78 NATIVE TRIBES. [PART I. 



them, they nevertheless acknowledge one com- 

 mon origin, as the Taranaki Nga-te-awa have a 

 tradition that they are descended from those on 

 the east coast, and that they emigrated to the 

 westward. 



The first portion is subdivided into a great many 

 different families : 



a. Nga-te-toa. This numerous and powerful tribe 

 formerly lived in Waingaroa and Kawia, on the 

 western coast, and the Europeans call them the 

 Kawia tribe. Their leader, Rauparaha, is greatly 

 renowned throughout the island for his talents 

 and valour. Rauparaha yielded to the Waikato, 

 and went to live in Kapiti, or Entry Island ; others 

 of this tribe live in Rangitoto, or D'Urville's Island, 

 in the Admiralty Islands, on the Oieri or Pylorus 

 river, and in Mana and Cloudy Bay. 



b. Nga-te-tama and Nga-te-motunga. They for- 

 merly lived between Mokau and Mount Egmont ; 

 at present most of them live in the Chatham Islands, 

 and only a few at Port Nicholson. 



c. Pukatapu, in Wanganui, near Cape Farewell, 

 in Queen Charlotte's Sound, and Port Nicholson. 



The whole of these tribes number about 6000 

 souls. 



The Nga-te-awa, on the eastern coast, live at 

 Tauranga, in Ohiwa, Matata, Opotiki, and Maraenui. 

 Their number amounts to about 8600. 



There are mission-stations at Tauranga, Opotiki, 

 Waikanahi, and Wanganui, in Cook's Straits ; the 



