484 
INDEX. 
Motu Taiko, a small island in Lake 
Taupo, 204 
Motu Tavva, a small island, 324 
Motutere, 359, 360, 367 
Moutohora, Whale Island, 223 
Muka Muka rocks, 230 
Mumuhanga, the father of the To- 
tara, 33 
Murderers’ Bay, why so named, 206 
Muscle ( [kuJcu ) used for food, 183, 
383, 417 
Musical pipe (he Tcoauau), 147 
Musk-rat, 394 
Mythology of New Zealand, 12—54 
Names, native, have always a signifi¬ 
cation, 155 
Natural history of the islands, 394— 
429 
Neck ornaments, 150 
Nelson settlement founded, 211, 217, 
218, 330, 332—335 
Nene (Walker), pensioned chief, 274 
New South Wales, 267 
New Testament first printed at Pa- 
ihia, 209 
New year celebrated, 93 
Ngae, a mission station, 53 
Nga Hui, tradition of, 120 
Ngahurus’ Lament, 144 
Ngaitahu tribe, 326, 327, 329 
Nga puhi, a tribe, 147, 331 
Nga-rangi-hore, the father of stones, 
33 
Ngarara, the lizard, 136 
Nga te ran kawa tribe, 326 
Nga ti apa tribe, 325, 326 
Ngatiawa, natives of Otaki, 42, 325, 
329, 330 
Nga ti haua tribe, 355 
Nga-ti-mamoe, inhabitants of lofty 
mountains, 49 
Ngatimaniapoto, a tribe, 145 
Ngatimaru tribe, 144, 145, 147 
Nga ti paoa, a tribe, 147 
Ngatiraukawa tribe, 169 
Nga ti ruaka tribe, 326, 351, 352, 
355 
Nga ti ruanui tribe, 277, 278, 326, 
358, 364—366, 368 
Ngatitoa, 325 
Ngatiwhatua tribe, 156 
Nicholas (Mr.), 285, 286 
Night, the period of, 14; made dis¬ 
tinct from day, 20; divided into 
three decades, 177 
Nikau (areca sapida), 434 
Niu, or divination by sticks, 69, 74, 
91—93 
Norfolk Island, 195 
North Cape, 285 
Nota, or north star, 157 
Nursery song, 139 
Obsidian, instrument for cutting 
hair, 93 
Ochre and oil much used, 149 
O’Donohu, the bush-ranger, executed, 
297 
Ohaiawai, 350 
Ohau, a creek, 139, 141, 228, 325 
Ohinemotu, 223 
Onga onga ( urlieece ), 441 
Orakokorako, on the Waikato, 223 
Orau moa bay, 329 
Orawaro, near Pakerau, 51 
Ornaments for the person, 148—155 
Orono, deity at Hawaii, 19 
Ostrich, or Moa, 237 
Otahuliu, 121 
Otake, engraving of the church at, 
65; noticed, 42, 90, 139, 141, 277, 
335, 337 
Otako, a Scotch settlement, 211, 
218, 264, 462 
Otaua, near the Bay of Islands, 221 
Oulad Riaks, mountain tribe, 9; 
massacred, 10 
Ovens of the natives, 389, 392 
Owa, the father of the dog, 33 
Owl, its various names, 196 
Oyster (ostrcea), 417 
Paerau, a region of Hades, 144 
Paeroa, near the Waikato, 223 
Page (Lieut.), 351 
Paliiko, the father of the Kaka, 33 
Paihia mission station, 209, 291, 294 
Pakakutu, 326 
Pa Karaka, volcanic cone, 222 
Palm tree ( ni-hau ), 182 
Panukareao, the name of the head 
chief of the Rarawa, 156 
Papa, or carved dish, 169, 170 
Papa, or earth, the god of light, 16— 
22, 33 
Papaiti, 355 
Papanoko, a scaleless fish, 383 
Paradise, its etymology, 182 
Parahia, a diminutive kind of spinach, 
133 
Parapara, a native village, 193 
