Preface : p. vii PREFACE TOWARDS the close of the year 1845 I was suddenly and unexpectedly required by the British Government to administer the affairs of New Zealand, and shortly afterwards received the appointment of Governor-in-chief of those Islands. When I arrived in them, I found Her Majesty's native...
Rupe's Ascent Into Heaven : p. 58 RUPE'S ASCENT INTO HEAVEN WE left Hinauri floating out into the ocean 1; we now return to her adventures: for many months she floated through the sea, and was at last thrown up by the surf on the beach at a place named Wairarawa; she was there found, lying as if dead, upon the sandy shore...
The Story Of Hine Moa : p. 173 THE STORY OF HINE-MOA (THE MAIDEN OF ROTORUA) AND the man said to him, 'Now, O governor, just look round you, and listen to me, for there is something worth seeing here; that very spot that you are sitting upon, is the place on which sat our great ancestress Hine-Moa, when she swam over...
The Legend Of Hatupatu And His Brothers : p. 135 THE LEGEND OF HATUPATU AND HIS BROTHERS WHEN Tama-te-kapua went with his followers to Moe-hau, the hill near Cape Colville, and Ihenga and his followers went to Roto-rua, then Ha-nui, Ha-roa, and Hatupatu went also to Whakamaru, to Maroa, to Tuata, to Tutuka, to Tuaropaki, to Hauhungaro...
Untitled : POLYNESIAN MYTHOLOGY & ANCIENT TRADITIONAL HISTORY OF THE NEW ZEALANDERS AS FURNISHED BY THEIR PRIESTS AND CHIEFS BY SIR GEORGE GREY [1854] Title Page Preface Contents The Children of Heaven and Earth The Legend of Maui The Legend of Tawhaki Rupe's Ascent into Heaven The Legend of Kae's Theft...
Te Kanawa's Adventure With A Troop Of Fairies : p. 212 TE KANAWA'S ADVENTURE WITH A TROOP OF FAIRIES TE KANAWA, a chief of Waikato, was the man who fell in with a troop of fairies upon the top of Puke-more, a high hill in the Waikato district. This chief happened one day to go out to catch kiwi with his dogs, and when night came on he found...
The Voyage To New Zealand : p. 102 THE VOYAGE TO NEW ZEALAND WHEN the canoes were built and ready for sea, they ere dragged afloat, the separate lading of each canoe as collected and put on board, with all the crews. Tama-te-kapua then remembered that he had no skilful priest on board his canoe, and he thought the best thing...
The Magical Wooden Head : p. 204 THE MAGICAL WOODEN HEAD (KON GA PUHI A PUARATA RAUA KO TAUTOHITO) THIS head bewitched all persons who approached the hill where the fortress in which it was kept was situated, so that, from fear of it, no human being dared to approach the place, which was thence named the Sacred Mount. Up...
The Two Sorcerers : p. 200 THE TWO SORCERERS (KO TE MATENGA O KIKI) KIKI was a celebrated sorcerer, and skilled in magical arts; he lived upon the river Waikato. The inhabitants of that river still have this proverb: 'The offspring of Kiki wither shrubs'. This proverb had its origin in the circumstance of Kiki being...
The Murder Of Tuwhakararo : p. 72 THE MURDER OF TUWHAKARARO HOW HE WAS MURDERED AND AVENGED NOW about this time Tuhuruhuru, the son of Rupe's sister, grew up to man's estate, and he married Apakura, and she gave birth to a son whom they named Tuwhakararo, and afterwards to a daughter named Mairatea; she had then several...
The Legend Of Tawhaki : p. 42 THE LEGEND OF TAWHAKI NOW quitting the deeds of Maui, let those of Tawhaki be recounted. He was the son of Hema and Urutonga, and he had a younger brother named Karihi. Tawhaki, having taken Hinepiri-piri as a wife, went one day with his brothers-in-law to fish from a flat reef of rocks...
Appendix. On The Native Songs Of New Zealand : p. 227 APPENDIX ON THE NATIVE SONGS OF NEW ZEALAND AND A COMPARISON OF THE INTERVALS DISCERNIBLE IN THEM WITH THE INTERVALS STATED TO HAVE BEEN PERFORMED BY THE ANCIENT GREEKS IN SOME OF THEIR DIVISIONS OF THE MUSICAL SCALE, CALLED {Greek " gnos e?narmonikn"}, on BY OTHERS {Greek " a!rmona"}. ALL...
The Loves Of Takarangi And Rau Mahora : p. 215 THE LOVES OF TAKARANGI AND RAU-MAHORA THERE was, several generations since, a chief of the Taranaki tribe, named Rangirarunga. His pa was called Whakarewa; it was a large pa, renowned for the strength of it fortifications. This chief had a very beautiful daughter, whose name was Rau-mahora;...
Title Page : POLYNESIAN MYTHOLOGY & ANCIENT TRADITIONAL HISTORY OF THE NEW ZEALANDERS AS FURNISHED BY THEIR PRIESTS AND CHIEFS by SIR GEORGE GREY Late Governor-in-Chief of New Zealand [1854] Scanned , December 1999. Revised, With Additional Markup July 2002.
