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Kōrero: Whakapapa – genealogy

Ngā kupu mō te whakapapa me te whānau

wahine tama hunaonga mokopuna mokopuna mokopuna mokopuna tāne tama hunaonga mokopuna mokopuna mokopuna mokopuna hungarei hungarei tāne tamāhine tama tamāhine tama whaea matua wahine tamāhine tama tamāhine tama kuia koroua whaea matua tuahine teina tuahine kuia koroua whaea matua tungāne tungāne teina kuia koroua whaea matua tuakana tuahine tuahine kuia koroua whaea matua tungāne tungāne tuakana Makere Tāmati Huia Hone Hine Rāwiri Mere mātāmua tāne wahine pōtiki Wiremu  

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Ko te whakapapa nei e whakaatu i ētahi o ngā kupu mō te whānau. Ki runga ake ko te whakatipuranga kaumātua, ki raro iho ko te whakatipuranga hōu. Ki te taha mauī te mātāmua o te whānau. Ki te taha matau ko te pōtiki. Ka mārama ko te tuakana me te teina hei whakaatu i te hononga o te tama ki te tama me te kōtiro ki te kōtiro. Ko te (m), ko te (t) rānei mō te tāne me te (w) mō te wahine.

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Rāwiri Taonui, Whakapapa – genealogy – What is whakapapa?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/interactive/30882/nga-kupu-mo-te-whakapapa-me-te-whanau (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Rāwiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 8 June 2012, updated 1 July 2015.

Comments

Jan Rebecca Worrall
15 March 2022
LOVE this! Very clever and much more interesting for my students than a handout. Clarifies some confusing terms for them. Thank you.