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" Takitumu " made her landfall at Whanga-paraoa, on the East Coast. 

 Here was found " Tainui," that, with others, had arrived before her. As 

 this coast was ah-eady occupied by aborigines and former Maori immigrants, 

 Tamatea took his vessel northward in search of lands whereon to settle. 

 The voyagers called at Muri-whenua, in the far North, afterwards proceeding 

 to Hokianga, where they dwelt for some time. Leaving here they returned 

 down the East Coast to Tauranga, thence to Nuku-taurua, where some seem 

 to have remained. The others proceeded to Te Wlianga-nui-a-Tara (Port 

 Nicholson), where they lived some time with the Ngai-Tara folk, descendants 

 of Toi and Whatonga, of eastern Polynesia. From here they went to 

 Waiau, in the South Island, where they settled, and assumed the tribal 

 name of Waitaha. But Tamatea and a few others made another canoe, 

 named it '" Te Karaerae," and went to Kapiti, thence to Whanga-nui, where 

 they met Turi and other members of the crew of " Aotea." Of the further 

 adventures of Tamatea we need not speak, inasmuch as they were not those 

 of a Maori voyager, but of a land traveller. Eventually Tamatea returned 

 to Hokianga, where he died. 



The Discovery of New Zealand. 

 Voyage of Kupe and Ngahue from Eastern Polynesia. 



This is one of the old-time voyages of which the approximate date 

 is not fixed, but it must have occurred long before the time of Toi, who 

 flourished about seven hundred and fifty years ago. For Kupe is said 

 to have found this island iminhabited by man, whereas Toi found a 

 large population of the Maruiwi, or Mouriuri, folk occupying the North 

 Island. 



Kupe and Ngahue {alias Ngake) were natives of eastern Polynesia, of 

 an island then known as Hawaiki, but which is almost assuredly Tahiti, as 

 is shown by traditionary accounts mentioning the relative position of the 

 Islands of Maitea and Raiatea. The father of Kupe was a native of Hawaiki, 

 his mother was a Rarotongan, while his maternal grandfather belonged to 

 Raiatea (known to the Maori as Rangiatea), facts illustrating the free move- 

 ments of island-folk in those far-o££ days. 



Kupe made his voyage to New Zealand in a vessel named " Matahorua " ; 

 that of Ngahue, his companion, was " Tawiri-rangi." They came to land 

 near the North Cape, then proceeded down the East Coast to Rangi-whaka- 

 oma (Castle Point), thence to Te Kawakawa in Palliser Bay, thence to Port 

 Nicholson, camping at Hataitai (Miramar Peninsula), and naming the two 

 islands Matiu (Somes) and Makaro (Ward), after the daughters of Kupe. 

 At Porirua Kupe left one of his anchors, named Maungaroa, brought from 

 a place named Maungaroa at Rarotonga, and took another stone in its place. 



These voyagers sailed round the South Island, discovered nephrite 

 (greenstone) at Arahura, recognized its value, and took blocks of it back to 

 their homes. They returned northward through Cook Strait to Whanga- 

 nui, Patea, and Hokianga. None of the crews remained here : all returned 

 to Rarotonga, thence to Rangiatea and Hawaiki. On his arrival at the 

 latter place Kupe recounted the story of his voyage, the discovery of 

 Aotearoa (New Zealand), the aspect of these islands and their products, also 

 explaining how the new lands might be reached by na\-igators. All these 

 particulars were preserved by oral tradition, and, in later centuries, when 

 voyagers wished to reach these isles they applied to the wise men, the 

 record-keepers, who had retained the directions left by Kupe. 



