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HAWAIKI
Vaii
Tavai
Nngangai
Maro-ai
Hawaii Group
Tonga-nui
Tonga-ake
Tonga-pirita
Tonga-manga
Tonga
aro
Tonga Group
Avaiki-raro
Nu-taata
Ma-reva
Piā (? Tukopia)
Uea (Wallis Island)
Raro-ata
Amama
Tuna (Futuna)
Rangi-arara
Rotuma
Vavau
Niva-pou (Niuafou)
Atu-aapai (Haapai)
Te-Mae-a-tupa
Rau-maika-nui
Rau-maika-iti
Ngana
Te Paumotu (katoa-toa = all)
Akaau
Pau-motu
Taiti
Morea
Rangi-atea
Uaine
Taanga
Porapora
Society Is.
Rurutu
Pa-pau
Rima-tara
Austral Isles
Mauke
Motia-aro
Atiu
Aūaū
Rarotonga
Cook's Group
Then to windward to Rapa-nui (Easter Island)


This long list of islands winds up with the statement, "others remain, the greater part is not written." A large number of the islands cannot be recognised, as the names are old ones, not now in use, but others are easily identified. We see that these voyages extended, according to the list, from New Zealand to the Hawaii Islands, some 4000 miles, and from (probably) the New Hebrides to Easter Island, about 5,000 miles, besides voyages back to Avaiki in Indonesia, a far greater distance. The islands mentioned in the Hawaiian Group are Vaii (Hawaii, Vaihi being its Tahitian name, and Waihi its Maori name), Tavai, which is Kauai (spelled Tauai until early in last century), Ngangai, which I have shown to be Lanai, and Maro-ai, which I take to be Molokai, but neither Maui nor Oahu are mentioned. Au-taria-nui and Au-taria-iti I do recognise,