This whakapapa given by S. Percy Smith is an example of an over-historicised genealogy. Ancestors from Polynesia and New Zealand have been assigned specific dates gained by averaging out generations – whakapapa that did not coincide with scholarly theories tended to be ignored or reworked.
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Source: S. Percy Smith, Hawaiki: the original home of the Maori, with a sketch of Polynesian history. Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1904, p. 175
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I don't think these dates are
Aiden Ngarongo (not verified)
03 July 2023
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