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Story: Whānau – Māori and family

Joe Tupuhi with his grandson

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Joe Tupuhi with his grandson

Joe Tupuhi holds his mokopuna, his four-year-old grandson Rapson Tupuhi. The whole group is whānau of Ngāti Paoa, who visited their ancestral land, the summit of Maungawhau (Mt Eden), in 2006.

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Tai Walker, Whānau – Māori and family – Roles within whānau, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/30164/joe-tupuhi-with-his-grandson (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Tai Walker, published 3 May 2011, updated 1 June 2017.