MAORI CUSTOMS.
J ■ —<s> I The use of water as a symbol of purification would appear not to be confined to Christian ceremonial, in the light of evidence given by a Maori, Hori ■ VVahaio, at the Arbitration Court in ; Auckland. He stated that, when lying I on the ground after a collision between j two trucks at Ngongotaha, and being . in considerable "pain, lie thought he was; dying, so he put water on his head. "Why did you do that. Hori;" asked | Mr Justice Frazer. "Just an old ifao- I ,• ri custom, as it confess,"'was the I reply. Subsequently other Maoris, -.vho "were witnesses in the case, said it j tised to be a common custom among s Masris to put water on* the head of the J dying, but it was r.ot often practised j now. ■ \
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Otaki Mail, 10 November 1922, Page 4
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