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We may now proceed to glean from the Rarotongan traditions, supplemented where possible by those of other branches, the history of the race, from the time it left Atia-te-varinga-nui (or, as I hold, India) to the settlement of the Maoris in New Zealand, basing the dates on the genealogical tables given at the end hereof.

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Title: Hawaiki: The Original Home of the Maori; with a Sketch of Polynesian History

Author: S. Percy Smith

Publication details: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited, Christchurch

Part of: Tidal Pools: Digitized Texts from Oceania for Samoan and Pacific Studies

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