Appendix to Report From Select Committee House of Commons on New Zealand.

Extracts from letter to Chief Protector Aborigines, from Sub-Protector Geo. Clarke, Junr.

The Ngatitoa originally occupied the district about Kawhia, on the West Coast. * * * They overran the country on each side of Cook's Strait, driving out, or exterminating the original inhabitants, and finally settled at Porirua, Kapiti, Pelorus, and Cloudy Bay.

The Ngatiawa followed Te Rauparaha from the district, about the settlement of Taranaki, assisting in the destruction of the original inhabitants from Manawatu to Port Nicholson and Palliser Bay, Queen Charlotte's Sound, and other places in New Munster, and are able to muster about 4,000 to 5,000 individuals.

The Ngatiraukawa migrated about eleven years ago, in a large body from Maunga Tautari, in the Waikato District, through the invitation of Te Rauparaha and completed the conquest of the country from Wangaehu te Otaki, completely annihilating the original tribes that Te Rauparaha had not reduced to subjection. In consequence of the intrigues of Te Rauparaha, they were involved in a war with the Ngatiawa tribe. They are a powerful and warlike tribe, and have always remained the faithful allies and supporters of Te Rauparaha.

The Ngatikahungunu are one of the most numerous tribes in the country. * * * They were driven away by Te Rauparaha and his followers from Manawatu, Kapiti, Pukerua, Port Nicholson, and Wairarapa. A few took refuge in the Tararua Mountain, and the rest fled to Hawke's Bay, and to Te Mahia. Since the introduction of Christianity, a peace has been established between them and their former enemies, who have ceded back to them the greater part of Wairarapa, where there are now about 500 individuals. (He also mentions the Wanganuis having been defeated by Te Rauparaha in battle.)