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

Contents

• • [cover]
  • [author's inscription]
  • [title page]
  • [epigraph]
  • [dedication]
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Contents
• Hawaiki
  • Chapter I. The Polynesian Race and its Traditions
  • Chapter II. Genealogical Connections and Chronology
  • Chapter III. Names of the Traditional Fatherland
    • Hawaiki
    • Tawhiti
    • Wawau
    • Mataora
    • Raro or Roro
    • Other Ancient Names
    • Atia-te-varinga-nui
  • Chapter IV. The Polynesians Originated in India
  • Chapter V. The Gangetic Race
  • Chapter VI. The Log-Books of the Migrations
  • Chapter VII. Sketch of the History of the Race
    • [preamble]
    • Atia-te-varinga-nui (or Hawaiki)
    • Avaiki-te-varinga, or Avaiki
    • The White Race
    • Sojourn in Indonesia
    • The Papuan Race of Indonesia
    • Arrival in Fiji
    • The Polynesians as Navigators
    • Occurrences in the Fiji, Samoa, and Haapai Groups
    • Sojourn in Eastern Polynesia
    • The Settlement of Rarotonga
    • Tahitian Origin of the Maoris
    • The Rarotongan Account of the Maori Migration
    • Approximate Dates in Polynesian History derived from Rarotongan Records, etc

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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

Keywords: Historical Māori and Pacific Islands

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