Whanau & Whakapapa

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Inside the site there are lots of things to check out just by looking at the menu on the left you can tell there are alot of different pages to look through. There are Dedications to Koro, Aunty Miri, and Crucy, Newly Added Whanau News listing Achievements and Things Happening, The unveilings last year, A massive Picture Album of nearly everyone in the family, Christmas in 2001, Contacts page where relatives email's are, Our Marae, Remember When's, Tania And Gregs Wedding, Family Jargon/Sayings, Questions that were asked. Lastly I want to thank Everybody who contributed and viewed the site, signed the guestbook and sent me emails informing me more about our big whanau. I won't be adding a Whakapapa section as that is way out of my league but keep on sending me details as it's heaps interesting!

Kia Ora & welcome to the official site of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists Maori Interest Group

Maori culture, history, myth and legend encapsulated in whakapapa, genealogy. What is Whakapapa, discover your whakapapa and resources.

Mythology, Legends and Poetry of the Maori

Are you looking for information on iwi history, genealogy, biographies, and historic issues such as tribal wars, events, or M?ori movements? Then use Iwidex, an easy way to find information about Maori waka, traditions, waiata, haka, tribal whenua, maunga, marae, carving, weaving, stories and whakapapa.

This index is from an unpublished manuscript compiled about 1925 by the missionary Rev. Henry James Fletcher (1868-1933). In its original form it was 987 pages long, a vast index of Maori names referred to in books and journals, including the names of boundaries, Maori individuals, canoes, trees, landmarks and geographical locations. It was Fletcher's greatest piece of work, and one that merited improved access. The New Zealand Collection of the University of Waikato Library holds a microfilm copy of the index which was scanned, converted into a Word file, proofread, edited and converted into webpages.

The Maori people of Aotearoa, New Zealand. The magic of being Maori the indigenous Maori people - their culture, history, mythology, legend and whakapapa (genealogy). Numerous links to help in whakapapa and maori history research and resources.

Maori resources: Taonga Database, Canoe Traditions, Newspapers and Electronic Text, Tangata People, Maori Tradition, Tribal Organisations, Treaty of Waitangi, Whenua Land, Tribunal, Origins, Maori Creation Traditions, Hawaiki, Pacific Migrations, Matariki. Virtual Gallery, Geography Map... a hive of resources.