INDEX. 
489 
Uira, a lady of tank, 145 
Vallies of New Zealand, 240 
Ventriloquists (Mata Kita), 43—46 
Victoria (Queen), 158; her supremacy 
acknowledged, 210 ; interview with 
Wiremu Hipango, 473 
Victoria province, 267 
Volcanoes, 221—223, 242 
"VVaero, a Nga Puhi chief, 324 
Waharaupo, 327, 331, 335 
Waheroa, a great chief, 115 
Wahi-tapu, or sacred grove, 65, 101 
Wakapiri, the son of Puoho, 330 
Waiapu, near the East Cape, 28, 194, 
243, 398 
Waiariki, 360, 361, 366, 417 
Waiawa, 286 
Waiho island, 189 
Waikanae, 140, 141, 276, 325, 335, 
339, 351 
Waikato, a chief, visits England, 208, 
310 
Waikato river, 145, 147, 209, 214, 
215, 223, 244, 277, 293, 313, 366 
Waikowau, engraving of the old 
priest of, 1 
Wail ( tangi ) for the dead, 102, 103 
Wai Marino, a Christian pa, 360, 367 
Waimate, Bay of Islands, 122, 195; 
residence of the Bishop, 211, 331, 
343—345, 347 ; college founded, 
211; missionary station, 331 
Wai-mea (from mehamehd), 141, 
325 
Waimea valley, 218 
Waingaroa, 215 
Waiohipara, 143 
Waioratane, the river of death, 104 
Waipa, a river, 313 
Waipaihi, 145 
Waipakura, 355 
Wairaka, 140, 141 
Wairake, boiling springs near Taupo, 
219 
Wairarapa, the river of joyfulness, 28, 
140, 141, 216, 217, 230, 231, 324, 
339, 472 
Wairau Valley, the battle at, 211, 
333—335 
Wairere, 120 
Wairewarewa, 359 
Wairo, a chief, 327, 331 
Wairoa river, 214, 472 
Wairota, 193 
Waitaha, a courageous tribe, 127 
Waitaha-nui, 371 
Waitangi, grand Council at, 210, 270, 
275 
Wai-te-mata, now Auckland, 211 
Waitiri, grandmother of Tawaki, 35, 
36, 38—40 
Waitotara, its population, 256; no¬ 
ticed, 29, 33, 34, 93, 225,241, 319, 
359, 360 
Wakaahu, a Wanganui chief, 156 
Waka-ari, White or Sulphur Island, 
142, 223 
Wakarau, a chief, 319 
Waka-rewa-rewa, a hot spring, 49 
Wakatauki. See Proverbs. 
Waka-tu. See Nelson. 
Wakatupa, 120 
Wakefield (Capt.), 334, 335 
Wake-tane, 121 
Walker Nene, a chief, 343, 345, 
346 
Wangu-ehu (the splashed mouth), a 
river, 140 
Wanganui mission and pa, 46, 52, 
58, 90, 126, 139—141, 146, 168, 
210—212, 215, 216,223—230, 240, 
241, 244, 252, 257, 263, 273, 277, 
281, 299, 313, 319, 323—326, 332, 
337, 339, 352, 357, 359, 368, 373, 
462 
Wanganui Heads, 355 
Wanganui, Upper, 357, 473 
Wanganui-a-te-ao, 371 
Wangaparaoa, 118, 120, 121 
Wangape, a sketch near, 239 
Wangaree district, 184 
Wangarei, a port to the north of Auck¬ 
land, 214 
Wangaroa, 195, 208, 209, 215, 222, 
241, 243, 286, 291, 308; view of 
the harbour, 309; Wesleyan mis¬ 
sion station, 314 
Waokena, 357, 358, 368 
Wapuku, the cod-fish, 135 
War ceremonies, 76—82 
War weapon, engraving of one, 322 
Warm lake, Roto Mahana, 224, 245 
Wata, food stores or stages, 109 
Watanui, native warrior, 326 
Waterfall at Papa Roa, 323 
Water scoop for a canoe, 137 
Watutureiarua, the first person who 
made bread from the hinau, 393 
Weaving known to the aborigines, 185 
Wellington province, 216, 217, 252, 
