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Hawaiki



Hawaiki is the Māori name for the mythical land to which some Polynesian cultures trace their origins. It may also refer to the underworld in many Māori stories, and in Mangaia in the Cook Islands, Avaiki always means "underworld" (Tregear 1891:392).



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