Customs and habits of the New Zealanders, 1838-42 / by C. Servant ; translated by J. Glasgow ; edited by D.R. Simmons.
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Wellington [N.Z.] :
A.H. & A.W. Reed,
1973.
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword by the Rev. E.R. Simmons
- Introduction
- Maori clothing
- Native houses
- Food
- Right of ownership
- Planting
- Fishing
- Canoes
- Prerogatives of the chiefs
- Natives' propensity of war
- Pa or fortification
- Offensive arms
- Ways of making war
- Tattooing
- Ornaments
- Amusements
- Hakari
- Ceremony at the birth of a child
- Native marriage
- Burial
- Atamira
- Hahunga
- Maori tapous (tapu)
- Prayer for the kumaras
- Maori priesthood
- Medicine and surgery
- Character of the New Zealanders
- Slavery
- Dreams
- Oracles
- Sorcery
- Superstitious fear
- Reinga
- Theogony of the New Zealanders
- Mawi (Maui)
- Taki
- Hina
- Tawaki (Tawhaki)
- Maheuke (Mahuika)
- Wiro (Whiro)
- Kiharoa Taniwa (Kiharoa Taniwha)
- Tingara (Te Ngara)
- Demi-gods
- Tanakahi (Te Nakahi)
- Maori song
- Notes
- Father servants writings on the Maoris
- Bibliography for notes
- Appendix : Servant and Yate compared
- Index.