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Expert practitioner in Māori culture
Zealand, a tohunga (tōhuka in Southern Māori dialect) is an expert practitioner of any skill or art, either religious or otherwise. Tohunga include expert
Tohunga
Māori facial tattoo
styles (the other four are Marquesan, Samoan, Tahitian and Hawaiian). Tohunga-tā-moko (tattooists) were considered tapu, or inviolable and sacred. Tattoo
Tā_moko
Act of the New Zealand Parliament
The Tohunga Suppression Act 1907 was an Act of the New Zealand Parliament aimed at replacing tohunga as traditional Māori healers with western medicine
Tohunga_Suppression_Act_1907
Island country in the Pacific Ocean
effects of herbal remedies in the treatment of illness and disease by Māori tohunga as well as their precise observation of nature might be considered an indigenous
New_Zealand
Wall carving in a Māori wharenui
and their ancestors, and thus each poupou is carved with emblems of the tohunga whakairo's (carver's) particular lineage. Poupou may also be decorated
Poupou
Māori culture hero
(The Fish of Māui). When it emerged from the water, Māui left to find a tohunga to perform the appropriate ceremonies and prayers, leaving his brothers
Māui_(Māori_mythology)
2001 video game
known as Lego Bionicle and originally titled Lego Bionicle: Tales of the Tohunga) is a 2001 action-adventure game developed by Saffire and published by
Lego Bionicle: Quest for the Toa
Lego_Bionicle:_Quest_for_the_Toa
Polynesian migration canoe
main tohunga, who had his seat at the bow and held the ceremonial paddles Maninikura and Maniniaro. Tupai, brother of Ruawharo, another tohunga, who held
Tākitimu
Māori traditional textiles are the indigenous textiles of the Māori people of New Zealand. The organisation Te Roopu Raranga Whatu o Aotearoa, the national
Māori_traditional_textiles
In Māori tradition, Ngātoro-i-rangi (Ngātoro) is the name of a tohunga (priest) prominent during the settling of New Zealand (Aotearoa) by the Māori people
Ngātoro-i-rangi
Master weaver of Ngāti Maniapoto
Hetet DBE (née Hursthouse, 24 May 1892 – 14 June 1995) was a New Zealand tohunga raranga, a master of Māori weaving. Hetet was born in Oparure, King Country
Rangimārie_Hetet
Lake in Otago, New Zealand
Island Māori dialect pronunciation of wānanga, which means "the lore of the tohunga or priest" or a place of learning. Lake Wānaka lies at the heart of the
Lake_Wānaka
Traditional Māori feeding funnel
receive mulched or puréed food through the kōrere. It was also used to feed tohunga that were under tapu. "Object: Korere (feeding funnel)". Museum of New
Kōrere
New Zealand Māori chief
Rongokako was a New Zealand Māori ariki (chieftain) and tohunga (priest) of the Tākitimu tribal confederation and ancestor of the Ngāti Kahungunu iwi
Rongokako
New Zealander author, minister and philosopher (1924–1993)
18 June 1993) was an author, an ordained Anglican minister and expert (tohunga) on Māori philosophy. Marsden was born in Awanui, in the far north of New
Māori_Marsden
Government ministry of New Zealand
Zealand's official First World War centenary programme Landmarks Whenua Tohunga David Green, a historian working for the ministry, discovered that significantly
Ministry for Culture and Heritage
Ministry_for_Culture_and_Heritage
Māori traditional musical instruments
cultures. The use of these instruments, as part of the toolkit of the tohunga (Māori priests), seemed to be exclusively used as an oral flux between
Taonga_pūoro
Māori chief
nearby Hokianga area of northern Aotearoa (New Zealand). Tapua was also the tohunga of Ngāti Hao and famed as a great warrior in the tradition of the fighting
Tapua
Folklore of Polynesian island
Toiroa, a priest from Mahia. At Tolaga Bay, Tupaia conversed with the tohunga associated with the school of learning located there, called Te Rawheoro
Hawaiki
Topics referred to by the same term
information cannot be published Tohunga Suppression Act 1907, an Act of the Parliament of New Zealand aimed to replace tohunga as traditional Māori healers
Suppression
and narrative prose. Experts in these subjects were broadly known as tohunga. The rituals, beliefs, and general worldview of Māori society were ultimately
Māori_mythology
Sacred Māori place in Waikato, New Zealand
