We've been living a lie for the last few hundred years. There was never a great fleet of canoes that sailed together down from the Pacific Islands bringing hundreds of Maoris to New Zealand.

In ‘The Penguin History Of New Zealand' on page 38 author Michael King referred to the so-called 904AD Kupe landing as 'The great New Zealand Myth”.

Michael says the Kupe myth was in fact created by two Europeans and then taught throughout primary schools from 1910 through to the 1970s.

Maori map records that their historical Kupe sailed into Hokianga harbour in 1325AD not 940AD. Also the Maori book ‘Mataatua' on page 6 describes this region as 'Hawaiki” well inside New Zealand waters, that several canoes set sail at different times to establish tribal settlements elsewhere in New Zealand.

The true historical evidence clearly shows some canoes of the so-called great fleet canoes did not arrive in New Zealand from overseas; they simply sailed down the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand from 'Hawaiki” that is the Hawaiki located in the upper North Island of New Zealand.

Also a Professor Howe obtained his research from Maori people who were fully aware that Hawaiki is a name found at the following locations. Hawaiki – Tamaki Auckland. Hawaiki – Maketu northern side of Kawhia Harbour. Hawaiki – Aotea Harbour on the southern side of Aotea Harbour. Which simply means 'a place where we have just arrived, or have just landed”.

Maxwell C Hill has put out two excellent books on New Zealand's true history: ‘To the ends of the earth' and ‘To the ends of the earth and back again'.

I Brougham, Wanganui.