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… of Waitematā (Hauraki Gulf). At different places the tohunga Ngātoroirangi alighted to perform rituals and …
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Part of story: Te Arawa
… Wai-o-Hua to be tattooed in the traditional manner by the tohunga Ānaru Makiwhara of Ngāi Tai and Te Wai-o-Hua. She …
Type: Biography
… Te Kohuru and Te Waro, were considered to be most sacred tohunga. Te Ao-kapurangi's first husband was Rauru of …
Type: Biography
… enforced customary laws, assisted by selected warriors, tohunga and others. When New Zealand came into the British …
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Part of story: Police
… complex subjects with local people, who regarded him as a tohunga. Tupaia was the first important cultural go-between …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Cultural go-betweens
… ritual and restrictions required a ritual expert, the tohunga ahurewa (high priest). Polynesian crops Māori grew a …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Te Māori i te ohanga – Māori in the economy
… in carving projects, and also gaining a reputation as a tohunga skilled in ritual. His work took him to many parts …
Type: Biography
… south-south-east wind. Raising the wind It was thought that tohunga (priests) were able to bring winds that would favour …
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Part of story: Tāwhirimātea – the weather
… (Andrew Maxwell) of Ngāi Tai and Ngāti Paoa, the last tohunga-tā-moko (tattoo expert) from Waikato, and his wife, …
Type: Biography
… his support for Heke before being carried away. The tohunga Papahurihia with his followers also assisted, but the tohunga saw it as an ill omen when Heke picked up an enemy … who bore him away believed that the incantation of the tohunga made them invisible. Heke's kinsman by marriage, Wī …
Type: Biography
… Te Ia. Following this miraculous event, the leading Ringatū tohunga, Ēria Raukura , baptised Rua in the waters of the … leaders, particularly James Carroll and Kererū. In 1907 the Tohunga Suppression Act had been passed, directed primarily …
Type: Biography
… and unable to take food his father took him to the local tohunga, Matiu Tupuni. The tohunga brought Kīngi back a day or so later, cured. In …
Type: Biography
… Ruatāhuna. As a pupil of Te Whatupe, Taokaki and the noted tohunga Tauaiti, he was well versed in tribal history and … son, Te Ahoaho, became a fighting chief, a highly respected tohunga and historian of both Ngāti Koura and Te Urewera …
Type: Biography
… and came to New Zealand with Ruawharo as both commander and tohunga. The canoe landed at Whanga-o-Kena, a small islet …
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Part of story: Canoe traditions
… The religion’s leader, named Papahurihia, was a Ngāpuhi tohunga. He debated with the Methodist missionary William …
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Part of story: Missions and missionaries
… passed on through word of mouth before European contact. Tohunga ahurewa (priests) were often responsible for rongoā, …
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Part of story: Alternative health therapies
… 37 portraits and one representation of a Māori rite, 'The tohunga under tapu' – in a gallery above his shop in Queen …
Type: Biography
… could not reconcile his views on what he considered to be tohungaism with the Christian priesthood. Naru had no such …
Type: Biography
… named Piripi. Te Maiharoa studied with Piripi and became a tohunga in the new religion, which contained elements of …
Type: Biography
… all known Tūhourangi survivors had reached safety. The tohunga Tūhoto, who had been buried alive, was not …
Type: Biography