Mākutu
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Mākutu in the Māori language of New Zealand means "witchcraft", "sorcery", "to bewitch"; and also a "spell or incantation".<ref>Williams, Herbert W., 1975. A Dictionary of the Māori Language. 7th edition. Wellington: Government Printer</ref><ref>The Maori: Yesterday and To-day Chapter VI. – Makutu: – The Belief in Witchcraft</ref> It may also be described as a belief in malignant occult powers possessed by certain people.Template:Cn
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.<ref> Template:Cite news </ref>