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Index

• Acland, J. B. A., 103, 105–6
• Akaroa, 49–50, 76, 86, 89
• Alabaster, Captain, 143–4, 147
• Alabaster, Lake, 144, 149–2
• Aorere river, 155, 160
• Arahura river, 72, 162, 171
• Arawata river, 138, 143–4, 154, 175
• Armstrong, R. R., 169–70
• Ashwell, B. Y., 39, 46
• Aspiring, Mount, 120, 126, 175
• Auckland, missionaries in, 8–20, 24–34; D'Urville in, 22; scientists in, 23, 46
• Awatere river, 65, 88, 95–99 passim

• Bain, R., 143, 165
• Baker, J. H., with S. Butler, 105–6; with E. Owen, 107, 129, 164
• Banks, Sir Joseph, 1–2, 62
• Banks Peninsula, 2, 5, 46, 77, 86, 94
• Barrington, A. J., 148–54, 189
• Baty, Father, 54
• Bay of Islands, 4, 5; Savage at, 6; Marsden at, 8–18; C. Fitzroy at, 23; Earle at, 23; 29, 37, 41, 54, 55, 58
• Bay of Plenty, 20, 38, 46, 56, 58
• Bidwill, J. C., 41–2
• Bligh Sound, 131, 142–4, 183
• Bluff (Port Macquarie), 6–7, 49, 90, 113, 125
• Boys, J. C., 67
• Brees, S. C., 49
• Brodrick, T. N., 140–1
• Brown, Rev. A. N., 27–36 passim, 56
• Brown, Professor M., 184–5
• Browning, J. S., up Waimakariri, 168–70; up Rakaia, 170–1
• Brunner, T., 66; to Lake Rotorua, 68–9; to Taramakau river, 70–1; to Tititira Point, 71–4; 154–7 passim; 180
• Buchanan, J., 122–3
• Buick, T. L., 53
• Buller, Rev. J., 39–40, 46
• Buller river, 26, 67–72, 158–162 passim; 167
• Butler, Rev. J., 11, 14–16
• Butler, Samuel, 102–7, 164

• Cahiix, 168–70
• Cameron, C., up the Dart river, 134; to Lake Lochnagar, 134–5; to Haast pass, 138–41; 147
• Cameron, D. A., 124–5
• Canterbury plains, traders on, 26; reports on, 46, 86–9; routes from Nelson, 68, 94–9; passes to West Coast, 70–3, 158, 161–72
• Caples, P. Q., to Martin's Bay, 135–7; 145–8
• Cargill, Captain, 91, 112, 113, 117
• Cass, T., 163, 165, 166
• Catlins district, 117
• Chalmers, N., 90, 101; to Lake Hawea, 115–6
• Chapman, T., 24–5, 33, 35, 41
• Chase, Captain, 5
• Chubbin, J., 118
• Clarence river, 65, 95, 97–9
• Cleddau river, 181, 182; pass to Hollyford river, 187–s8 page 198
• Clifford, C., 95, 97–8
• Colenso, Rev. W., 37, 40; and moa bones, 53–4; to Waikaremoana, 54–5, 57–8; ascends Ruahines, 58–9; crosses Ruahines, 60–1; achievements of, 61–2
• Coleridge, Lake, 100, 103
• Cook, Captain, 1–3. 73
• Cook, Mount, 92, 105, 109, 121, 173, 177–8
• Cotterell, S. J., to Wairau, 64–5; to Lake Rotoiti, 65; 66, 67
• Cox, S. H., 173
• Cross, J. S., 64
• Cunningham, Allan, 23

• Daniell, Captain, 46, 65
• Dashwood, E., 95–7
• Davison, W., 81
• Deans, W., 45–6, 71, 73. 76, 79, 81, 87
• Dieffenbach, Dr E., 42; climbs Mount Egmont, 43–4; 46
• Dobson, Sir A. D., to Arthur's pass, 108–9, 166–7
• Dobson, Edward, to Arthur's pass, 166–7
• Dobson, Edward, Sen., 103–4; inspects passes, 157, 168–70
• Dobson, G., reports on passes, 168–9
• Doubtful Sound, 183–4
• Douglas, C. E., 174–80
• Dunmore, E., 148–9
• Duppa, G., 46, 65
• D'Urville, Dumont, 22
• Dusky Sound, Cook at, 2, 3; Vancouver at, 3; sealers at, 4–5, 92; prospectors at, 182; to Lake Manapouri, 185–6

