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I tliink we shall find that the proposition I have already laid down, namely, 

 that the narratives in question are not entitled to be regarded as records of 

 events contemporaneous with the original introduction of the ISTew Zealanders 

 into this country, is well founded. 



I may at once say that I do not propose to offer any speculations of my 

 own as to the locality of " Hawaiki." Those who are cuiious upon this 

 subject may consult the pages of Dieffenbach, Colenso, Shortland, Ellis, 

 Captain Erskine, and othei'S who have inquired into the matter, and particu- 

 larly the writings of the Rev. Richard Taylor, who has solved all difficulties 

 in connection with the alleged migrations and the locality of Hawaiki, in a 

 manner highly satisfactoiy to himself, if not to those who may be indisposed 

 to put faith in speculations unsupported either by reasonable conjecture, or by 

 the faintest testimony. In effect, a perusal of the writings of the several 

 authors referred to (except, of course, the Rev. Mr. Taylor) will show that, 

 apart from any other question touching the origin of the New Zealanders, the 

 locality of Hawaiki is involved in great mystery and difficulty, and when 1 

 have called your attention to certain passages in the narratives under con- 

 sideration, we shall find that they afford us no assistance whatsoever in 

 solving the mystery or in dispelling the difficulty. 



From an examination of the various legends, we find the following persons 



mentioned as principal actors in connection with the original discovery of 



these islands, — in the alleged dissensions and wars at Hawaiki, — and in the 



various migrations which resulted from these dissensions : — 



Uemikv,, a great arVd or high-pi-iest. 



Manaia, a chief, married to Kuiwai, the sister of N"gatoro-i-rangi, and 



supjiosed ancestor of the ISTgatiawa tribes. 

 Ilou'inai-taioliiti^ father of Tama-te-Kapua, who commanded the ' Arawa ' 



in the great migration. 

 Tama-te-Kapua, himself. 

 Ngatoro-i-rangi, who was to have had chai-ge of the 'Tainui,' as before 



mentioned. 

 Njahu?., alleged to have found the North Island when searching for a new 



al)ode. 

 Kn.pe, a previous discoverer of the Islands, and claimed by the Muaupoko 



as tlieir ancestor. 



Turi, the supposed ancestor of the Wanganui tribes ; and others, whom, 



for my present pui-pose, it is not necessary specially to I'efer to. 



As I before mentioned, Ngahue was the first who visited New Zealand 



with the intention of making it his future abode, but we are informed, in the 



legend of the Emigration of Turi, that both islands had previously been 



discovered by Kupe (a contemporaiy of Turi), in a canoe called tlie ' Mata- 