Hoe-o-Tainui, a famous paddle, the kete (kit) given to Whakaoterangi by a tohunga of Hawaiki, the bird Parakaraka (front) who was able to see in the dark
Tūrangawaewae
Indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand
inducing Māori to conform to Pākehā norms; notable among these are the Tohunga Suppression Act 1907 and the suppression of the Māori language by schools
Māori_people
Road in New Zealand
as a primary collector road, except between National Park (SH 47) and Tohunga Junction (SH 49) where it is classified an arterial road. The highway commences
State_Highway_4_(New_Zealand)
Toy line and associated narrative by the Lego Group
For example, many Māori were especially offended by the use of the word tohunga (a word for a spiritual healer) as the name given to the helpless inhabitants
Bionicle
Practices and beliefs of the Māori people of New Zealand
breaking tribal tapu, but tohunga recognised that some families were prone to a certain disease. The standard practice of tohunga was to isolate the victim
Māori_culture
2013 New Zealand film
colonial oppression in New Zealand, the film deals with the impacts of the Tohunga Suppression Act upon Māori traditions surrounding childbirth. The story
White_Lies_(2013_film)
Māori wood carver and carpenter
May 1979), also known as John Taiapa, was a Māori master wood carver (tohunga whakairo) and carpenter of Ngāti Porou. He was the younger brother of master
Hōne_Taiapa
Surname list
Hape is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Hape (tohunga), Polynesian navigator Janis Hape (1958–2021), American swimmer Patrick Hape
Hape
Te Arawa woman
Depiction of Hinemoa and Tūtānekai in Wilhelm Dittmer, Te Tohunga, 1907.
Hinemoa
Traditional knowledge of the Māori people
Parliament passed the Tohunga Suppression Act, which made tohunga practices illegal and punishable by fines or imprisonment. The Tohunga Suppression Act was
Mātauranga_Māori
New Zealand Māori rangatira (chief)
Depiction of Hinemoa and Tūtānekai in Wilhelm Dittmer, Te Tohunga, 1907.
Tūtānekai
Polynesian language spoken in New Zealand
te marae e ngā tohunga (The marae has been built by the experts). The active form of this sentence is rendered as: Kua hanga ngā tohunga i te marae (The
Māori_language
Supernatural beings (he iwi atua) in Māori mythology
women of the village asked the tohunga to trick her into weaving past dawn so that they could learn the skill. The tohunga asked the women to cover the
Patupaiarehe
Traditional Māori medicinal practices
traditionally taught orally by tohunga (experts) in whare wānanga. Rongoā was one of the Māori cultural practices targeted by the Tohunga Suppression Act 1907.
Rongoā
New Zealand Māori weaver (1920–2009)
Kanawa CNZM QSO (9 March 1920 – 30 July 2009) was a New Zealand Māori tohunga raranga (master weaver) of Ngāti Maniapoto and Ngāti Kinohaku descent.
Diggeress_Te_Kanawa
New Zealand Māori weaver
Te Hemo Ata Henare is a New Zealand Māori tohunga raranga (master weaver). Henare's tribal affiliations are with Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Hine and Te Whakatōhea
Te_Hemo_Ata_Henare
Māori chieftain
enclosure which was off limits to women and commoners. Tamatea and the tohunga Ruawharo consecrated the Tākitimu by singing a karakia which J. H. Mitchell
Tamatea_Arikinui
Māori prophet and activist (1869–1937)
Authorities saw Rua Kēnana as a disruptive influence and targeted him with the Tohunga Suppression Act 1907, which banned traditional Māori healers from using
Rua_Kēnana_Hepetipa
Tohunga of the Tainui canoe
progenitor of many Māori iwi. Born in Hawaiki, Rakataura was the senior tohunga (priest/navigator) who led the Tainui migratory canoe to New Zealand. Rakataura
Rakataura
New Zealand historian
chief Hōne Heke. In 2003, he published the book Tohunga: Hohepa Kereopa, an explication regarding tohunga of the Ngāi Tūhoe. He has also written a major
Paul_Moon
Māori rangatira and tohunga
Te Rangi-tua-mātotoru was an 18th-century Māori rangatira and tohunga of the Ngāti Te Rangiita hapū and ariki (paramount chieftain) of the Ngāti Tūwharetoa
Te_Rangi-tua-mātotoru
Leader of the Waikato tribes and second Māori King (c. 1822–1894)
