Story: Whāngai – customary fostering and adoption

All images and media

From page 1 - The custom of whāngai

Rewi Maniapoto and whāngai son, 1879

Rewi Maniapoto and whāngai son, 1879

Julie Ranginui

Julie Ranginui

From page 2 - Traditions and history

Māui and his grandfather

Māui and his grandfather

Tamatea-pōkaiwhenua

Tamatea-pōkaiwhenua

Tūtānekai playing a kōauau

Tūtānekai playing a kōauau

Tāmati Wāka Nene

Tāmati Wāka Nene

From page 3 - Whāngai and the law

Hōne Heke Ngāpua

Hōne Heke Ngāpua

Native Land Court, Palmerston North

Native Land Court, Palmerston North

Whāngai in the New Zealand Gazette

Whāngai in the New Zealand Gazette

From page 4 - Whāngai in modern times

Te Puea Hērangi

Te Puea Hērangi

Sir Robert Mahuta

Sir Robert Mahuta

Whāngai children

Whāngai children

How to cite this page:

Basil Keane, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/whangai-customary-fostering-and-adoption/media (accessed 1 April 2023)

Story by Basil Keane, published 5 May 2011, updated 1 Jun 2017