Mākutu

Mākutu in the Māori language of New Zealand means "witchcraft", "sorcery", "to bewitch"; and also a "spell or incantation".^[1]^[2] It may also be described as a belief in malignant occult powers possessed by certain people.^{[citation needed]}

An October 2007 mākutu-lifting in the Lower Hutt suburb of Wainuiomata led to the death by drowning of a woman and the hospitalisation of a teen, allegedly due to attempts to remove such a curse.^[3]

References

^ Williams, Herbert W., 1975. A Dictionary of the Māori Language. 7th edition. Wellington: Government Printer
^ The Maori: Yesterday and To-day Chapter VI. – Makutu: – The Belief in Witchcraft
^ "Charlatans may be to blame, says scholar". The Dominion Post. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2011.

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[1] Williams, Herbert W., 1975. A Dictionary of the Māori Language. 7th edition. Wellington: Government Printer

[2] The Maori: Yesterday and To-day Chapter VI. – Makutu: – The Belief in Witchcraft

[3] "Charlatans may be to blame, says scholar". The Dominion Post. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2011.

Mākutu

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