing on the life of her … the practices of the Ringatū church; he succeeded her as tohunga tākuta (healer) of the church. Clearing land for … were consulting Gage, proclaimed in a sermon that tohunga were the equivalent of witch doctors. Gage never …
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… Te Pīpīwharauroa . Hikapuhi called herself a nurse, not a tohunga. She quickly gathered disciples, both men and women. … (be well). She was said to be a disciple of Te Weretā, a tohunga living at Mangatū, inland from Poverty Bay. Hikapuhi …
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… Te Kooti . This interest drew him to Rākei Taituha Kīngi, a tohunga from Ngā Rauru, who had been taught at a whare … at Maxwell. When Rākei died in 1963, Ruka was accepted as a tohunga and the authority on Ngā Rauru and Taranaki history. … in marae and iwi affairs. In Ōhakune, Ruka met the last tohunga of the Whanganui River, Rangimotuhia, with whom he …
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… Rangimārie was one of the first to be prosecuted under the Tohunga Suppression Act 1907. Little is known of her … there was insufficient evidence to charge her under the Tohunga Suppression Act. In March 1910 a woman who had been … of good'. But, he added, the 'legislation had provided that tohungaism had to be suppressed, and it was in the best …
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… when Te Ipo, finding she was again pregnant, visited the tohunga of the Ringatū church to seek the customary … bearing twins, and wondered which baby would respond to the tohunga’s prophecy. Two girls were born, Moetū Haangū and Te … child lived for just twelve months, so the words of the tohunga were seen to concern the older child. To impress …
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… a Hauiti. During this time Nōpera Te Rangiuia, the main tohunga, accused Te Mātorohanga of witchcraft and of causing … traditions and genealogies at the dictation of the tohunga Nēpia Pōhūhū. He now performed the same service for … died. Elsdon Best later gave an account of the death of a tohunga who may have been Te Mātorohanga. The tohunga was …
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… Ēria Tūtara-Kauika Raukura was the leading tohunga of the Ringatū church, founded by Te Kooti … in the waters of the Mangaokewa Stream as the principal tohunga of the new faith. Ēria developed a reputation as a … Kooti in 1887. He was still active there as a guardian and tohunga in the mid 1920s. He was considered a man of …
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… Tihi-o-te-whenua Pio of Ngāti Awa and Ngāti Tūwharetoa, a tohunga, writer and important informant for Pākehā … later returned to the beliefs and practices of his role as tohunga. Eru Tumutara moved on from both religions, and … often held by aspiring Ringatū ministers. Although Ringatū tohunga were first gazetted as ministers under the Marriage …
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… of these approaches and their value for health care. Tohunga still practised in many Māori communities, and … willing to view their work more positively. The Tohunga Suppression Act was repealed in 1962. Twenty years …
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Part of story: Te hauora Māori i mua – history of Māori health
… traditional kaitiakitanga, forests were strictly managed. Tohunga (priests) carried out rituals such as karakia …
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Part of story: Kaitiakitanga – guardianship and conservation
… woman of very high rank), descended from both Ruawharo, the tohunga of the Tākitimu canoe, and Popoto, commander of the … that is still applied to parts of the area. Ruawharo was tohunga and keeper of the gods that were brought on the …
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Part of story: Ngāti Rongomaiwahine