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the northern head of Kawia Harbour. It is a large 

 piece of limestone rock, cropping out upright from 

 the sandy downs which surround it. Limestone 

 rock occurs in that harbour, but on the other side ; 

 and it is not impossible that the mass of stone was 

 actually put here by them as a memorial of their 

 arrival. 



The third canoe, Matatua, brought the Nga-te- 

 awa, who landed in Wakatane, on the eastern coast, 

 and in the course of time a branch of them went to 

 Taranaki. 



Thus we are led to consider the numerous tribes 

 in the island "as in the first instance derived from 

 five. When they spread farther, the founder of a 

 new tribe gave his name to it, and it was called 

 Nga (the genitive case plural of the article), adding 

 te-tangata, the men of this or that chief. 



Tradition says that these canoes came from the 

 eastward, from the island of Hawaiki. The taro 

 and the dogs were the only things they brought 

 with them which were not before known on the 

 island. It is expressly stated that the Kotahi-nui, 

 which had to go to the western coast, doubled the 

 North Cape. 



According to another tale, the natives of Hawaiki 

 had four eyes, but nothing else regarding them has 

 been preserved. 



I have noticed already that at a subsequent period 

 the Kumara was brought to them by E Pani from 



