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Butler.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHawaiki Original Home of the Maori by Percy Smith\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInformation Relative to New-Zealand Compiled for the Use of Colonists\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInformation Respecting the Settlement of New Plymouth, in New Zealand,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"name\"\u003eKo nga moteatea, me nga hakirara o nga Maori he mea kohikohi mai 1853\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLatest information from the settlement of New Plymouth, on the coast of Taranake, New Zealand.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"name\"\u003eLetters from Canterbury, New Zealand; with a Map of the Province, .\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLetters from Settlers \u0026amp; Labouring Emigrants in the New Zealand Company's\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaori and Polynesian, their origin, history, and culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaori Lore by James Izzett\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaori tales and legends. 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