This whakapapa provided by English doctor and scholar Edward Shortland gives a line beginning with Te Pō (the night), to Te Ao (the day), Te Kore (chaos) and ending at Rangi (the sky). This differs from the whakapapa usually recited which begins with Te Kore.
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Source: Edward Shortland, Traditions and superstitions of the New Zealanders: with illustrations of their manners and customs. London: Longman, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1856, pp. 55–56
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