490 
INDEX. 
273, 351; earthquakes at,212,228— 
235, 472 
Wera, a chief warrior, 395 
Werowero, a chief, 274 
Wesleyan station at Wangaroa, 209 ; 
at Hokianga, 209 
Wetu, assaults on European sailors, 
370 37q 
Whale Island, 223 
Whales (balcenidce), 396 
Whalers first visit New Zealand, 208 
Whanau Moana, parent of the winged 
race, 34 
Whare-kura, or great temple, de¬ 
scribed, 65—71 
Whareroa, its population, 256; no¬ 
ticed, 357 
Whau (entelia arborescens ), a light 
wood, 137 
Wheat first sown at Kapo Wairua, 
196; cultivated, 379 
Whipping-top game, 172 
Whiro, god of lightning and thunder, 
41, 67—70 
White Island, in the Bay of Plenty, 
142, 223 
Wife, a battle for one, 163 
Wigs, remarks on, 148—150 
William IV., letter to him for protec¬ 
tion, 209 
Williams (Messrs.), missionaries, 291; 
292 
Williams (Rev. H.), missionary, 331 
“ Will o’ the Wisp” in the Pens, 428 
Wind, indicates a god’s presence, 78 
Windsor, Wesleyan chapel at, 298 
Winter in New Zealand, 176, 178, 
252, 457 
Winyard(Coh), acting Governor, 212, 
347 
Wiremu Eruera Tauri, native teacher, 
321, 358 
Witchcraft ( malcutw ), 89—91, 188 
Witi, a cannibal, tradition of, 115, 
116 
Woman, creation of the first, 18 
Words, a philological list of, 198—200 
-traced to their roots, 201—203 
Wrestling, an amusement, 173 
Year counted by moons, 177; begins 
with May, 178 
Zealand (New), why so named by 
Abel Tasman, 206; called Nukuroa 
and Uku-rangi, 118; and Aotea 
toa, 124; its new constitution, 212; 
provinces, 213 ; close connexion be¬ 
tween its natives and the Polynesian 
race, 466—468 
Zealand (New), native talent of its 
aborigines, 4—6; their deteriora¬ 
tion, 7 ; emigrations, 7, 8 ; canni¬ 
bals, 10; mythology, 12- — 54; ge¬ 
nealogies, 15 — 17; gods, 33, 42,43; 
tapu institution, 55—64; their great 
temple, Ware-kura, 65 — 70; reli¬ 
gious worship, 72, 73; baptism, 
74—76; war ceremonies, 77—82; 
fishing ceremonies, 83—86 ; witch¬ 
craft, 89 — 91; burial rites, 97—106; 
traditions, 107—122; canoes, 123; 
proverbs, 126 — 134; fables, 134— 
137 ; songs, 138—145 ; mottoes, 
146 ; personal ornaments, 148— 
154; dreams, 160; marriage, 163 ; 
polygamy, 164; children, 165; 
feasts, 169; amusements, 171; 
time, how reckoned, 176 ; then- 
origin, as traced by their lan¬ 
guage, 179—203 ; history, 204— 
218 ; geology, 218—245 ; climate, 
251; Christianity introduced, 281 
—299 ; Church established, 300 ; 
food, 166, 377—384; land, 384— 
386 ; natural history, 394—429 ; 
botany, 430 — 457 
Zealand (New) Colonization Company, 
209 
Zealand (New) Land Company, 209, 
210, 263, 264, 332—334 
