Hawaiki: The Original Home of the Maori: With a Sketch of Polynesian History

S. Percy Smith

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139109147

Stephenson Percy Smith (1840–1922) was a New Zealand ethnologist and surveyor. As a young man, he travelled six hundred miles exploring the volcanic interior of North Island, and had many interactions with the Maori population, whose language, history and traditions fascinated him throughout his career as a government surveyor. In 1892 he co-founded the Polynesian Society, in whose journal this study originally appeared. The first book edition was published in 1898, and this third, updated edition in 1910. Using indigenous sources gathered in Polynesia and New Zealand, Smith constructed an elaborate history of the Polynesians, and argued that they were ultimately descended from Aryan ancestors in India. His theory of Maori origins was accepted by several generations of scholars, but was eventually superseded by modern historical and archaeological research. However, his pioneering work, acclaimed in its day, still provides fascinating insights into both nineteenth-century Polynesian culture and colonial ethnography.

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Frontmatter
pp 1-4

PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION
pp 5-6

Contents
pp 7-8

CHAPTER I - THE POLYNESIAN RACE AND ITS TRADITIONS
pp 9-23

CHAPTER II - GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS AND CHRONOLOGY
pp 24-45

CHAPTER III - NAMES OF THE TRADITIONAL FATHERLAND
pp 46-84

CHAPTER IV - THE POLYNESIANS ORIGINATED IN INDIA
pp 85-107

CHAPTER V - THE “LOG BOOKS” OF THE MIGRATIONS
pp 108-122

CHAPTER VI - SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF THE RACE
pp 123-256

CHAPTER VII - TAHITIAN ORIGIN OF THE MAORIS
pp 257-295

INDEX
pp 296-301

Map
pp 302-302

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