• Earle, Augustus, 23
• Earle, P., 76–8
• East Cape district, 25–6, 28, 37–8, 53–8
• Edwardson, Captain, 21
• Eglinton river, 129, 181, 187–8
• Egmont, Mount, 43–4, 61
• E Kehu, 68–74
• Epiki-wati, 71–4
• Evans, F. J. O., 92–3
• Eyre, E. J., 88–9, 95

• Fitz Gerald, E. A., 179
• Fitzroy, Charles, 23
• Flax, 4–7, 21, 26
• Forbes, C., 85, 92–3
• Foveaux Strait, discovery of, 5; flax trade, 6; 21–2, 77–80, 89–92, 155, 182 Fox glacier, 2, 173, 179, 189
• Fox, Sir W., to Lake Rotoroa, 68–9; 83–4, 87
• Franz Josef glacier, 2, 73, 166, 171, 173, 178, 179, 189

• Garvie, A., 122–3
• Golden Bay (Massacre Bay), 63–4, 70, 155, 156
• Goring, Major, 184
• Gouland Downs, 155
• Grave, W. G., 188–9
• Greenstone, 4, 69–71, 158
• Grey, Sir George, 42, 52, 84, 86
• Grey river, 70–4 passim; 154–67 passim
• Griffiths, 170–1
• Grindell, J., 50
• Gunn, G., 129

• Haast, Sir J. von, up Rangitata river, 107–8; to Mount Cook, 108–10; 121; to Haast pass, 139–41, 145, 159–61, 171
• Haast river, 139–40. 145, 165, 175–6, 178
• Hadfield, Rev. O., 38, 44
• Hall, W., 8, 9, 11, 17
• Hamilton, J. W., 84; career, 85, 93; instructions, 85–6; in Canterbury, 86–7; in Marlborough, 88–9; in Southland, 89–91, 95, 157, 170
• Hamlin, J., 29–34 passim
• Hanmer plain, 98
• Harman, R. J. S., 169–71
• Harper, A. P., 178–9
• Harper, L., 104, 157–8
• Harris, J. W., 25–53
• Harrison, R., 50
• Hassing, G. M., 127
• Hauroko, Lake, 115, 131, 183
• Hawea, Lake, 78, no, 116, 119, 120, 126, 131
• Hawke's Bay, 28, 37, 40, 47, 50, 54, 56–7, 58–62 page 199
• Hay, D., 125–6
• Hay, J., 183
• Heaphy, C., 44–5, 64; to Buller river, 66–7; to Lake Rotoiti, 67–8; to Lake Rotoroa, 68–9; to Taramakau river, 70–1; 155
• Heaphy, W., 81–2
• Heberley, J., 44
• Hector, Sir James, up Matukituki river, 137–8; up Hollyford river, 145–8; up Cleddau river, 145; 165, 175, 181
• Henry, R., 181, 186
• Herd, Captain, 22
• Hokianga, 10–12, 17, 20, 22–3, 25
• Hokitika river, 72, 156, 158, 163–5, 171
• Holloway, J. T., 189
• Hollyford river, 135, 143–4, 148, 165, 187–8
• Homer, W. H., 187–8
• Hongi, 9–11, 17–20 passim, 27, 29, 32
• Hooker, Sir J. D., 62, 85, 111
• Hooker, Sir W. J., 55
• Howitt, C., 164–5
• Huru Huru, 78
• Hurunui river, 103, 105
• Hutt river, 48–9

• Ida valley, 120, 122
• Impey, Lieutenant A., 95–6
• Inangahua river, 73

• Jackson's Bay, 138, 143–4, 153, 155–6, 162, 165, 173, 178, 182
• Johnstone, 169–71
• Jollie, E., 96–9, 126–7, 130
• Jones, John, 75–6

