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natives, of Te Hapu-oneone and Hape apply to the same man, 

 then it is clear that the " Rangimatoru " must have arrived 

 about the same time as the fleet of " Matatua," " Te Arawa," 

 &c, as the following line will show : — 



Tumutara, of Ngatiawa, stated to me that the " Rangi- 

 matoru " canoe belonged to Hape and Tikitiki-o-te-rangi, and 

 seemed to imply that some of the " Aratawhao's " crew returned 

 on board her. Another tradition of Ngatiawa contains a singular 

 statement which would seem to mean that the canoes " Rangi- 

 matoru " and ' Te Paepae-ki-Rarotonga " belonged to these 

 original people of the Bay of Plenty, and that they accompanied 

 " Te Aratawhao " to Hawaiki in quest of the coveted kumara. 



Whether Hape was or was not the origin of the Hapu-oneone 

 Tribe, it is certain that those people were some of the ancient 

 inhabitants of the Bay of Plenty district, and were a numerous 

 people when the historical fleet of canoes, " Te Arawa," " Mata- 

 tua," &c, arrived from Hawaiki. They occupied the district 

 from Ohiwa across to Ruatoki. 



" Oturereao." 



The " Oturereao " canoe is another vessel about which we 

 have very scant information, though the late chief Rakuraku, 

 of Te Waimana, could have thrown some light thereon, inasmuch 

 as he was a person possessed of much knowledge of Maori 

 traditions, and was also a descendant of Tairongo, the chief of 



