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recordeLl are all supposed to have taken place within a comparatively limited 

 time, and, in effect, the narratives in question, when reduced for the purposes 

 of criticism,' to their simplest elements, give the following as the sequence of 

 the events leading to, during, and immediately after the alleged migi'ations. 



1st. That the intention to migrate was formed in consequence of dissensions 

 in Hawaiki, followed by long and sanguinary wars, in which the ti'ihes to 

 which the intending emigrants belonged had already suffered severely, and 

 apprehended further disasters. 



2nd. That the first person who undertook the voyage to New Zealand 

 with the intention of migration was Ngahue, who went forth, as the story 

 tells us, " to discover a country in which he might dwell in peace," and that 

 "he found, in the sea, the North Island of New Zealand," which he named 

 Aotea-roa, or the long day.* 



3rd. That Ngahue returned to Hawaiki, and reported his discovery to his 

 people, commenting upon the beauty of the country, and that a migration was 

 at once determined upon, and soon afterwards undertaken. 



4th. Thatj for the purposes of this migration, a number of canoes were 

 constructed, amongst which the ' Arawa ' and the ' Tainui ' are specially 

 mentioned. 



5th. That, when the canoes were completed, the emigrants started for New 

 Zealand — the 'Arawa' under Tama-te-Kapua ; but the actual commander of the 

 'Tainui,' which was to have sailed under the charge of Ngatoro-i-rangi, is not 

 mentioned, t 



6th. That during the voyage the ' Ai'awa ' and the ' Tainui ' separated, the 

 former narrowly escaping shipwreck. 



7th. That the ' Tainui ' arrived first, follovi'ed almost immediately by the 

 ' Arawa,' and that both reached the East Coast nearly at the same point. 



8th. That the immigrants, though in comparatively snaall numbers, soon 

 separated, and, in different parties, occupied stations on both coasts of the 

 North Island, 



9th. That the whole of the northern tribes are descended from these 

 immigrants. 



10th. That this migration took place not more than 350 years ago. 



I propose to examine the above points very much in the order given, and 



* The name of Aotea-roa is remarkable as indicating that the people by whom it 

 was given had previously occupied a tropical country, in which, of course, the summer 

 days were much shorter than they are ia the latitude of New Zealand. 



\ The ' Arawa ' evidently made the voyage only once, for we find that E aumati, one of 

 the chiefs of the people who had come over in the ' Tainui, ' and who had settled at 

 Kawhia, hearing that she was laid up in a creek at Maketu, went across the island and 

 maliciously burnt her. 



