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the " Oturereao " canoe, from whom the Tairongo Tribe of 

 Ohiwa derived their name. 



This canoe made the land at Ohiwa, where her crew settled. 

 It is said that she arrived about the time of the historic migra- 

 tion, and that she brought the ante shrub (paper-mulberry) to 

 this land. Colonel Gudgeon states that Taikehu was the chief 

 of the " Oturereao " canoe, and that Tairongo was chief of the 

 people of Ohiwa when the vessel made the port. Hamilton, in 

 his " Maori Art," gives " Oturereroa " as the name of a vessel 

 winch reached these shores from Hawaiki. This is probably a 

 misprint. 



I am inclined to think that my Ngatiawa informants are 

 right, and that Tairongo was chief of " Oturereao," for they say 

 of him, " Tairongo belonged to Hawaiki -nui. He was an im- 

 portant chief of that land, as also was Rongoatau. They lived 

 at Te Whakao, at Hawaiki-nui." 



" NUKUTERE." 



This is another little-known canoe which reached these 

 shores probably about the time of the coming of the " Matatua," 

 or perhaps before, as the name is not coupled with that of the 

 latter, as it would be if she was a member of the noted fleet. 



The descendants of those who came in " Nukutere " are to 

 be found among the Tuhoe Tribe, and those tribes living on the 

 eastern shores of the Bay of Plenty as far as Ngatiporou. 



Captain Mair states that Ngatorohaka came in " Nukutere," 

 and gives a genealogy from him, twenty generations to the 

 present time.* 



Ngatiawa state that " Nukutere " made the land at Waiaua, 

 and that among her crew were seven persons bearing the name 

 of Tamatea. Also that one Roau came by that canoe, and 

 brought hither the karaka (tree), the ti (Cordyiine), and the two. 

 the two latter being known as Te Huri a Roau. The name of 

 the ti was Whakaruru-matangi ; it was planted at Pokcrekere. 

 The karaka was cultivated at Wai-o-weka. 



Camatea-nukuroa appears to have been the chief man of 

 'Nukutere." His children were Roau, Rangiwaka, and Nga 

 Tai-e-rua. His descendants are among the Whakatane Tribe 

 of Tc Waimana. and elsewhere. He appears to have been also 

 known as Tamatea-kai-haumi, Tamatea-mai-tawhiti, and Tama- 

 tea-pokai-whenua. He is said to have lived for some time at 

 Te Wera, but died at Waikato. One Tuna in u is also said to 

 have come in 'Nukutere" from Hawaiki, but a genealogy 

 given of him by Manihera Maiki does not support the statement. 



* Trans. N.Z. Inst., vol. xxviii.. p. 36. 