Pōtae for 17 years, until 1881. A rangatira, and a religious figure – a tohunga ariki – Tāwhiao amassed power and authority during a time of momentous
Tāwhiao
Topics referred to by the same term
Zealand rugby union footballer Tutekohi Rangi (1871–1956), New Zealand Māori tohunga and faith healer Rangi, a character in the novel The Rise of Kyoshi and
Rangi
2019 New Zealand film
does research on Dybbuks, watching Youtube videos by a psychic called Tohunga Makutu. Francesca has a strange dream about the chair, and in the morning
Killer_Sofa
Art school in Rotorua, New Zealand
Zealand. The first Tumu (head) of the carving school was the late renowned Tohunga Whakairo (Master Carver), Hone Taiapa.[citation needed] Long a part of
New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute
New_Zealand_Māori_Arts_and_Crafts_Institute
Papahurihia (died 1875), also called Te Atua Wera ("the fiery God"), was a Māori tohunga, war leader and prophet. He belonged to Ngā Puhi, by way of the Te Hikutu
Penetana_Papahurihia
and ultimately of Tama-te-kapua and Ngātoro-i-rangi, the captain and tohunga of the Arawa. He had two siblings: Te Roro-o-te-rangi and Te Kata. When
Tūnohopū
City in Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand
Beautrais, poet Annie Maude Blackett, librarian Ruka Broughton (1940–1986), tohunga, Anglican priest and university lecturer John Bryce, politician Brit Bunkley
Whanganui
Actor, director, playwright in New Zealand
Outrageous Fortune Angel Recurring role 2011 Waitangi: What Really Happened Tohunga TV film 2016 Terry Teo Protest Leader "Head to Head" 2017 Find Me a Maori
Hori_Ahipene
Māori iwi in New Zealand
were never confiscated, and they were able to maintain their lineage of tohunga whakairo (master carvers). One of the greatest carvers known today, Wero
Ngāti_Tarāwhai
Māori folk healer
Hikapuhi's medical practices were scrutinised by government officials under the Tohunga Suppression Act 1907 however she continued to provide health care. She
Hikapuhi
18th-century war in New Zealand
Uhia of the Ngāti Tamakaimoana hapū, their most important rangatira and tohunga to consult the tribal atua, Te Rehu o Tainui and find out whether they
Tūhoe–Ngāti_Tūwharetoa_War
Māori Mythological octopus
navigator. The octopus was a pet or familiar of Muturangi, a powerful tohunga of Hawaiki. The wheke was nonetheless a wild creature and a guardian. When
Te_Wheke-a-Muturangi
and ultimately of Tama-te-kapua and Ngātoro-i-rangi, the captain and tohunga of the Arawa. He had two younger siblings: Te Kata and Tūnohopū. When he
Te_Roro-o-te-rangi
effects of herbal remedies in the treatment of illness and disease by Māori tohunga as well as their precise observation of nature might be considered an indigenous
Economy_of_New_Zealand
New Zealand Māori healer (c. 1852–1937)
was a New Zealand Māori tohunga of Ngāti Rua, a hapū of Te Whakatōhea. As a leader within the Ringatū church his role as tohunga served as healer and priest
Tuakana_Aporotanga
Genus of grasses
pūrākau associate toetoe with shame. Toetoe is associated with tohunga rituals, students of tohunga, and mourning ceremonies. The Māori used the toetoe leaves
Austroderia
New Zealand Māori weaver, arts educator, and netball coach of the Ngāi Tahu iwi
Elizabeth Brown QSM (24 October 1933 – 7 August 2004) was a New Zealand Māori tohunga raranga (master weaver), ceramicist, educator and netball coach. She affiliated
Cath_Brown_(artist)
Island in Lake Rotorua, New Zealand
statue of Matuatonga on the island protected the island's kūmara crop, and tohunga would bring seed kūmara to touch the statue. It was also a very good strategic
Mokoia_Island
2001 video game
to be told in other outlets, the game utilized and was based around the Tohunga villagers packaged with McDonald's Happy Meals. The decision by Lego to
Mata_Nui_Online_Game
Patunuioāio named Taitewhenua. He decided to give the canoe to the renowned tohunga kōkōrangi (astronomer) Matiti, who then gave it to Rākaihautū and encouraged
Uruaokapuarangi
New Zealand master carver (1928–2008)
Toi Iho / Māori Made mark for Creative New Zealand. The same year, He Tohunga Whakairo, a documentary about Harrison, directed by Moana Maniapoto and
Pakariki_Harrison
Aspect of Māori oral history involving migration on legendary canoes
