Te Rongoā Māori: Māori Medicine

1996

Central QV766 WQI6

Auckland: Reed

Settlers to New Zealand found the Māori tradition of herbal remedies was important, particularly in certain areas. P. M. E. Williams was a pharmacist in Kaikohe, in the far north of New Zealand, in the 1930s and discovered that his Māori customers still practised Māori medicine and consulted Tohunga (traditional healers). He gained an appreciation of many of the Māori herbal remedies. This page displays Māori herbal knowledge but also a good story about George Nepia. Nepia was a Māori rugby union and rugby league player and is remembered as an exceptional full-back for the All Blacks in the 1920s.