- tohunga
- to·hun·ga
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tohunga
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Tohunga Suppression Act 1907 — The Tohunga Suppression Act was passed in New Zealand in 1907, sponsored by Maui Pomare who was at that time a Māori District Health Officer. The aim of the act was to replace tohunga as traditional Māori healers with modern medicine. Pomare s… … Wikipedia
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