Smith falsely attributed much of their information to two 19th-century tohunga, Moihi Te Mātorohanga and Nēpia Pōhūhū". List of Māori waka Anaweka waka
Māori_migration_canoes
Species of bird endemic to New Zealand
role in the tohi rite, a ritual performed over an infant. This entailed a tohunga touching the head of an infant with a live whitehead and reciting a karakia
Whitehead_(bird)
Polynesian migration Waka
According to Ngāti Kahungunu tradition Pawa captained Horouta and Kiwa was the tohunga. J. H. Mitchell has written that Horouta reached New Zealand around 100
Horouta
Painting by Charles Goldie and Louis Steele
with the Arawa canoe. Supposedly, the captain of that canoe kidnapped a tohunga (priest) called Ngatoro to act as his navigator. Ngatoro, whose wife had
The Arrival of the Maoris in New Zealand
The_Arrival_of_the_Maoris_in_New_Zealand
High priest in Māori mythology
mythology, Muturangi, also known as Ruamuturangi, was a renowned high priest (tohunga) presiding over Taputapuatea marae at Rangiatea in French Polynesia. The
Muturangi
Exorcism in New Zealand
witchcraft or sorcery. Historically, the tohunga involved in lifting mākutu were suppressed by the Tohunga Suppression Act 1907, which was repealed in
Killing_of_Janet_Moses
Māori concept of witchcraft
hospitalisation of a teen, allegedly due to attempts to remove such a curse. Tohunga Williams, Herbert W., 1975. A Dictionary of the Māori Language. 7th edition
Mākutu
Town in Gisborne District, New Zealand
Aitanga-a-Hauiti hapū and home of chief Te Kani-a-Takirau (died c. 1856) and tohunga Te Rangiuia (died 1850). The Ūawa River reaches the Pacific Ocean in the
Tolaga_Bay
Village or fortified settlement in Māori culture
abandoned if a chief was killed or if some calamity took place that a tohunga (witch doctor) had attributed to an evil spirit (atua). In the 1860s, Māori
Pā
Māori rangatira (chief) of the Ngāti Whakaue iwi
was descended from Tama-te-kapua and Ngātoro-i-rangi, the captain and tohunga of the Arawa. His mother was Parehina. He had six brothers: Huingarangi
Ariariterangi
Māori iwi in New Zealand
in Matatā to Tongariro. He gains his mana principally from the powerful tohunga and navigator Ngātoro-i-rangi who piloted the great waka Te Arawa from
Ngāti_Tūwharetoa
New Zealand artist
Hetet ONZM (18 April 1937 – 18 November 2024) was a Māori master carver (tohunga whakairo) of Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Maniapoto descent. Hetet was born
Rangi_Hetet
City in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
geothermal springs had resulted from a plea by Ngātoro-i-rangi, an ancestral tohunga, for the gods to send fire-bearing spirits from Hawaiki, the semi-mythological
Rotorua
Māori iwi in New Zealand
Mahinapua in the battle called Tāwiri-o-Te Makō. Moki was later cursed by two tohunga, Iriraki and Tautini, for insulting two women. He is said to be buried
Ngāi_Tahu
Mountain in New Zealand
Rangitāne o Manawatu, Wharite was inhabited by Iti a Tohunga from the Ruakawa Pa area below. The Tohunga was banished to the peak due to his small stature
Wharite_Peak
Volcanic eruption in New Zealand
hair plumed as for death" using huia and kōtuku feathers. Tūhoto Ariki, a tohunga at Te Wairoa, declared the tourists had sighted a waka wairua (spirit canoe)
1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera
1886_eruption_of_Mount_Tarawera
headstone at Matihetihe marae). Tākou as he was commonly known was a Māori tohunga, historian and genealogist. Of Māori descent, his principal Hapū were Te
'Tākou' Himiona Tūpākihi Kāmira
'Tākou'_Himiona_Tūpākihi_Kāmira
Māori guide (born c. 1798; death unknown)
to have liked the scriptures. Kehu was a Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri / Ngāti Apa tohunga and kaitiaki of the inland trails and the natural resources of the region
Kehu
River in Auckland Region, New Zealand
mouth of the creek, Te Ure tū ā Hape, recalls the visit of Rakatāura, the tohunga of the Tainui migratory canoe. Archaeological sites show that Oruamo was
Oruamo_or_Hellyers_Creek
(probably born in 1895 or 1896 – 3 June 1961) was a New Zealand Māori healer, tohunga and Ringatū minister. He identified with the Ngāti Maniapoto, Te Whakatōhea
George Gage (Ringatū minister)
George_Gage_(Ringatū_minister)
Fault zone in New Zealand
