Book Description

Title:

An Account of New Zealand; and of the formation and progress of the Church Missionary Society's Mission in the Northern Island, 2nd edn.

Author:

William Yate

Publication Year:

1835

Location:

London

Publisher:

R.B. Seeley & Son

Pages:

310

Subjects:

Christian Mission, New Zealand, Church Missionary Society

Copyright Holder:

Public domain

Contents

• Preface

1. Geographical situation of New Zealand—Discovery and survey of the Islands by Captain Cook—General aspect of the Country—Mountains and hills—Caves—Hot springs—Unsound earth—Lakes—Rivers—Waterfalls—Swamps—Forests—Harbours—European Residents—Establishments for whale and seal fisheries
2. Trees—Birds—Quadrupeds—Fish—Insects—Shells—Climate—Seasons—Soil—Minerals
3. Customs of New Zealand—Treatment of children—Baptisms—Tapues—Medicine—Dreams—Consulting of the Oracle, or omens—General superstitions—Bewitching—Marriage—Polygamy, its effects—nfanticide—Intermarrying among Tribes beneficial—Feelings of the New Zealanders easily excited—Reception of Strangers—Departure and return of friends—Mockery of affection—Feelings with regard to foreigners—Rights of possession of their land—Resisting invasion—Punishments—Notions with respect to European punishments—Industry, compared with Friendly lslanders—Food—Cooking—Methods of drying fish—Chewing Kauri-gum—Tobncco—Sports—Warlike propensities—Predntory excursions—fatal effects of them prevented, in one instance, by the interference of the Missionaries—Battle of Korornreka—Other battles—Hougi wounded—Effect of his death upon the Tribes—Slavery—Fortifications—Weapons—Canoes and war-vessels—Methods of warfare—Cannibalism—Revengeful character of the Natives—Preserving the heads of enemies—Murderous exploits—Treatment of the dead—Ceremonies at the Hahunga, or removal of bones—the Hakari, a native feast—Belief Respecting the Departed—Superstitions respecting Mawe, and the origin of the Islands—Wiro, the Evil Spirit—The Priesthood—Ornaments worn as rememebrances—Tattooing—Houses—Flax—Dresses—Fishing—Population
4. Origination of the New Zealand Mission—Difficulties—-Rangihoua, the first station, afterwards removed tyo Tepuna—Visit of Hougi and Waikato to England—Kerikeri, the second Station—Difficulties at its formation, and for the first few years—Paihía, the third Station—Official account of it—Waimate, the fourth Station—Villages, Chapels, and Schools connected with it—Kaitaia, the fifth Station—Puriri, the sixth Station—Other Station, projected
5. Effects consequent on the introduction of the Gospel into New Zealand—Illustrated in a great variety of particulars—Establishmnet of the observance of the Lord's Day—Religious conversations—Churches—Fixing of the language—Translation of the Scripture and Liturgy—Administration of sacred Ordinances—Solemnization of Matrimony—Spreading of knowledge —Improvement of domestic character—Abolition of inhuman practices—Disuse of Tapues—Wild and wandering character exchanged for industrious habits—Religious and intelligent feelings of the Natives, as exhibited in their Letters—Obituaries of unconverted, and of pious Natives

• Appendix. Catalogue of Shells collected on the East Coast of New Zealand, by the Rev. Yate

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