The Māori name Hawaiki refers to the mythical lan to which some Polynesian cultures trace their origins. It may also refer to an underworld in many Māori stories, and in Mangaia in the Cook Islands. Tregear (1891:392) records that the Cook Islands Maori word Avaiki only means "underworld". Buse however (1996: 90) in his dictionary Cook Islands Maori Dictionary with English Finderlist (edited by Bruce Biggs and Rangi Moeka'a almost a century after Tregear's work) writes this entry for 'Avaiki: