I 22 Transactions. — Miscellaneous. 



" Te Aratauwhaiti." 



In an article by Colonel Gudgeon, entitled " Maori Migrations 

 to New Zealand,"* we find this remark : " ' Te Aratauwhaiti,' 

 said to have been the first canoe that ever came to New Zealand, 

 and that Maku, the ancestor of Toi-kai-rakau, came therein," &c. 

 It is doubtful whether Maku was an ancestor of Toi, the Wood- 

 eater, but Tiwakawaka, the principal person on board " Te 

 Aratauwhaiti," certainly was so. Moreover, my informants 

 state that Maku did not come in that vessel, but that he visited 

 New Zealand, arriving at Whakatane, subsequently, and found 

 Tiwakawaka, or his descendants, living at Whakatane. He 

 Maku) then returned to Hawaiki — that is to say, to the isles of 

 Polynesia. 



In White's " Ancient History of the Maori," vol. i., p. 127. 

 we find this remark : " Ko te Ara-tau-whaiti o Tane, he waka " — 

 but nothing more. 



The account given by the descendants of Toi of this old-time 

 vessel is as follows : In times long passed away, when Maru, 

 Haere, Kahukura, and other descendants of Tane quarrelled 

 among themselves, then it was that Tiwakawaka came to this 

 land, to Aotearoa. He came in the canoe " Te Aratauwhaiti" 

 Iron i Mataora. He found a lone land, for Aotearoa had no 

 inhabitants when he arrived here. My informant is very 

 particular to state that Tiwakawaka and Maku came from dif- 

 ferent lands — the former from Mataora, the latter from Hawaiki. 

 He says, " In regard to the first people of this land. Tiwakawaka 

 came from Mataora. He did not come from Hawaiki ; he came 

 from Mataora, and remained here, settling at Whakatane, which 

 was known as Kakaho-roa to the ancient tribes. (Ko Tixcaka- 

 waka, kaore i haere mai i Hawaiki, i haere ke mai ia i Mataora, i 

 ic Icainga o ona tipuna, o Tane ma, o Tu, o Tangaroa, o Rongo, o 

 Tawhirimatea, o Tangotango.) Tiwakawaka was the first ancestor 

 to dwell in this land. He was a grandson of Maui. He was 

 the original ancestor of all the ancient tribes who dwelt here. 

 The following tribes all sprang from him : — 



Ngati-Ngainui Te Tururu-mauku 



I '•• I Te Tini o Te Kokomuka-tu-tara- 



Te Tini o Te Makahua whare 



Te Tini o Te .Maran^aranga Te Tini o Te Kawerau 



Te Rarauhe-turukiruki Te Raupo-ngaueue 



Te Rarauhe-maei Te Tira-maaka 



Te Tawa-rarau-ririki Te Patupaiarehe. 



In after-times it was Maku who came from Hawaiki and landed 

 at Whakatane where he lived a while with the people of Tiwaka- 

 waka, and then returned to Hawaiki. The saying of Maku 



* " Journal of the Polynesian Society," vol. i., p. 217. 



