MAORI COMMITS SUICIDE.
THOUGHT HE WAS BEWITCHED. [BY TELEGRAPH PRESS association.] Wairoa (H. 8.), Thursday. A.v inquest was held at Te Maato, Erasertown, on the body of Waata Hairoa. The j evidence showed that the deceased considered that he had been "makutu'd" (be--1 witched) by the natives. Rua, the alleged ' " prophet," had denounced him as the cause of recent calamities to the Maoris, and this * had preyed on his mind. A verdict was ' returned that the deceased .shot himself '' whilst of unsound mind.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13306, 12 October 1906, Page 5
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83MAORI COMMITS SUICIDE. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13306, 12 October 1906, Page 5
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