• Kaiapoi, 26; Mantell at, 83; Hamilton at, 86–7, 89; 96, 119, 157–8, 166–7, 170
• Kaikouras, 46, 64–5, 94
• Kaipara, 12–3, 16–7, 25, 29, 34, 39, 55
• Kaitaia, 27, 32
• Kai-teri-teri, 63–4
• Kawarau river, 115, 125, 128
• Kawhia, 30, 34–5, 39, 46, 50, 52
• Kemp, H. T., 82, 156
• Kemp, J., 17
• Kendall, Rev. Thomas, 9, 11, 19
• Kent, Captain, 25, 30–1
• Kettle, C., in Wairarapa, 48–9, 82, 113
• King, Captain, 4
• King, J., 8, 11

• Landsborough river, 175, 178
• Lauper, J., 163–5
• Lee, E. J., 97–9
• Lewis, 161–2
• Locke, 104, 157–8
• Lyall, Dr, 85, 92–3

• Mc Kay, A., 173
• Mackay, J., to Taramakau river, 155–6; 157; purchase of Arahura block, 158–61; 162
• McKellar, D., 124, 129
• Mackenzie, Sir T., 184–7
• Mackenzie (sheep stealer), 100, 103
• McKerrow, Sir J., 130–2, 136, 185
• McKerrow, Lake, 142, 144, 146
• McKinnon, Q., 184–5; to Caswell Sound, 186; to Milford Sound, 186–7
• McLean, Sir Donald, 51–2
• Macquarie, Governor, 9
• Makarora river, 107, 127, 138–9
• Maketu, 24–5, 35–6, 38
• Maling, C., 161–2
• Manapouri, Lake, 115, 131, 181; expedition from, 183–6, 188
• Manawatu river, 47, 49, 55, 59
• Maniototo plain, 113, 117, 119
• Mantell, W. B. D., 82–3, 86; in Southland, 114–5; 116, 156
• Manuherikia, 120–122
• Manukau, 15, 17–8, 22, 26, 39
• Marsden, Rev. Samuel, founds missionary station, 8–10; visits Hokianga, 11; Hauraki Gulf to Bay of Islands, 11–17; Hongi describes Rotorua, 18–19; fifth visit, 20; tribal warfare, 24–5; comparison, 29; 34
• Martin, Chief Justice, 55–7
• Martin's Bay, 136, 142–8, 156, 165, 173–4
• Maruia river, 158, 160–1
• Matamata, 25, 27–8, 31, 33, 86 page 200
• Matthews, R., 37, 45
• Matukituki river, 126–7, 130, 137–8
• Mavora lakes, 115, 129
• Milford Sound, 21, 74, 92, 143, 156; routes to the lakes, 182–3
• Mitchell, E., 184–5
• Mitchell, Captain W. M., 95–7
• Moas, 25, 53–4, 76–7, 83
• Moeraki, 78, 79, 83
• Mokau river, 34–5, 40, 50, 52
• Mokoia island, 22, 25, 39
• Mokoia pa, 13, 14, 16–18
• Molyneux, Port, 75, 80, 117
• Monowai, Lake, 115, 131
• Monro, Dr, 78, 81
• Moore, F. G., 64
• Morgan, Rev. J., 27, 31, 33
• Motueka river, 64–7, 74
• Mueller, G., 175–6
• Murrell, R., 185–6

• Nairn, C. J., to Te Anau, 114–5
• Napier, P., 117
• Nelson, 46; to the West Coast, 63–74, 156–67; to Canterbury, 94–99
• New Edinburgh, 78–81
• New Plymouth, 50–2
• Ngauruhoe, Mount, 42
• Ngaruawahia, 25, 29, 31, 34
• Nicholas, J. L., 9

• Ohau, Lake, 103, 107, 109–10, 120, 178
• Oreti river, 50, 90, 114, 129
• Otago, south-west, 4–5, 91–2; harbour, 22, 26, 49; east coast, 75–84, 86, 90–1; interior, 112–23; lake country, 124–32
• Otira river, 157, 166, 168
• Owen, Professor, 53, 54

