Tohunga

Tohunga

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Terminology

There were many classes of tohunga (Buck 1974:474), including:
*Tohunga ahurewa: highest class of priest
*Tohunga kiato: lowest class of priest
*Tohunga matakite: foretellers of the future
*Tohunga whakairo: expert carvers
*Tohunga tātai arorangi: experts at reading the stars
*Tohunga tārai waka: expert canoe builders

ee also

*Tohunga Suppression Act

References

* T. R. Hiroa (Sir Peter Buck), "The Coming of the Maori". Second Edition. First Published 1949. Wellington: Whitcombe and Tombs) 1974.


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