Today's free book is
The ancient history of the Maori, his mythology and traditions by John White (1887-1891). For the table of contents, check at the bottom of this post below the image.
The book is available at
Hathi Trust (I have not checked for other online sources).
Table of Contents
VOLUME ONE
I. WHARE-KURA
School of Agriculture
Astronomical School
ll. MYTHology of CREATION
Origin of various gods
Origin of Tane
Gods of the winds
Gods of the upper worlds
Seasons of the year
Cold and heat
Gods of misfortune and disease
Produce of the earth eaten
Gods of food
III. TANE, AND REBELLION OF SPIRITS
Fire first known
Battle in the heavens
First murder in the world
Origin of cannibalism
Origin of death
IV. DIVSION OF HEAVEN AND EARTH
Origin of stars and clouds
Origin of sun and moon
Stars and their names
Ta-whaki worshipped
Offerings to gods, how presented
Origin of fish
Ta-whaki in quest of his father
Ta-whaki ascends on a spider's thread
Ta-whaki kills his enemies
Birth of Wahie-roa and Rata
V. DEATH OF WAHIE-ROA
Rata's voyage
The attack
The stone axes
Matuku killed
Prisoners taken
Warriors embark
VI. DEATH OF WAHIE-ROA
Rehua and Rupe
Death of Kai-tangata
Awa-nui-a-rangi
Death of Karihi
Rata and the fairies
Attack on Matuku
VII. ATTEMPT TO MURDER TA-WHAKI
Whai-tiri and her children
Attempt to murder Ta-whaki
Ta-whaki ascends to Heaven
War on the fairie
Death of Maru e
Offerings to gods
Revenge of Rongo-mai
Whai-tiri the blind
Hine-nui-te-po
VIII. TA-WHAKI ASCENDS TO HEAVEN
Hapai and Ta-whaki
Ta-whaki baptizes his child
Whai-tiri and Kai-tangata
Ta-whaki and Karihi
Ta-whaki and Tama-i-waho
Whati-tiri mistaken
Tawhaki and Hapai-a-maui
Tane and Hine-hau-one
IX. CREATION OF WOMAN
Tane in search of Rehua
Tame in search of Hine-hau-one
Ocean made
Tane separates Raki and Papa
The living water of Tane
X. THE GOD TANE
Trees produced by Tane
Tane in search of his wife
Stars obtained by Tane
XI. CREATION OF MAN AND WOMAN
Creation of man
Creation of woman
Rangi and Papa separated
Woman made
XII. THE DELUGE
Chiefs and high priests
The flood
The raft on the waters
Flood subsides
Offerings made for delivery
The earth convulsed
VOLUME TWO
The god Io
N iws-reks and Msts—ora.
Tur a and Ru-kuzs-mstua.
Tur a and to Ru-wahine
Ira-tu-roto and Tur a
Whiro and Tur a
Hu and Whiro
Bottle between White and Tura
Tur a returns home
II. RONA
Rona and the moon
Rona and Uru-pa,hiks-hiks
Rons and his children
Roanga-raliis and Ruru-teins
Rum and Ngarara-hus'ru.u
Pungarchu and Koko-muka-hau-nei
Poua-kai, the man-eater
III. TAMA-NUI-A-RAKI
Tama-nui-a-raki and Ruku-tis
Tama-nui-a-raki left by his wife
Tama-nui-a-raki tattooed
Tu-te-koro-pa-nga and Ruku-tie
Tama-nui-a-raki and Tu-te-koro-pa-nga
Tama-whiro and Tars-too
Death of Tu-tsks_hinshins
Roiroi-whenuo. and his mother
IV. NIWA-REKA, HNORO, AND PAOA
Ruahine-mate.-maori
Voyage oi Paowa
Pioio and Kukuru-atu
Pioio kills his captive
V. MAUI
Hapopo and Paoa
Birth of Maui
Maui and his mother
Mauiasabird
