Rua-peka-peka taken, 218.
Ruatara, 112-115.
Rusden's History, 418.

Schools in Otago, 232.
public, 340.
Scots settlers, 232.
Scriptures translated into Maori, 119.
Seddon, Rt. Hon. R.J., 362, 370, 393.
Self-reliance policy, 290.
Selwyn, Bishop, 212, 225, 261.
Sentry Hill repulse, 287.
Servants' registry regulations, 386.
Settlement by Polynesians, 33.
Settlers among the Maori, 99.
difficulties, 238.
sent to Port Nicholson, 177.
Sheep-lifting by Mackenzie, 241.
Shipping and Seamen's Act, 390.
Shop Acts, 384, 385.
Assistants Act, 395, 396.
Shortland as Acting Governor, 196.
Shortland's financial troubles, 202, 203.
Slang, 403, 404.
Smith, Percy, 417.
Social life, 412.
Socialism, 396, 397.
South Island a later settlement, 191.
South Sea tribes, 33.
Speech of New Zealand, 403.
Spelling of Maori words, 121.
Spirits' Leap, 61.
Stafford and Fox, 256.
State institutions, 367.
Land Board, 358.
socialism, 396, 397.
Stewart arrested, 149.
assists Rauparaha, 147.
Stout, Sir Robert, 345, 362, 364.
Strikes, 388.
Sugar-Loaves pa attacked by Te Whero Whero, 141.
Sunday schools, 401.
Swainson as Speaker, 254.
Swainson's book, 418.
ordinances, 224.

Tainui stories, 38.
Tai Porutu killed, 274.
Tane and Tu, 65, 66.
Taniwha's account of Captain Cook, 83.
Tapu, Law of, 46.
(taboo) Customs 70-73.
Taranaki devastated, 143, 267.
crippled by Fitzroy, 208.
settlers' grievances, 261.
Tasman sights New Zealand, 75.
refused a landing, 76.
reaches North Cape, 77.
Tattooed heads, 157.
heads for sale, 97.
Tattooing, 45-48.
Tauranga defeat, 283.
tribe attacked, 282.
Tawhaki, 63.
Tawhiri-Matea, the god of storms, 66.
Taxation difficulties, 342, 343.
Te Heu Heu opposes annexation, 180.
Te Kooti a fugitive, 304.
at Mohaka, 304.
pardoned, 305.
Te Kooti's escape from the Chathams, 300.
revenge, 301.
Te Pihoihoi Mokemoke, 277.
Te Rangi engagement, 283.
Te Waharoa, 136-140.
Te Whero Whero, 140-142, 221, 263.
Te Whiti, 308.
Thames goldfields, 318.
Thierry, Baron de, 162.
Thompson, William, 139, 262, 278, 285.
Titokowaru leads the insurgents, 297.
Torere, or Maori cemeteries, 73.
Trade statistics, 406.
Union disputes, 386.
Unionism, 369, 385, 388, 389.
Trading with the Maori, 96.
Treasury deficits, 203.