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Title: New Zealand

Author: William Pember Reeves

Illustrator: F. Wright

Walter Wright

Release date: November 7, 2019 [eBook #60645]
Most recently updated: October 17, 2024

Language: English

Credits: Produced by F E H, MWS and the Online Distributed
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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NEW ZEALAND ***

NEW ZEALAND

Transcriber’s Notes

Page 53—wid-winter changed to mid-winter.

Page 151—sullenly changed to suddenly.

The spelling of Lake Te-Anau has been retained with a hyphen and the township of Te Anau without a hyphen.

A larger version of the map on page 242 at the end of the project, can be viewed by clicking on the map in a web browser only as HTML.

Other changes made are noted at the end of the book.

AGENTS

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ON M’KINNON’S PASS

NEW ZEALAND

PAINTED BY

F. AND W. WRIGHT

DESCRIBED BY

Hon. WILLIAM PEMBER REEVES

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR NEW ZEALAND

Ultima regna canam fluido contermina mundo

LONDON

ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK

1908

Contents

CHAPTER I
   PAGE
The Islands and their Cities 1
CHAPTER II
Country Life 28
CHAPTER III
Sport and Athletics 52
CHAPTER IV
In the Forest 76
CHAPTER V
Fire and Water 115
CHAPTER VI
Alp, Fiord, and Sanctuary 160
CHAPTER VII
Outlying Islands 204
APPENDIX
A Word to the Tourist 230

List of Illustrations

1. On M’Kinnon’s Pass Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
2. “Paradise,” Lake Wakatipu 2
3. Te-Wenga 4
4. Diamond Lake 6
5. On the Bealey River 8
6. Wellington 18
7. Dunedin 20
8. Napier 24
9. The Bathing Pool 26
10. Nelson 28
11. On the Beach at Ngunguru 30
12. At the Foot of Lake Te-Anau 32
13. The Waikato at Ngaruawahia 34
14. Tree Ferns 38
15. A Maori Village 42
16. A Pataka 44
17. Coromandel 50
18. Cathedral Peaks 56
19. The Rees Valley and Richardson Range 58
20. At the Head of Lake Wakatipu 66
21. North Fiord, Lake Te-Anau 68
22. Christchurch 72
23. Canoe Hurdle Race 74
24. Waihi Bay, Whangaroa Harbour 74
25. The Return of the War Canoe 76
26. Okahumoko Bay, Whangaroa 78
27. Maori Fishing Party 80
28. Carved House, Ohinemutu 82
29. A Bush Road 84
30. Among the Kauri 88
31. Pohutu-kawa in Bloom, Whangaroa Harbour 90
32. Nikau Palms 94
33. On the Pelorus River 98
34. Auckland 100
35. Mount Egmont 104
36. Tarei-po-Kiore 106
37. Morning on the Wanganui River 108
38. On the Upper Wanganui 110
39. Wairua Falls 112
40. “The Dragon’s Mouth” 120
41. Huka Falls 122
42. Ara-tia-tia Rapids 124
43. Lake Taupo 130
44. In a Hot Pool 134
45. Ngongotaha Mountain 136
46. Lake and Mount Tarawera 144
47. Maori Washing-day, Ohinemutu 146
48. Wairoa Geyser 150
49. Cooking in a Hot Spring 152
50. The Champagne Cauldron 154
51. Evening on Lake Roto-rua 156
52. Planting Potatoes 158
53. The Wairau Gorge 160
54. In the Hooker Valley 162
55. Mount Cook 164
56. Mount Sefton 172
57. The Tasman Glacier 174
58. The Cecil and Walter Peaks 176
59. Manapouri 178
60. Mitre Peak 180
61. In Milford Sound 182
62. On the Clinton River 184
63. At the Head of Lake Te-Anau 186
64. The Buller River near Hawk’s Craig 192
65. Below the Junction of the Buller and Inangahua Rivers 194
66. Bream Head, Whangarei Heads 196
67. Lawyer’s Head 198
68. A Maori Chieftainess 200
69. Weaving the Kaitaka 212
70. “Te Hongi” 216
71. Wahine’s Canoe Race on the Waikato 218
72. Native Gathering 220
73. White Cliffs, Buller River 230
74. The Otira Gorge 232
75. Lake Waikare-Moana 234
  Map at end of Volume. 242