INDEX. 
487 
Song, extract from an old, 67 ; used 
•whilst tattooing, 152 
Songs of the natives, 138—145 
Spade, or Alco, 258 
Spells and incantations, 70—73 
Spiders (punga mereivere), 418 
Springs, hot, 222, 223, 245—250 
Staff of a chief, 299 
Stalactites, 243—245 
Stanley (Capt.) plants the British flag 
at Akaroa, 210 ; commander of the 
“Calliope,” 337 
Stannard (Rev. George), 29 
Staten Land, 206 
Stewart (Capt.), commander of the 
“Elizabeth,” 327—329 
Stewart’s Island, 218 
Stick throwing, an amusement, 173 
Sticks, divination by (niu), 69, 74, 91 
—93 
Stone (Rev. Mr.), Incumbent of 
Guiseley, the first patron of Samuel 
Marsden, 282 
Sugar-loaf rocks, 242 
Summer in New Zealand, 176, 178 
Sunday, called Te Wiki, 176 
Swan River Settlement, 266 
Swinging-poles, 173 
Sydney, 262, 290, 291, 295, 311 
Taaroa, creator of all things, 19 
Tahaiti, 41, 192, 205 
Tahana, native teacher, 358 
Tahoraparoa, 144 
Tahu, author of all good, 18, 33 
Taiaha, or chiefs’ staff, 299 
Taiamai plain, 222, 346 
Taiaroa, 330, 331, 335 
Taimaro, 194 
Taipo, an imaginary creature, 49 
Takerei (Earl Grey), 158 
Taki, its different meanings, 197 
Tamai hara nui, 327—329, 335 
Tamaki, 121, 214 
Tamamutu, his capture, 50 
Tama te Kapua, traditions of, 121 
Tamihana Katu, 331 
Tamihana te Raupahara, Christian 
convert, 168, 210, 373 
Tamorangi, a chief, 290 
Tanaure-ure, a cave, 243 
Tane, the parent of birds and trees, 
13, 32, 33, 84 
Tanekaha, tawaiwai, a tree, 438 
Tane Mahuta, the offspring of Rangi 
and Papa, 18—23 
Tangaloa, creator of all things, 19,28, 
186 
Tangi, or wail, 102, 103 
Tangaroa, father of fish, 13, 19, 21, 
33, 84-87, 186 
Taniwha, an immense fish, 49—53, 
321 
Tapo, a priest, 118 
Tapouka, or “ Old Wig,” chief of the 
Middle Island, 348 
Tapsall, a Norwegian, the first Euro¬ 
pean who married a native woman, 
373 
Tapu, a religious observance, 55—64, 
288, 317; its disuse, 58, 64; how 
to render a place tapu, 57, 60; 
enforced by the will of the chief, 
63 ; in some instances beneficial, 
64 ; form for taking it off, 78 
Tapued chief eating with a fern-stalk, 
55, 167, 168 
Tapuae, 371 
Tapuaenuko hill, 236 
Tapuanikau, 324 
Tara, 314 
Tara (George), a chief, 286 
Tara-bunga, father of the Maui 
family, 24 
Taraia, the last cannibal, 211 
Taramea, a plant, 237 
Taranaki, lofty mountain, 147, 207, 
211, 215, 225, 241, 242, 244, 252, 
269, 278, 324, 326, 332, 371, 
462 
Tararua range, 244 
Tarata, a boiling spring, 248 
Tarawera Lake, 146, 246, 247 
Tareha, a Nga-puhi chief, 316—318 
Taringa-here, a being with a face like 
a cat, 49 
Taro, a seed, 100, 135, 377, 378 
Tasman (Abel), visits New Zealand, 
205, 206 
Tattoo, or moka, 150—154, 194 
Tattooed head, 148, 310 
Taunui, principal chief of Mokau, 56, 
89 
Taupiri, an isolated mountain, 28 
Taupo, 28, 81, 120, 161, 214, 215, 
223, 226, 244, 277, 319, 320, 324, 
358, 359, 361, 367, 368, 371, 372 
Taupo chiefs, genealogical table of, 
469 
Taupo Lake, 145, 150, 204, 219, 224, 
225, 319 
Taupos, 43, 81 
