74 NATIVE TRIBES. [PART I. 



is not much shipping nor a continued intercourse 

 with Europeans higher up than the Bay of Islands, 

 yet I found much sickness prevalent, which the 

 more convinced me of the justness of my supposi- 

 tions respecting the causes of the general decay of 

 health throughout the island. The united Rarewa 

 and Haupouri tribes comprise at least 2000 fighting 

 men ; this number I ascertained from those I found 

 congregated in the church at Kaitaia, and also 

 whilst I was visiting all their different settlements. 

 The women, children, and old men, I estimate 

 throughout New Zealand as three-fourths of the 

 whole population ; 8000 would therefore be the 

 amount of the whole tribe. 



II. Nga-pui, comprising the tribes at the Bay of 

 Islands and Hokianga, those at the latter place 

 being called Nga-te-poa. They number 3000 men 

 capable of bearing arms. Their principal settle- 

 ments are at Wangaroa, in Waimate between the 

 Bay of Islands and Hokianga, on the Kawa-kawa 

 in the Bay of Islands, and at Hokianga itself, 

 Their spiritual welfare is comparatively well pro- 

 vided for. There are seven church missionary sta- 

 tions : Tepuna, Keri-keri, Wangaroa, Paihia, Wai- 

 mate, Kororarika, Waikeri ; there is a Wesley an 

 station at Hokianga, and three Roman Catholic 

 priests are stationed at Wangaroa, Kororareka, and 

 Hokianga respectively. There are thus 12,000 

 people under the spiritual guidance of thirteen mis- 

 sionaries, each of whom has therefore rather a small 



