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Whakapapa

 Subject
Subject Source: Reo
Scope Note: The genealogical descent of all living things. Whakapapa/genealogy is a fundamental principle that permeates the whole of Māori culture.

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

Tainui History and Whakapapa

 Collection
Identifier: MSS Archives-Maori 94/7
Scope and Contents

Notes of J C Adams. Histories and whakapapa as told to him by various people

Dates: c. 1977

Tamatea Pokai Whenua

 Item
Identifier: MSS Archives-Maori 94/3
Scope and Contents

Tamatea Pokai Whenua whakapapa - handwritten.

Dates: n.d.

Taranaki Poutu papers on Ngapuhi whakapapa and tribal history.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS Archives-Maori 88/5
Scope and Contents

Manuscript books of Ngapuhi Whakapapa and tribal history, written by Taranaki Poutu, possibly ca 1940.

Dates: ca. 1940 - 1981

Te Rangituatahi Te Kanawa manuscript collection.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-C-15
Scope and Contents There are 8 volumes of manuscripts in the collection: vol.1: A Maori genealogy of Maori tribes; vol.2: Maori genealogy of Ngati-Maniapoto and Waikato tribes, written by Te Atanatiu, in 2 parts. This book belonged to a Pakeha known to the Maoris as Te Atanatiu (Mr Athanasius). vol.3: a historical record of the King Country, Waikato district, late 19th century, written by Tuheka Hetet; vol.4a and vol.4b: Maori genealogy and family book of the Hetet family, Waikato district; vol.5: Maori...
Dates: 1880?-1930?

Transcript of New Zealand Native Land Court hearing in Otorohanga.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-C-11
Scope and Contents

New Zealand Native Land Court hearing in Otorohanga of Waikato tribes and Maori King family, before Judge W.G. Mair and P. Mikorima, concerning the Pohuru Block. An unofficial Maori transcript of the proceedings, including fifteen pages of whakapapa.

Dates: 1890

Whakapapa concerning Ngapuhi

 File
Identifier: MSS Archives-Maori 89/1
Scope and Contents

Manuscript book written by Hepi Poti with history and whakapapa concerning Ngapuhi. In Maori.

Dates: 1941

Whenua Manihera manuscript book.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-Archives-C-27
Scope and Contents

Whenua Manihera manuscript book, containing tribal genealogies of Ngati Kahungunu origin. Irregular paging is due to the loss of leaves from the book before it was used as a manuscript book.

Dates: n.d.

Wi Repa Heteraka papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS Archives-Maori 89/5
Scope and Contents

Private papers of Wi Repa Hetaraka or Haukaka, also known as Bill Herbert. In Maori and English. Includes diary entries, letters, minutes of meetings, genealogy, and notes on tribal history (mainly relating to Ngati Whatua and Ngapuhi); also papers re Hetaraka's involvement in the Labour Party, Ratana Movement, and local body politics in Auckland.

Dates: ca. 1908 - 1948