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Question

High priest Hewahewa converted to Christianity during the “free eating,” or ‘Ai Noa, which saw the abolition of this system in Hawai‘i. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name these systems of rules in Polynesian religions preventing trespass, naming ancestors, or eating certain foods.

ANSWER: tapu [or kapu; or taboo]

[10h] This specific form of tapu is used in New Zealand to safeguard natural resources from exploitation. One of these tapu was controversially placed on the former pā hillfort of Mataharehare (“ma-ta-HAH-ray-HAH-ray”), now in central Auckland.

ANSWER: rāhui

[10e] Hawai‘ian kapu prohibited women from eating this meat. At the start of the ‘Ai Noa, Liholiho was convinced to break kapu by eating this meat, which is also prohibited in Islam, with his mother Keōpūolani.

ANSWER: pork [or pig meat]

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