The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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The departmental gods were known familiarly throughout Polynesia , but varied in importance from group to group . In New Zealand the most important was probably Tane , god of forests and all their products . Hardly less important were ...
The departmental gods were known familiarly throughout Polynesia , but varied in importance from group to group . In New Zealand the most important was probably Tane , god of forests and all their products . Hardly less important were ...
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Unsatisfactory as most of the work has been , however , several important conclusions emerge . The first Maori settlers found various species of the great wingless bird , the moa , the extermination of which may have taken a century .
Unsatisfactory as most of the work has been , however , several important conclusions emerge . The first Maori settlers found various species of the great wingless bird , the moa , the extermination of which may have taken a century .
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The Maori Ethnological Research Board , believed to be the only Board of its kind existing among non - European races , derives its revenue from various sources , the most important being Maori Land Boards , the Native Trustee , and the ...
The Maori Ethnological Research Board , believed to be the only Board of its kind existing among non - European races , derives its revenue from various sources , the most important being Maori Land Boards , the Native Trustee , and the ...
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