Maui noose: the sun
Origin of Maui
To-mks and Maui
Maui pulls the land up
Maui and Ira-waru
VI. MAUI
Mu and Weka
Maui and Tuna
Maui and the sun
Maui and Hina
Maui and the winds
Maui, life and death
Maui and his mother Taranga
Maui and his brothers
Maui and his mother
Maui and his brothers
Maui out fishing
Maui and Mahu-i-ka
Maui and his father
Death of Maui
VII. MAUI AND MAHU-I-KA
Maui obtains fire
Maui and Ira-waru
Maui pulls the land up
Maui and Tuna-roa
Maui and noted chiefs
Ira-waru turned into a dog
VIII. IRA-WARU
Hina-uri and Tini-rau
Maui and his brother-in-law
Tini-rau and Kae
Kae and Tutu-nui
Haka which made Kac laugh
Tini-rau and Rupe
Tini-rau and Hine-te-iwaiwa
Tiui-rau and Kai
Death oi Kai
IX. TNU-MU AND HIHINE-I-'FE-PUWHA
Tu-huruhuru and his father
Tutu-nui lent to Kae
Tu-whaka-rare and Apa-kura
Lament of Apa-kura
Tihi-o-manono burnt
Poporo-kewa destroyed
X. HINE-I-'FE-PUWHA
Tarbmakao-roa and her son
Tau-tiui and Titipa
Tau-tini and his canoe
Pare and Hutu
Death of Pare
1-Iou-mea and her acts
Hou-mea and her children
Hou-mea and Uta
X. HINE-I-'FE-PUWHA continued
Tau-tini-awhitis end his mother
Tau-tini-ewhitia and his bird
XI. Canoes
Ancient canoes
Meta-ora canoe
Motu-motu-ahi canoe
Kure-hnu-po canoe
Ngehue and his acts
Ngahue and bird moa
Rakn-tsura and llianga-rara
Kiwe st Tsursngs
Migrations to New Zealand
VOLUME THREE
I. UE-NUKU AND WHENA
Ue-nuku and Whena
Whena kills the children of Ue-nuku
Mahi-rua and Ue-nuku
Battle of Ra-to-rua
Rua-tapu kills his companions
Ue-nuku and Taka-rita
Ue-nuku kills his wife
Tawheta visits Ue-nuku
Ue-nuku prepares to attack Tawheta
The battle : Pai-mahutanga taken prisoner
Ue-nuku and Hoe-ora
Rua-tapu and his revenge
Paikea escapes to land
Rua-tapu and Oue-nuku
Ue-muku insults Paikea
Paikea at Whaka-tane
Horana and Ue-nuku
Revenge of Rua-tapu
Escape of Paikea
Canoe Nuku-tere
Rua-wharo, Tu-pai, and Tumu-whakairihia
Rua-wharo taught by Tumu-whakairihia
Chiefs who came in Taki-tumu
II. UE-NUKU
Ue-nuku and Rua-tapu
Ue-nuku and his comb
Rua-tapu and a great tide
Rua-tapu and Paikea
Paikea, on the ocean
Rua-wharo and Tu-pai
Acts of Rua-wharo and Tu-pai
Taki-tumu and her crew
Rua-wharo, Tu-pai, and Ira
III. POU-HENI AND HINE-KAU-I-RANGI
Ira family
Sick cured
Rongo-kako and Tama-tea
Horo-uta, and food of crew
Kahu-ngunu and Tama-tea
Rongo-kako and his father
Tama-tea-pokai-whenua
Kahu-ngunu and Whaene
Kahu-ngunu and Rongo-mai-wahine
Kahu-ngunu obtains paua
Kahu-ngunu and Rongo-mai-wahine
Kahu-ngunu and his children
Tama-tea and Rangi-nui
IV. TAMA-TEA AND RONGO-KAKO
Pawa and Hou-nuku
Horo-uta at East Cape
Kumara, how brought to New Zealand
Obtaining kumara at Hawa-iki
Horo-uta wrecked
Gods of kumara and fern-root
V. RONGO-I-TUA AND KAHUI-TUPUA
Kumara obtained from Po-tiki
Canoes Arai-te-uru and Manuka
Rongo-i-tua and Kahui-tipua
Gods of kumara
Kumara and roi not put together
Kahu-kura, and origin of fish
VI. TARA-KI-UTA AND TARA-KI-TAI
Death of twins
Taranga-kahu-tai and Taraia
