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across the present isthmus at Kilbirnie: on this lone island the explorers 
camped. Several place-names commemorate the name of the chief man 
of the expedition: thus the foreshore at Seatoun is Te Turanga o Kupe; 
the Pinnacle Rock is Te Aroaro o Кире; Barrett’s Reef is Te Tangihanga 
a Kupe, also Te Rarangi a Kupe. Somes and Ward Islands are said to Dr 
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generations, which enabled Voyagers of later times to find their way to 
the land of Aotearoa, 
It is unfortunate that no data have been collected as to the aspect of this 
harbour at the time of Kupe's visit. Surely the moa must have ranged x 
anchored for two hours one mile from Barrett’s Reef; or from D'Urville, | Ё 
who attempted in vain to enter in 1827! j R 
There is no evidence to show that the Mouriuri folk, the first inhabitants 
ої Меу Zealand, ever occupied this district. If they did, then it would 
probably be at a time subsequent to the arrival of the first P s; 
€ eastern Polynesia onward as far as Samoa. That gale it was that 
rought the first settlers to Miramar. The explanation is as follows: 
his grandson Continuing hi tonga, 
е g his search, he at len h reached Raro : 
and, finding no trace of his young relative, he ы to sail for the land 
