Wikipedia's article on tohunga, read directly for this pass, which describes a tohunga as a Maori expert practitioner of a religious or technical skill, priest, healer, navigator or carver among them, notes the cognate role across Polynesia (Hawaiian kahuna, Tahitian tahu'a), records an internal ranking from the high tohunga ahurewa to the lower tohunga kiato, and covers the Tohunga Suppression Act 1907, which disrupted transmission of tohunga knowledge until its repeal in 1962. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Community-edited reference page, tier 3. Used for the pan-Polynesian cognate set (Hawaiian kahuna, Tahitian tahu'a), the tohunga ahurewa to tohunga kiato ranking, and the 1907 to 1962 Tohunga Suppression Act, a documented legal history rather than a contested claim. NotesUsed for the Maori tohunga role, its Polynesian cognates, its ranked forms, and the history of the Tohunga Suppression Act 1907.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tohunga
Source Typereference
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This source names Maori directly: "pass, which describes a tohunga as a Maori expert practitioner of a religious or technical skill, priest, healer, navigator or carver among them, notes the cognate role across Polynesia (Hawaiian..."
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Claims Backed By This Source (28 claims)
This source backs 28 claims across the atlas. As facts: 22 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Articles, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 general references.
- Religious Roles & Titles, 9 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
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