Research Catalog

Title

Tohunga : Hohepa Kereopa / Paul Moon.

Author

Moon, Paul

Publication

Auckland, N.Z. : David Ling Pub., 2003.

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Details

Description

172 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"This book serves two primary purposes: to offer an impressionistic account of Hohepa's life, and to unveil the tapu knowledge of the tohunga which has been built up over at least a millennium"--Introduction (p. 12).

Subject

• Kereopa, Hohepa
• Māori (New Zealand people) > Folklore
• Tohunga
• Priests > New Zealand
• Māori (New Zealand people) > Religion
• Folklore > New Zealand

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 172).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

INTRODUCTION -- 1. LOCATING A TOHUNGA -- The sharks sometimes come to visit -- Coming into being -- Anticipation -- The function -- Marriage -- Things from my background -- The lizards -- Manuka the tohunga -- The power to control -- The last of the untouched -- 2. TREMORS ALONG THE PATH -- Beginnings -- Whakapapa -- Beads of knowledge -- Tohunga in the community -- Progression -- Relationships with people -- Australia -- A growing reputation -- Special paths -- Signs in sickness -- Protecting our mana -- 3. RELIGION -- Rua kenana -- The theology of Ihararia -- Moving on -- Faith -- 4. PRINCIPLES -- Tohunga knowledge -- Death -- Tapu -- Mauri -- Karakia -- Names -- Maori language and culture -- Our kawa -- Division of power -- Land ownership -- Spreading the knowledge -- Matariki -- The negative wairua in things -- What will happen to the knowledge -- Premonitions -- Driving out spirits -- Maori unity -- Seeing the future -- Voices -- Love and relationships -- Rape -- Men and women -- Whaikorero -- Shades of mana -- Jealousy and attacks -- Kaumatua -- Maori leaderhip -- Iwi affiliation -- land -- Genetic engineering -- The welfare state -- The traditional and modern worlds -- Utu -- Living in a small Maori community -- Anger -- Kaitiaki -- Te reo Maori -- Moko -- 5. PRACTICE -- The mana of the forest -- The relationship between land and healing -- Responsibilities to yourself -- The transfer of Wairua -- Empathy with the land -- The tapu kereru -- The energies of Tress -- The way of the weather -- The puriri tree -- Selection -- 6. RONGOA -- Fasting -- Saliva -- Labour pains -- The medicinal use of plants -- 7. CONCLUSION.

ISBN

090899091X (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2004353123

OCLC

• 56068708
• SCSB-10329617

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library