• Palliser Bay, 45, 47
• Park, R., 44–5
• Passes—
  • Amuri, 162
  • Arthur's, 157–8, 166–70
  • Baker saddle, 177
  • Barefell, 97
  • Brodrick, 178
  • Browning, 170–1
  • Campbell, 170
  • Copland, 177, 179
  • Cow saddle, 149, 152
  • Douglas, 175
  • Gertrude saddle, 187–8
  • Goat, 168
  • Gorge saddle, 150
  • Graham saddle, 178–9
  • Grave-Talbot, 189
  • Griffiths (Styx), 171
  • Haast, 78, 107, 138–41, 176
  • Harman, 169
  • Harper (Hurunui), 89, 103–4, 157–8, 163–9 passim
  • Hector col, 137–8
  • Homer saddle, 187–8
  • Lewis, 161
  • Lindis, 78, 107, 116, 119, 120
  • McKinnon, 186–7
  • Maling, 161
  • North col, 148
  • Sealey, 108
  • Walker, 168
  • Whitcombe, 106, 164
• Patea (inland), 51, 58, 60–1
• Paynter, R., 64
• Perceval A., 98
• Pharazyn, C. J., to Te Anau, 114–5
• Pillans, W. S., 185–7
• Polack, J. S., 25, 53
• Port Cooper, 26, 71–2, 83
• Poteriteri, Lake, 115, 183
• Poverty Bay, 25, 37–40, 53–9 passim
• Powers, A., 38, 41
• Puckey, W. G., 11, 14–6, 32–3
• Pukaki, Lake, 108, 120
• Puriri, 28, 31, 37
• Pyke river, 150–4

• Rakaia river, 100, 104, 106, 163–4, 170, 189
• Te Raki Raki, 77, 80, 113
• Rangitata river, 103, 105–6, 189
• Rangitikei river, 38, 51, 61
• Raukumara range, 56–7
• Te Rauparaha, 17, 38, 66
• Red Hills, 151
• Rees, W. G., 127–30
• Reischek, A., 182
• Reko, 101, 114–19 passim page 201
• Riccarton, 73, 75, 79, 86
• Richards, Commander G. H., 93
• Rimutakas, 47–9
• Roberts, G. J., 174
• Rochfort, J., 158–9, 162, 165–7
• Ross, M., 184–5, 189
• Roto Aira, Lake, 42–60
• Rotoiti, Lake, 65–8
• Rotoroa, Lake, 68, 71–2, 159
• Rotorua, Lake, 18, 22–6, 33–41 passim; 52, 55, 58
• Routeburn, 134–5, 148
• Royal Geographical Society, 74, 91, 119, 179
• Ruahines, 37, 58–61
• Ruamahanga river, 48, 59
• Ruapehu, Mount, 30, 39, 61

• Saunders, W., 124
• Savage, J., 6
• Schmidt, Dr, 117–8
• Sealers, 4–5, 8, 21, 69, 71, 155
• Sefton, Mount, 109, 121, 175, 177, 179
• Selwyn, Bishop, 35, 41; crosses North Island, 55–8; in South Island, 78; 84
• Seventy Mile Bush, 59–60
• Sherman, A. and W., 121–2
• Sherrin, R. A., and W., 163, 165
• Shortland, Edward, 76–8
• Sidebottom, J. H. C., 101–3
• Smith, Captain Mein, 44, 47, 49
• Smith, O. F., 5, 26
• Smith Sound, 183–4
• Solander, Dr Daniel, 1–2, 62
• Southland, flax, 7, 49–50, 79; report on, 91; Mantell in, 114–5; purchase of, 116; 118–9, 123
• Spencer, Lieutenant, 90
• Spirits Bay, 32
• Spooner, J. W., 66–7
• Stack, Rev. J., 33, 37, 41, 56, 170
• Stewart, Captain, 22, 26
• Stoddart, M. P., 100
• Stokes, Captain R., 44–5, 47, 84, 85; in Canterbury, 86; up Oreti river, 90; off West Coast, 91–2
• Strath-Taieri plain, 82, 113
• Sutcliffe, 135, 142–3, 147
• Sutherland, D., 182–3
• Symms, 135, 142–3, 147