faults extends 24 km (15 mi) from northwest of Tohunga Junction into the Rangataua Forest. At Tohunga Junction it crosses the Raurimu Fault with a complex
Taupō_Rift_termination_faults
Māori chief and leader
the tohunga (high priest). These were the roles and status (mana) Patuone was to inherit from Tapua. Patuone's grandmother Ripia was also a tohunga in
Eruera_Maihi_Patuone
New Zealand master carver
Riki Henare Manuel CNZM (born 1960) is a New Zealand Māori carver and tohunga moko (Māori tattoo expert) of Ngāti Porou descent. Born in Oamaru in 1960
Riki_Manuel
New Zealand politician (born 1941)
separate years. Tohunga Tū Taua, Te Whare Tū Taua o Aotearoa, 1985. Kaitātaki Tane Award, National Male Leader, Te Matatini, 2000. Tohunga Huarewa, Te Wānanga
Pita_Sharples
Legendary Maori chieftain
canoe. Through his mother, he was probably descended from Ruawharo, the tohunga (priest) of the Tākitimu, and Popoto, one of the captains of the Kurahaupō
Kahukuranui
near Pakotore (either Taengaoteureomai or Rorakonui), where a powerful tohunga called Kaiongaonga, performed a range of special rites in order to bring
Moko_(Tapuika)
Māori iwi in New Zealand
Ngāti Rārua, Te Āti Awa and Ngāti Tama. In 1846, a Ngāti Tūmatakōkiri tohunga named Kehu (Hone Mokehakeha) assisted European explorers Charles Heaphy
Ngāti_Tūmatakōkiri
Surname list
Niuean politician Hipa Te Maihāroa (died 1886), New Zealand tribal leader, tohunga and prophet HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability
Hipa
Māori upoko ariki (head chieftain)
he exercised great forbearance when his position was challenged by two tohunga Manawa and Kowhaki and treated the visiting chief Taharakau in a generous
Tapuwae Poharutanga o Tukutuku
Tapuwae_Poharutanga_o_Tukutuku
National police service of New Zealand
action carried out by selected warriors or expert practitioners called tohunga. The first formal policing service in New Zealand started in 1840 with
New_Zealand_Police
Mitchell mentions "claims" that she was descended from Ruawharo, the tohunga (priest) of the Tākitimu canoe, and Popoto, one of the captains of the
Rongomaiwahine
Nga Rauru; tohunga, Anglican priest, university lecturer
Herewini Ruka Broughton (21 April 1940 – 17 April 1986) was a New Zealand tohunga, Anglican priest, and university lecturer. Of Māori descent, he identified
Ruka_Broughton
Māori iwi in New Zealand
common ancestor, Rongomaiwahine. She was descended from Ruawharo, the tohunga (navigator) of the Tākitimu waka (Māori migration canoe), and Popoto, the
Ngāti_Rongomaiwahine
2018. While still applying the 1735 Witchcraft Act New Zealand passed the Tohunga Suppression Act 1907 banning local faith healers. The Act was repealed
Laws_against_witchcraft
Beach and marine reserve in New Zealand
Bay, Te Whanganui-o-Hei (meaning the Great Bay of Hei), refers to Hei, a tohunga from the Te Arawa waka. According to tradition, Hei chose the area around
Whanganui A Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve
Whanganui_A_Hei_(Cathedral_Cove)_Marine_Reserve
New Zealand tohunga
Te Kere Ngatai-e-rua (?–1901) was a notable New Zealand tohunga. Of Māori descent, he identified with the Te Ati Haunui-a-Paparangi iwi. Young, David
Te_Kere_Ngatai-e-rua
Village in Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
authorities saw Rua as a disruptive influence and targeted him with the Tohunga Suppression Act of 1907, which banned traditional Māori healers from using
Maungapōhatu
TOHUNGA
TOHUNGA
TOHUNGA
TOHUNGA
Biblical
precious stone; that beholds
Girl/Female
Tamil
Grace
Girl/Female
Christian, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu
Tree that Grow from Root
Boy/Male
Arabic
Alive; Living
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Gift
Boy/Male
Indian
Secret
Surname or Lastname
Dutch
Dutch : patronymic from a reduced and altered form of the personal names Arnoud (see Arnold), Alaert, or Adriaan. Compare Artz.English : patronymic from Hart.Variant of German and Jewish Hartz.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Protector; Protector from Ignorance and Distress
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Bird Catcher
Girl/Female
Tamil
Raviyanki | ரவீயஂகீ
Sunshine (Daughter of the Sun God)
TOHUNGA
TOHUNGA
TOHUNGA
TOHUNGA
TOHUNGA