CHAP. V.] NATIVE TRIBES. 79 



Wesleyans have stations at Cloudy Bay and Tara- 

 naki. 



VII. Nga-te-Wakaua. This tribe is divided 

 into 



a. Nga-te-pikiao, living at Muketu and Wakatane, 

 on the east coast. 



b. Nga-te-te-rangita, on the inland lake of Ro- 

 torua. 



c. Ta-hourangi, on the lake of Terawera, still 

 farther inland. The number of this tribe is 10,000. 

 They have still their old native customs and warlike 

 habits ; and the mission-station at Rotu-rua has 

 made less progress than any other station in the 

 country : this results from the character of the tribe, 

 not from any want of zeal or ability on the part of 

 the excellent man who resides there. These natives 

 offer the best study of the native character as it was 

 some few years ago. 



VIII. Nga-te-tuaretoa. These people live on the 

 left shore of the river Waikato, below the point 

 where it issues from Lake Taupo, at that lake 

 itself, at the lake of Rotu-aire, and at the foot of 

 the volcanic chain of the Tongariro. The tribes 

 which are living at the Taupo lake are called the 

 Nga-te-tu-Runiakina, Nga-te-kurawiu, Nga-te-Pehi, 

 and Nga-te-roinangi. There are about 800 men 

 capable of bearing arms, and 3200 souls. They are 

 at enmity with the tribe at Wanganui, and fought 

 with them twice during the time I was in New 

 Zealand, losing each time nearly fifty men. 



