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]

See also

• Tohunga