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Title: History and traditions of the Maoris of the west coast, North Island of New Zealand prior to 1840
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-
Subjects: Maori (New Zealand people)
Publisher: New Plymouth, N.Z. Printed for the Society by T. Avery
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF THETARANAKI COAST. CHAPTEE I. THE TAR.iNAKI COAST PRIOll TO 1840. IT is deemed advisable, in the interests of those who are notpersonally acquainted with the country to which the followingTraditional and Historical notes refer, to briefly describe the coast,and indicate its main features—topographical and otherwise. First,let it be understood that the term Taranaki Coast, is here givena very much extended meaning, and includes all the West Coastfrom Kawhia to Wellington, a distance of about three hundred miles.Moreover, in this description, an endeavour will be made to depict theappearance presented by the country, at about the year 1840, whenthe first Euroj)ean settlers arrived, and commenced those operationsincidental to the conversion of a wild into a cultivated country. Thismay prove of interest; for, immediately our energetic race came intooccupation, changes set in, and went on so rapidly that now, aftersixty-five years or so, the whole face of the co

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