Excerpt from The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions, Vol. 5: Tai-Nui AT page 13 of the English part of this volume I have quoted from Sir James Hector's account of The Skids of Tai-nui; at pages 184, 206, 212, 218, 224, and 231, by permission, I have quoted from the Story of Te \vaharoa, by Judge J. A. Of the Native Laud (hurt; at page 210 I have used information given to me by Captain Akers; at page 260 I have quoted from the records of the Native Land ('ourtz and at pages 43 and 49 of the Maori part of this vuilllllt' I have quoted from the writings of Sir (in. Grey, I tender my sincere thanks to these authors for the use I have made of their writings. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.