Story: Whānau – Māori and family

Whānau outside a whare

This whānau was photographed outside a basic whare at Rangiahua, near the Hokianga Harbour, in 1918. There are at least three generations in the whānau.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Albert Percy Godber Collection (PA-Group-00048)

Reference: APG-1653-1/2-G

by Albert Percy Godber

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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How to cite this page

Tai Walker, Whānau – Māori and family – Contemporary understandings of whānau, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/30143/whanau-outside-a-whare (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Tai Walker, published 3 May 2011, updated 1 June 2017.