Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Te Ika a Maui, or New Zealand and Its Inhabitants
IN presenting TE ika A maui to the Public, it will be necessary to commence with saying, that this was formerly the only name which the Natives had for the North Island, and that it is nearly identical with that which Cook first received; being literally the fish or maui, the Maori Creator, who first drew up this second Britain from out the azure main.
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