Tama-te-ra and Iwi-ka-tere
Te-rapu-wai and Kahui-tipua
Teaching of Whare-patari
Rangi-whaka-oma and Tawake-ariki
Rakau-manawa-he and his wife
Hau-iti and his sons
The battles Kau-neke and Te-rangi-hi-wera
Rua-tau-pare and her children
Tu-ere and Tangi-haere
Pukoro-au-ahi and Puha-ure-roa
Hotu-ngakau and stolen taro
VII. NGA-TI-IRA
Tawhi-pari insulted
Defeated by eating crawfish
VII. NGA-TI-IRA
Battles of Aitanga-a-hau-iti and Nga-ti-ira
Hine-ika kills a man
Revenge for insult
Death of Mahine-tu-ki-te-rangi
Song to entrap Tu-te-aio-rangi
Te-ahu insulted by Waro
Descendants of Tane-nui-a-rangi
Tare-wai, and his wars
Insult to Whakataka-amewha
Capture of Tare-wai
Revenge of Tare-wai
Tare-wai and his enemies
VIII. RAU-RIKA (REKA)
Rangi-tama, from the North Island
Migration from North Island across Cook Strait
Tuahu-riri and his enemies
Korako and his first victim
Te-rapu-wai and his wars
Tara-i-tu and his god
IX. KUI, TUTU-MAI-AO, AND TUREHU
First occupants of South Island
Moa-bird, how exterminated
Moko, the robber-chieftain
Poua-kai, bird of prey
Origin of Nga-ti-mamoe
Migration of Nga-i-tahu
Communication across Cook Strait
Tuahau-riri and his acts
Te-hau-taki visits Ha-taitai
X. THE PA OF THE SIX
Pa of remote ages
Report of Kai-apu and Makino
Feud between Tu-te-kawa and Nga-i-tahu
Canoes lost in Cook Strait
The war-canoe Te-maka-whiu
Land obtained by deceit
Noble deed of Rangi-tamau
Te-wera and his acts
XI. THE ACTS OF TE-WERA
Te-wera kills a woman
Te-wera and night attack
Paua-collectors killed
Ancient Maori amusements
XII. LAST MIGRATION FROM HA-TAITAI
Bones of the dead as fishing-hooks
Battle on the ocean
Pohatu explains the sign
Death of Kana-te-pu
Apoka and his wives
Ra-kai-tau-wheke's scheme
Hine-maka saved from death
Fame of Te-ahua-rangi
Murder of Manawa
Haki-te-kura and her lover
Land, how claimed and taken
Te-rangi-tamau and his wife
Tura-kau-tahi emulates the Ha-taitai people
Marriage of women to make peace
Nga-ti-mamoe woman killed and eaten
Kai-huanga war continued
XIII. TAMA-I-HARA-NUI
Acts of Tama-i-hara-nui
A sacred mat the cause of war
Tama-i-hara-nui declares war
Consequences of death of Iri-toro
Death of Ri-papa and O-takou warriors
Guns first used in the south
Tama-i-hara-nui and his cousin
Rau-paraha appears in the south
Capture of Tama-i-hara-mui
Te-pehi and other chiefs killed
Death of Tama-i-hara-nui
XIV. SOUTH ISLAND HISTORY
Taki-tumu and the South Island
Origin of tribes of the South Island
Tu-te-wai-mate and Moko
Origin of Nga-i-tahu Tribe
Apoka and his friends
Manawa and Nga-ti-mamoe
Kauae and Manawa
Lands of Nga-ti-mamoe taken
Nga-i-tahu attacked by Nga-ti-tu-mata-kokiri
Nga-ti-mamoe beaten as a tribe
Nga-ti-mamoe, present abode
Old tribes of Middle Island
War between the old tribes
Tara-whai and his enemies
Murder of Pakake, and revenge
(there are additional volumes at Hathi moving into more historical accounts of settlements in New Zealand)
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