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'ALLEGED SUPPLY OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION TO TE KOOTI', 21 February 1870 - Te Pai o Hauraki

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  Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3900, 21 February 1870, Page 3

Letter from Marutūahu to Sir Donald McLean concerning Te Aroha, 1876

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Thames Advertiser, Volume XI, Issue 2520, 13 January 1877, Page 3

'Ko etahi enei o nga korero whakapapa o te Waka nei o Tainui, na Hoani Nahe, M.H.R.'

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Here is an extract of writing by the great Ngāti Maru scholar, Hoani Nahe, concerning the arrival of Tainui in Aotearoa and its journey through Te Moana-a-Toitehuatahi (Bay of Plenty), Hauraki, Tāmaki and Muriwhenua. This extract appeared in the Appendices to the Journal of the House of Representative, dated 1880. At the time, Hoani Nahe was a Member of the House of Representatives. A translation of this extract into English can be found here . LEGENDARY HISTORY OF THE MAORIS (EXTRACTS FROM A COMPILATION OF THE)., Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1880 Session I, G-08 2. — KO ETAHI ENEI o nga KORERO WHAKAPAPA o te WAKA nei o TAINUI, na HOANI NAHE, M.H.R Kaore nga Maori e mohio ki nga tau, o te taenga mai o Hotu ki tenei motu, a tae noa mai ki tenei ra Engari ko nga whakatipuranga ta matou e mohio ai. Ka noho te iwi ra i Hawaiiki, ka tarai waka ma ratou, hei rapu whenua hou mo ratou. Ka taraia te waka ra ka oti ko Tainui te ingo...