Story: Whakapapa – genealogy

Te Ao whakapapa (3rd of 3)

Te Ao whakapapa

This whakapapa is one of the creation whakapapa and shows the development of the day (te ao).

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Source: Richard Taylor, Te Ika a Maui, or, New Zealand and its inhabitants. London: Wertheim and Macintosh, 1855, p. 21

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Rāwiri Taonui, 'Whakapapa – genealogy - Whakapapa of creation', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/whakapapa/30894/te-ao-whakapapa (accessed 24 April 2024)

Story by Rāwiri Taonui, published 5 May 2011, updated 1 Jul 2015