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… added to this legacy: Te Waiata and his son, the famous tohunga Tāoho, had authority over Kaihū and Maunganui Bluff; …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngāti Whātua
… same day Alfred had helped to rescue the elderly Tūhourangi tohunga, Tūhoto, from his buried whare at Te Wairoa. A few …
Type: Biography
… is still accessible from the old men and women and the tohungas, scholars of the Maori race will devote their …
Type: Story Page
… tent at Kaikōkirikiri, north of Masterton, unless a tohunga, whom Ngātuere believed had killed his daughter, Ani … three wives: Te Mapu, the sister of Te Mātorohanga , the tohunga and sage, whose knowledge was recorded by Hoani Te …
Type: Biography
… Before he left New Zealand he was instructed by an old tohunga, Tepene of Ngāti Mutunga, in tribal traditions and … bitterly about the mortality that some of the new breed of tohunga caused; for example, by attempting to heal the sick …
Type: Biography
… lore including knowledge and fear of the powers of tohunga. Eruera was the eldest son; his birth was said to … Rātana pā, was reluctant, alarmed by the religious leader's tohunga-like prediction regarding his future. Rātana saw a … Māori from the fear of the powers of mākutu possessed by tohunga, to use the Treaty of Waitangi to seek statutory …
Type: Biography
… and there was some access to European medical services, tohunga were also active. Many people practised both …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Daily life in Māori communities – te noho a te hapori
… health care. Traditional Māori healers were outlawed by the Tohunga Suppression Act 1907 (which in practice was rarely …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Primary health care
… to break down traditional superstition and the power of the tohungas.’ 3 However some traditional elements of Māori …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Ngā tamariki
… not allowed on board during its voyage from Hawaiki. Some tohunga were so tapu that they could not feed themselves. …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori feasts and ceremonial eating – hākari
… and mothers' they would be able to counter the influence of tohunga, rear their children in the Pākehā way and bring a …
Type: Biography
… them in the light of his Mormon values. He visited many old tohunga to search out information about the ancestors and …
Type: Biography
… village, near Ahipara, absorbing Māori lore from the tohunga Ngā Kuku Mumu, whom he later described as 'my first …
Type: Biography
… place, reasoning that it was more difficult for opposing tohunga to direct mākutu at him. He usually wore a rāpaki … integrity of the house at risk. He challenged the offending tohunga, pointing to his mouth and saying, 'This is where …
Type: Biography
… his warrior cousin Tuohu. Her grandfathers were Te Waenga, tohunga of Hokianga Heads, and Te Rurunga. Her paternal …
Type: Biography
… (sacredness) and mana (spiritual authority) administered by tohunga (priests). By the time of European arrival, Māori …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Māori
… was moved to a nearby hill where rites were performed, the tohunga sprinkling each warrior with water. While this …
Type: Biography
… was aware of Te Wera's war party. It is said that the tohunga Ngoi predicted that Te Pareihe would unite with Te … still had scores to settle in Heretaunga. At this time the tohunga Ngoi again received a warning for Te Pareihe to flee …
Type: Biography
… Maori Committee of south Auckland made her an honorary tohunga for the help she gave Maori and Polynesian women in …
Type: Biography
… have as their theme the confrontation of a wily, cunning tohunga and a shallow opportunistic missionary. In such …
Type: Biography