Where did the Maori begin, and how did the wider Pacific become peopled? Hawaiki: The Original Home of the Maori follows the trail of ancestral memory across sea-roads, place-names, and oral tradition. A homeland remembered, contested, sung. S. Percy Smith, a foundational voice in New Zealand Maori history, gathers testimony and early scholarship to map the idea of the Hawaiki ancestral homeland and the movements that radiated from it. Part polynesian history study and part historical anthropology monograph, this maori ethnology classic sets Polynesian settlement traditions beside linguistic evidence, genealogies, and island histories, offering a comparative frame that still informs academic research reference work today. Smith writes with the clarity of a field compiler, preserving fragments that later readers may only encounter second-hand, and he connects Maori origins and migration to the wider story of the ancient Pacific islands. For readers drawn to oceanic ethnography collection titles, it is an absorbing deep dive; for students, it remains a useful anchor for indigenous studies coursework and comparative mythology studies. Historically significant in the development of Polynesian scholarship, Hawaiki stands as a record of how knowledge was gathered, argued, and transmitted in the early twentieth century. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint -- a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Whether you read for curiosity or collect enduring classics, this edition brings a landmark inquiry back within reach for libraries, study desks, and the serious shelf alike.