Story: Whakapapa – genealogy

More links and websites

• MAI Review – Whakapapa: A framework for understanding identity

  Joseph Te Rito shows the strong connections between whakapapa and identity (PDF 222KB).

More suggestions and sources

• Mitchell, J. H. Takitimu. Wellington: A. H. and A. W. Reed, 1944.
• Ngata, A. T. The genealogical method as applied to the early history of New Zealand. Paper presented at a meeting of the Wellington Branch of the Historical Association, 1929.
• Ngata, A. T. Rauru-nui-ā-Toi lectures and Ngati Kahungunu origin. Wellington: Victoria University of wellington, 1972.
• Simmons, D. R. The great New Zealand myth: a study of the discovery and origin traditions of the Maori. Wellington: A. H. and A. W. Reed, 1976.
• Simmons, D. R. ‘The Taonui Manuscript.’ Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 12 (1975): 57–82.