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Whironui is also said to have been a member of the crew of 

 " Nukutere " by some, but my informants maintain that he 

 came in " Horouta." If so, then he cannot have been identical 

 with that Whiro who is said to have been the elder brother of 

 Toroa of " Matatua," for " Horouta " probably reached these 

 shores some five or six generations before either " Nukutere " or 

 " Matatua." 



" Te Paepae-ki-Rarotonga." 



Of this vessel very little is known, save that Waitaha-ariki- 

 Kore was the chief thereof, and after whom Te Kauae-o-Wai- 

 taha, a place at Rurima, is named. The canoe is said to be 

 lying at Tara-o-muturangi. Ngatiawa expressly state that this 

 vessel arrived before the coming of " Matatua," and it is said 

 to have been a very tapu craft ; hence the place where it lay. 

 or was abandoned, was used as a burial-place. 



Waitaha married Hine-te-ariki, of the ancient Tini-o-Tuoi 

 Tribe, and was an ancestor of Tuwhare-toa-i-te-au-pouri, of 

 Kawerau, from whom the present people of Taupo derive their 

 tribal name. 



The " Paepae-ki-Rarotonga " landed at Tara-o-muturangi, 

 near Matata, in the Bay of Plenty. According to Colone' 

 Gudgeon the Rarotongan natives have a tradition concerning 

 a canoe called " Te Paepae-o-Rarotonga." 



" TUWHENUA." 



The " Tuwhenua " canoe is not generally known in this 

 district (Bay of Plenty), but some of Ngatiira, of Opotiki, state 

 that Tamatea came from Hawaiki in that vessel, and that he 

 found a tribe of aborigines living at Motu on his arrival. 



" Tahu-upoko." 



This has been given to me as the name of a canoe which 

 one Kupe came in, but nothing appears to be known of it. The 

 people of these parts confuse the ancient voyager Kupe with 

 Kupe of the Takitumu people, albeit the latter flourished at a 

 much later period. 



" Horouta." 



I shall have but little to say concerning this vessel, inas- 

 much as the traditions connected with her have already been 

 published. " Horouta " seems to have arrived here some five 

 or six generations before the fleet (" Te Arawa," ' Tainui," 

 " Matatua," &c). Some of her crew remained here, and their 

 descendants may be found among the Ngatiporou, Tuhoe, 

 Ngatihau, and other tribes. Among the crew are said to have 

 been Whiro-nui, Te Poutama, Iri-a-rangi, Te Kahu-takiri, Te 

 Rakaupango, Te Kotore-o-hua, and one Whiro-tipua. On this 



