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ORIGINAL CANOES. 
3. Tainui A — Hoturoa was the chief, the Waikato, Nga ti 
Raukawa, Nga Puhi, Nga ti Awa came in it, it also brought 
the anurangi , a kind of kumara. 
4. Arawa.- — Nga Toro i rangi was its Ariki, and Tama te 
Kapua its chief. The ancestors of the Nga ti wakaue, and 
the Nga ti Porou were in it ; this was a double canoe. 
Houmaitawiti, Toi, Maka, Hei, Ihenga, Tauninihi Rongo- 
kaka, also came in the Arawa. 
5. Kuru haupo. — Ruatea was its chief ; Nga ti Apa, Tara- 
naki, Nga ti rua nui, Nga ti Kahungunu were in it. 
6. Orouta. — Uengapuanaki was the chief; Nga ti rua nui 
came in it. 
7. Taki tumu. — Tamatea-hua tahi-nuku roa, was the chief ; 
Nga ti rua nui, Tata, Tau tui, and Mara came in it. 
8. Matatua. — Rua auru was the chief ; Nga ti rua nui, 
Nga ti Kahungunu. The taro was brought in this canoe. 
The Matatua landed at Wakatane. 
9. Pang atom (according to another account this canoe is 
called Papakatoru) . — Its chief was Rakewananga ora ; Nga 
ti rua nui, Nga Rauru, came in it. Some traditions state 
that this canoe did not land its men, as the natives opposed 
their doing so. 
10. Tokomaru (this canoe is also called Tongamaru ). — 
Rakeora was the chief ; Nga ti rua nui, Nga ti tama, Nga ti 
mutunga, Nga ti awa tribe, came by it ; by some Manaia is 
said to have been its chief. 
11 . Motumotu ahi. — Puatautahi was the chief ; Nga Rauru, 
Nga ti rua nui, were in it. 
12. - — Te Rangi ua mutu. — Tamatea rokai was the chief; 
Nga ti rua nui. It came to Ranga tapu.f This canoe is 
also called Tairea. 
* The Tainui and Arawa both made land at Wangaparaoa, near Auckland. 
The Tainui arrived first, and finding a sperm whale stranded there, some of 
the crew stuck a pole in it to take- possession, hence the haven was named 
Wangaparaoa, whale harbour. 
f On their arrival at that place, they saw stones like English flints, and moa 
bones. It was there I also discovered a large quantity of the bones of the din- 
ornis. The flints were the stone flakes used as knives, which are still found 
there by the side of the ancient ovens, a proof of their having belonged to a 
more ancient race than the Polynesian. 