• Taieri plain, 26, 77, 79, 122
• Taieri river, 27, 77, 79, 80, 113
• Talbot, H, 188–9
• Tapsell, P., 24–5, 36, 38
• Tapuaenuku, Mount, 88–9
• Taramakau river, 70–3, 104–6, 156–8, 163–9 pussim
• Taranaki, 17, 35, 43–5, 51–2, 69
• Tarapuhi, 156–60, 166
• Tararuas, 48, 50
• Tasman glacier, 109
• Taupo, Lake, 26, 34, 38–42, 46, 50, 52, 58, 60
• Taylor, Rev. R., 50–2
• Te Anau, Lake, 80, 114–5, 117, 130–1; inland from, 181, 186–7
• Tekapo, Lake, 107–8
• Te Reinga, 32
• Thames district, 2, 10, 12, 17, 25, 31–4, 55
• Thomas, Captain J., 50, 83–4, 86, 96
• Thomson, H. S., 127
• Thomson, J. T., 112; in Southland, 118–9; up Waitaki river, 119–21; 124–5, 134, 137, 145, 147–8, 173–4
• Timber, 1, 5, 10–12, 15, 22
• Tinline, J., 7, 94–5
• Tokomairiro plain, 80, 113, 121
• Tongariro, Mount, 30, 39, 51
• Tophouse, 65, 68, 99
• Traders, 5–7, 21, 23, 25–7, 38, 47, 49
• Travers, W. T. L., 161
• Tripp, C. G., 103, 105
• Tuckett, F., 63–4, 67, 68; in Otago, 78–81
• Tunzelmann, N. von, 127–30
• Tuturau, 79, 90, 114–5, 119

• Urewera country, 54, 58

• Valpy, W. H., 113

• Waharoa, Te, 27, 35–6
• Waiapu, 28, 37–8, 53, 56
• Waiatoto river, 144–5, 176
• Waiau river, 114–5, 183
• Waikaremoana, 54, 57–8
• Waikato, 11, 12, 25–6, 28–31, 33–4, 45, 52, 55, 58, 60 page 202
• Waikouaiti, 75–9, 83, 113
• Waimakariri, 26, 79, 84, 86, 104–5, 163–70 passim; 189
• Waimea plain, 64
• Waipa river, 30–1, 39, 45, 52
• Wairarapa plain, 40, 45, 47–9, 50, 56, 59
• Wairau, from Nelson, 64–8; 88; to Canterbury, 94–9; 161
• Wairoa river, 54, 56–7
• Waitaki river, 78, 83, 116, 119–21
• Waitemata, 12–17 passim; 22
• Wakatipu, Lake, 4, 21, 118, 124–31; to West Coast, 142–54; to Milford Sound, 182–3, 187–9
• Wakefield, Captain A., 63–4
• Wakefield, E. J., 44
• Wakefield, Colonel W., 38, 43–4
• Wallis, Rev. R. J., 40
• Wanaka, Lake, 78, 80, 107, 110, 116, 120, 126–7, 130, 134, 140
• Wanganui river, 38, 40, 50–2
• Wanganui, West, 64, 70, 156
• Weld, F., 95–9
• Wellington, 17, 23, 39, 40, 44–50 Passim; 57–9, 63, 76
• Wesleyan Mission, 20, 33–5, 39–40, 50
• Westland, routes from, 63–74, 155–7, 159–61; Acheron survey, 86–7, 89, 91–2; routes from Canterbury, 103–4, 106, 108, 157–9, 161–72; routes from Otago, no, 126–7, 129–31, 133–41, 142–54; tourist routes, 173–8
• Whalers, 5–8, 13, 21, 24, 26–7, 44, 49, 64, 65, 75–8, 83, 91–2, 155–7
• Whangarei, 13, 55
• Whangaroa, 8, 12, 14, 17, 20
• Whitcombe, H., 163–5, 170
• White, J., 183–5
• White, W., 34
• Whiteley, Rev. J., 34, 35
• Williams, Rev. H., arrival, 18; 19–20; visits Rotorua, 24–5, 27, 33; traverses North Island, 38–40, 46
• Williams, R., 6
• Williams, Rev. W., 27; at Waiapu, 28, 37, 38; visits Waikato, 31; 33, 39; and moa bones, 54; at Poverty Bay, 57
• Williamson, Andy, 144–5, 175
• Wilmot, E. H., 185
• Wilson, J. A., 33, 36

• Young, W. S., no, 126–7, 130, 140

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