![]() ![]() There is a brief recital descriptive of the whare maire as it existed among the Ngati-Kahungunu folk. In other parts of the North Island we do not hear of this division of teachings into different curricula at the same time it must be said that we have no precise information as to modes of teaching in those other districts. ![]() The former was the famed whare wananga named Rangi-te-auria, the latter was the whare maire called Paewhenua. ![]() In the story of Mahu and Taewha we see that the latter, a famous tohunga, had two houses in which scholars were taught, one was reserved for the teaching of tapu and superior matter, the other was utilised for the teaching of black magic only. In such cases a separate hut was used for the purpose, in some cases instruction was given out of doors we know of cases wherein lessons in magic were given at or near the village latrine. In some places the arts of makutu do not appear to have been taught at the place, or in the house, where superior and tapu lore was imparted to scholars. In like manner he condemned the use of fire-arms when Europeans arrived, though he found it necessary to obtain and use them. The Maori freely condemned the practice of black magic as an evil, but never made any attempt to abolish it, possibly he recognised its use as a disciplinary force. It represents the knowledge of all evil things, but most prominent of these is the art of makutu. The kete tuatea is one of the three "baskets" or budgets of knowledge obtained by Tane from the Supreme Being in the uppermost of the twelve heavens. On the east coast of the North Island, or at least in that area of it occupied by the Takitimu tribes, the term page 137 whare maire is employed to denote the arts of black magic in the Bay of Plenty and some other districts the name of whare maire is used in a very different sense, inasmuch as it includes the knowledge of ritual, of tribal history, etc. We have now to deal with the whare maire the "basket" of evil, kete tautea. ![]()
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