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chiefs from Orakei on the Waitemata Harbour came to see Hobson and invited him to stay amongst them. They wanted protection from a rival iwi, the Ngapuhi, and offered him land in return for living there. On 21 February, a small party including Hobson, Williams, Symonds, Captain Joseph Nias, and Felton Mathew left on the Herald to explore the Waitemata; they arrived there two

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