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The Curse of Vaimaanga

Source More Taunga 2011 The shooting of More Uriatua On Sunday 12 March 1911 More Uriatua was shot dead by William John Wigmore following a b...
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Ko te Are Korero Teia no Rata Ariki

KO TE ARE-KORERO TEIA NO RATA-ARIKI. NO ROTO I TE ARE-KORERO RAROTONGA. Na Tivini ma More-taunga-o-te-tini. TE AKAMATA VANANGA. KO te kore...
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Ruatapu e Tupuna Maori Rongo Nu

RUATAPU—E TUPUNA MAORI RONGO NUI—MA TONA AU URI I TEIA PA ENUA. NA ISERAELA TAMA, I AITUTAKI. Contributed by Major J. T. Large, Mangaia Island...
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Ta-Tatau or Heraldic Marks at Aitutaki Island

THE ORIGIN OF THE TA-TATAU OR HERALDIC MARKS AT AITUTAKI ISLAND. By Lieut.-Col. Gudgeon, C.M.G. IT is claimed that each canoe that arrived at Aituta...
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E Tuatua Teia na Ura, e Tangata Bukabuka Aia

E Tuatua Taito. KO Bukabuka e kaoa ia ki raro i te moana. Kua noo tetai atua ko Tamaye, kua tiaki aia i te toka. Kua manako ana aia e, e mea puapi...
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Traditions and Some Words of the Language of Pukapuka Island

By the Rev. J. J. K. Hutchin. IN the month of May, 1904, accompanied by Lieut-Col. Gudgeon C.M.G., I paid a visit to Danger Island, recently annex...
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Arai Te Tonga

ARAI-TE-TONGA, THE ANCIENT MARAE AT RAROTONGA. By S. Percy Smith. IN 1897, accompanied by Mr. Hy. Nicholas and Te Ariki-Taraare, I visited th...
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Teariki Taraare's History & Traditions of Rarotonga Part II

HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF RAROTONGA. Part II. By Te Ariki-tara-are. Translated by S. Percy Smith. Corrected by The Rev. J. J. K. Hutchin, of th...
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Teariki Taraare's History & Traditions of Rarotonga Part I

HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF RAROTONGA. By Te Ariki-tara-are. Translated by S. Percy Smith. Corrected by The Rev. J. J. K. Hutchin, of the London Mi...
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Introduction to Rarotonga History Part III

HAWAIKI: THE WHENCE OF THE MAORI: BEING AN INTRODUCTION TO RAROTONGA HISTORY. By S. Percy Smith. Part III. Arrival in Fiji. FROM the peri...
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Introduction to Rarotonga History Part II

HAWAIKI: THE WHENCE OF THE MAORI: BEING AN INTRODUCTION TO RAROTONGA HISTORY. By S. Percy Smith. Part II. Identification of Place Names in M...
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Introduction to Rarotonga History Part I

HAWAIKI: THE WHENCE OF THE MAORI: BEING AN INTRODUCTION TO RAROTONGA HISTORY. By S. Percy Smith. IN the circular issued by the writer in 1891, ...
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Some Early Ancestors of Rarotonga

AN ACCOUNT OF SOME EARLY ANCESTORS OF RAROTONGA. Translated by Arthur H. Browne. THE first of the gods (men, in the original,) who visited Raro...
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The Visit of Tongaiti to Rarotonga

THE STORY OF THE VISIT OF TONGA-ITI TO RAROTONGA. By Manuiri. Translated by Arthur W. Browne, of Rarotonga. IN the remote past, Tonga-iti arriv...
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The History of Ru

TE AUTARA IA AITUTAKI; TONA KATIRI ANGA IA. KO TE AUTARA TEIA IA RU. By John Pakoti. Aitutaki, March 7, 1894. Ko te tangata mua aia—a ...
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The Maori Polity In The Island Of Rarotonga

By Frederick J. Moss, British Resident. ON the 19th of August, 1893, died Mana-Rangi, Chief of the Vakatini branch of the Makea family. He was the ...
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Rarotonga Genealogies Part III

HAWAIKI: THE WHENCE OF THE MAORI: BEING AN INTRODUCTION TO RAROTONGA HISTORY. By S. Percy Smith. Part III. Arrival in Fiji. FROM the peri...
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Rarotonga Genealogies PART II

GENEALOGIES AND HISTORICAL NOTES FROM RAROTONGA. PART II.—TRANSLATED BY HENRY NICHOLAS, Esq. THE last number of this Journal contained the acco...
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Rarotonga Genealogies Part I

GENEALOGIES AND HISTORICAL NOTES FROM RAROTONGA. PART I.—TRANSLATED BY HENRY NICHOLAS, Esq., OF RAROTONGA. THE first of the papers contributed...

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