| She explains that the tohunga of old practiced in the best interests of Maori and cared for their spiritual needs. |
| In the days gone by, people like her mother would be trained as tohunga and their gifts developed. |
| These tohunga presided over all those ceremonies and customs which had something approaching to a religious character. |
| Historically, only tohunga were allowed to live on the mountain. |
| We must festoon the forests with these stones and bring in armies of tohunga to protect the pigeons with chants. |
| When a sick person died, the tohunga would blame it on the patient, saying they had breached tapu or had committed a spiritual transgression. |
