Kahukura, 80 Kaka, 57, 63, 84, 96 Kakapo, 184, 186, 189 Kapiti, 186, 190, 191, 217 Karaka, 37, 95, 96, 97, 98, 191, 212, 214 Kauri, 11, 88, 89, 90, 91, 101, 103, 106, 192 gum, 13 Kea, 57, 58, 167, 186 Kermadecs, 133, 204, 207, 208 Kirk, 91 Kirk’s _Forest Flora_, 24 Kiwi, 186, 188, 189 Kowhai, 87, 94, 95, 96 Krakatoa, 141 Laing, 24, 92 Lake Taupo, 116, 127, 234 Tikitapu, 144 Lakes of the South Island, 177 Lance-wood, 88, 100 Likeness to England, 2 Literature, 21, 22, 23 Little Barrier Island, 75, 186, 191, 192 Mackay, Miss, 21 Manapouri, 177, 179, 187, 192, 232 Mannering, Mr., 170, 171 Manuka, 37, 55, 95 Maori--their belief in fairies, 77, 78, 79 boys, 96 burning of forest, 103 cannibalism, 126 canoes, 198 chief, 141 children, 44 cooking, 153 of Cook’s Strait, 215 dogs, 57, 220 drink, 44 fairy-tales, 80 fight, 192 their food, 83 gentleman, 128 guide, 134 guns, 84 their health, 43 history, 199 Horo-Horo, 126 hunters, 184 karaka, their use of the, 97, 98 kindness, 210 Lake Taupo, 116, 122, 123 their lands, 44 as minstrels, 130 myths, 76 their numbers, 43, 218 offerings to Tané, 77 their outlook, 45 poem, 131 prophets, 159 their qualities, 45 race, 129, 158 ruins of stockade, 118 solitary family, 195 tradition, 115 travellers, 125 tribe, 40, 157 villages, 152 warrior, 158 woman, 133 women, 100 Matai, 87 Matipo, 37 Mayor Island, 118, 119, 120 Meat, 13, 14, 16 freezing, 14 Middle class, 25 Milford Sound, 180, 181, 182, 183, 200 Mistletoe, 94 M’Kinnon, Quintin, 193 M’Nab, Mr., 24, 198 Moa, 184, 199 Mokoia, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159 Moriori, 190, 212, 213, 214, 216, 217, 218 Motor-driving, 49 Mount Cook, 163, 175 Ruapehu, 95 Tasman, 164 Mountain-lily. See Shepherd’s lily Murchison glacier, 176 Music, 21, 49 Mutton, 13, 16, 34, 41, 58 Mutton-bird, 84, 206, 213 Names of lakes and mountains, 178 Napier, 232 National parks, 183 Native pigeons, 62 Nei-nei, 100 Nelson, 28, 74, 142, 177, 233 Newspapers, 22, 23 New Zealand harriers, 69 Ngaitahu, 199, 202, 203 Ngata, Mr. Apirana, M.P., 45 Ngatimamoe, 199, 203 Ngatoro, 115, 116, 146 Ngauruhoe, 116, 128 Nikau, 37, 88 Ohinemutu, 118, 133, 145, 152 Orchids, 94 Otira River, 233 Over-sea trade, 10 Palm-lily, 37, 88 Palm-tree, 86, 99 Panax, 88 Paradise duck, 64 Parrots, 62, 96 Parrot’s-beak, 94 Passion-flower, 94 Pelorus Jack, 66 Picton, 233 Pigeon, 84 Pigs, 233 Pink and White Terraces, 136, 137, 150, 164 Poetry, 21 Pohaturoa, 126 Pohutu, 151 Pohutu-kawa, 37, 87, 91, 192 Polack, 158 Polo, 49, 70 Pomaré, Dr., 45 Potts, Thomas, 24, 57, 104, 213 Products, 10 Provinces, 18 Pukeko, 63 Pumice, 120, 121, 124 Puoho, 201, 202 Puriri, 88, 90, 91, 93 Rabbit, 53, 59, 185 Rata, 76, 77, 87, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 187, 191, 223 Rauparaha, 190, 199, 201, 203, 215, 217 Recreations, 49 Red-deer, 60 Resemblance to Scotland, 2 Resolution Island, 186, 187, 196 Rewa-rewa, 88 Ribbon-wood, 95, 161 Riding, 49, 68 _Rifleman_, the, 219