300 REPORT— 1891. 



Wliiro continued his voyage to Wawau, which we have already 

 identified as Bolabola. On the shores of Bolabola, the chart 

 shows a place called Otca-ranua, to which possibly the tradition 

 iTiay relate. 



15. Fapc-aia. — This occurs in one of the legends of Tawhake, 

 and is given as that of the village in which he was then residing 

 (An. Hist. Maori, vol. i., pp. 61 and 65). It is probable that 

 the scene of the Tawhake legends is laid in Eaiatea — at any 

 rate, the Maori version of it leaves that impression — the 

 reasons for which statement are too lengthy to give here. 

 The word pape, in Tahiti, means " water," and is found in 

 numbers of cases as forming part of the names of places there. 

 The word is not known in Maori. The similarity to Tahitian 

 names makes it probable that tiie place was situated in the 

 Society group. 



In the list of fifteen names given above, some are certainly 

 identical with those in the Society group, whilst others have 

 only a possible connection. I wish to draw special attention 

 to Hawaiki, Wawau, Eangiatea, Wawau-atea, and Arowhena, 

 which seem to me to be identified with the greatest amount of 

 probability, because, if true, they show an origin for the 

 Maoris not previously hinted at, and clear up doubts that 

 have long been expressed as to the particular Hawaiki from 

 whence they came. There is abundant evidence from other 

 lines of research, all leading up to the same conclusion ; but we 

 are limited here to the geographical aspect of the question. 

 I will merely add that two very eminent leaders in the 

 migration to New Zealand — Turi and Ngatoro-i-rangi — are both 

 known to Tahitian traditions, and, so far as I can learn, 

 to those of no other islands. I will now proceed to show the 

 connection with one of the other groups : — 



16. Barotonga. — This name occurs very frequently indeed 

 in Maori traditions and poetry, and it has been applied con- 

 stantly, also, to places in Now Zealand, no doubt in recollec- 

 tion of the Polynesian island of that name. It is expressly 

 stated in the appendix to *' Nga Moteatea," page Ixix., that it 

 was a sacred spot where was the resting-place (iwhoanga) of 

 certain gods, some of whom were stolen and brought to New 

 Zealand. In another tradition it is related that some of the 

 celebrated canoes in which the Maoris came here were built at 

 Karotonga. The following quotation from Sir George Grey's 

 woi-k (already referred to above) shows the knowledge of this 

 island, and of some others: " Otira, ko nga ingoa o nga 

 kainga i haere mai ai i Hawaiki enei tupuna : Ko Hawaiki te 

 tino ingoa nui o aua motu ; nga kainga i roto koia enei, Ko 

 Waerota, Ko Barotonga, Ko Waeroti, Ko Parima, Ko Manono;" 

 which may be translated, "But the names of the places in 

 Hawaiki from wliich these ancestors came are these : Hawaiki 