Stratagem Of Puhihuia's Elopement With Te Ponga : p. 218 STRATAGEM OF PUHIHUIA'S ELOPEMENT WITH TE PONGA THERE was formerly a large fortified town upon Mount Eden; its defences were massive and strong, and a great number of persons inhabited the town. In the days of olden time a war was commenced by the tribes of Awhitu and of Waikato, against...
The Children Of Heaven And Earth : p. 1 CHILDREN OF HEAVEN AND EARTH (KO NGA TAMA A RANGI--Tradition relating to the Origin of the Human Race) MEN had but one pair of primitive ancestors; they sprang from the vast heaven that exists above us, and from the earth which lies beneath us. according to the traditions of our race, Rangi...
The Story Of Maru Tuahu, The Son Of Hotunui : p. 181 THE STORY OF MARU-TUAHU, THE SON OF HOTUNUI, AND OF KAHURARE-MOA, THE DAUGHTER OF PAKA HOTU-NUI was one of those chiefs who arrived in New Zealand from a land beyond the ocean. The Tainui was the canoe in which he arrived in these islands. He left Kawhia, where he first settled, and came...
Legend Of The Emigration Of Manaia : p. 163 LEGEND OF THE EMIGRATION OF MANAIA (THE PROGENITOR OF THE NGATI-AWA TRIBE) THE cause which led Manaia to come here from Hawaiki, was his being very badly treated by a large party of his friends and neighbours, whom, according to the usual custom when a chief has any heavy work to be done...
The Legend Of Maui : p. 11 THE LEGEND OF MAUI ONE day Maui asked his brothers to tell him the place where their father and mother dwelt; he begged earnestly that they would make this known to him in order that he might go and visit the place where the two old people dwelt; and they replied to him: 'We don't know; how...
Legend Of The Emigration Of Turi : p. 149 LEGEND OF THE EMIGRATION OF TURI (THE PROGENITOR OF THE WHANGANUI TRIBES) THE following narrative shows the cause which led Turi, the ancestor of the Whanganui tribes, to emigrate to New Zealand, and the manner in which he reached these islands. Hoimatua, a near relation of Turi, had...
The Art Of Netting Learned : p. 209 THE ART OF NETTING LEARNED BY KAHUKURA FROM THE FAIRIES KO TE KORERO MO NGA PATUPAIAREHE ONCE upon a time, a man of the name of Kahukura wished to pay a visit to Rangiaowhia, a place lying far to the northward, near the country of the tribe called Te Rarawa. Whilst he lived at his own...
The Curse Of Manaia : p. 121 THE CURSE OF MANAIA (KO MANAIA, KO KUIWAI) WHEN the Tainui and the Arawa sailed away from Hawaiki with Ngatoro-i-rangi on board, he left behind him his younger sister, Kuiwai, who was married to a powerful chief named Manaia. Some time after the canoes had left, a great meeting of all...
The Legend Of Rata : p. 79 THE LEGEND OF RATA HIS ADVENTURES WITH THE ENCHANTED TREE AND REVENGE OF HIS FATHER'S MURDER BEFORE Tawhaki ascended up into the heavens, a son named Wahieroa had been born to him by his first wife. As soon as Wahieroa grew to man's estate, he took Kura for a wife, and she bore him a s...
The Legend Of Toi Te Huatahi And Tama Te Kapua : p. 92 THE LEGEND OF TOI-TE-HUATAHI AND TAMA-TE-KAPUA THE DISSENSIONS WHICH LED TO THE MIGRATIONS FROM HAWAIKI OUR ancestors formerly separated--some of them were left in Hawaiki, and some came here in canoes. Tuamatau and Uenuku paddled in their canoes here to Aotea; again, at that time some...
The Story Of Te Huhuti : p. 226 THE STORY OF TE HUHUTI 1 NOW this woman, Te Huhuti, was just like Hine-Moa. As Hine-Moa swam Lake Rotorua, so Te Huhuti swam Lake Roto-a-Tara. She belonged to the Ngati-Kahu-ngunu tribe and from her Te Hapuku is descended. The reason why she swam the lake is that she had fallen in love with...
The Legend Of Kae's Theft Of The Whale : p. 65 KAE'S THEFT OF THE WHALE SOON after Tuhuruhuru was born, Tinirau endeavoured to find a skilful magician, who might perform the necessary enchantments and incantations to render the child a fortunate and successful warrior, and Kae was the name of the old magician, whom some of his friends...
The Legend Of Poutini And Whaiapu : p. 99 THE LEGEND OF POUTINI AND WHAIAPU THE DISCOVERY OF NEW ZEALAND NOW pay attention to the cause of the contention which arose between Poutini and Whaiapu, which led them to emigrate to New Zealand. For a long time they both rested in the same place, and Hine-tu-a-hoanga, to whom the stone...
