<hw>Mana</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Maori word for power, influence, right, authority, prestige. See chapter on <i>Mana</i>, in `Old New Zealand' (1863), by Judge Maning.
1843. E. Dieffenbach, `Travels in New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 371:
"<i>Mana</i>—command, authority, power."
1855. Rev. R. Taylor, `Te Ika a Maui,' p. 279:
"The natives feel that with the land their `mana,' or power, has gone likewise; few therefore can now be induced to part with land."
1863. F. E. Maning (Pakeha Maori), `Old New Zealand,' Intro. p. iii:
"The Maoris of my tribe used to come and ask me which had the greatest `mana' (i.e. fortune, prestige, power, strength), the Protestant God or the Romanist one."
1873. `Appendix to Journal of House of Representatives,' G. i, B. p. 8:
"The Government should be asked to recognize his mana over that territory."
1881. J. L.Campbell, `Poenamo,' p. 166: