George Grey 
Polynesian Mythology, and Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealand Race [PDF ebook] 
As Furnished by Their Priests and Chiefs

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. When I arrived in them, I found Her Majesty’s native subjects engaged in hostilities With the Queen’s troops, against whom they had up to that time contended with considerable success so much discontent also prevailed generally amongst the native population, that where disturbances had not yet taken place, there was too much reason to apprehend they would soon break out, as they shortly afterwards did, in several parts of the Islands.