Goldie. — Maori Medical Lore. 57 



Who courageously em-aged the god. 

 Thy internal parts are all open to view, 

 Verily, just as the stirring up of the big fire 

 Burning in the maiae (courtyard) of a pa (fort). 

 But, lo ! thou and I together are as one. 



The Moriori invoked the god Maru to descend upon the crown 

 •of the head (the most sacred part of the body) of the injured 

 person, and apply his healing power to the wound or injured 

 limb. Then was repeated this ancient karakia* which was 

 originally used at the raising of Rakei from the dead : — 



Come from the crown of the head ; 



Be thou closed. 



Be thou at ease, &c. 

 Let the bones close, 

 Let the clotted blood close. 



Close earth. 



Close heaven, 

 Close it with the closing of Maru : 

 Close it with the closing of earth. 



Maru was the Moriori god who healed wounds, severe cuts, 

 and broken bones. His image was of wood bound round with a 

 plaited rope made of pingao {Desmoschcemus spiralis). 



If a Tuhoe native cut himself, say with a stone adze while 



working, he would first apply the implement with which he cut 



himself to the wound, and then repeat a charm such as the 



following, in order to stop the flow of blood and cause the wound 



to heal : — 



Te whai one tuatua, one taitaia 



Te haehaea, ko te piere 



Te ngawha, tee katikati 



Torokina, toro wheua 



Toro katikati te uaua 



E mahu, e niahu — e ! 



Werowerohia atu nei taku tao 



Werowerohia i Utupaoa 



E te toto pouri, nan mai ki waho 



E te toto potango, nau mai ki waho 



Kinikini, panapana 



Ko mata te hakuwai 



Ki wai ora, ki wai te mumuhu 



Te ara maomao, te tini kai mata 



Ki te ara ki Otuimukia 



Ka puta kai waho kai te mokopu roa 



E mahu — e ! 



E mahu — e ! 



Another Tuhoe whai charm for healing wounds runs thus : — 



Te whai one tuatua, one taitaia 

 Ko te piere, ko te ngawha 

 Ko te kapi ka — pi 

 Mahu akuanei, mahu apopo 

 Koi tae mai ki to kiri tipu 



* Jour. Pol. Soc, pp. 89-9S, 1895. 



