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Story: Ngāti Maniapoto

Genealogical charts of Maniapoto and his extended family

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Genealogical charts of Maniapoto and his extended family

These genealogies of Maniapoto’s immediate family and siblings show how marriages were used to strengthen relationships within the family, and to create strategic alliances with other tribes.

Whakapapa from information provided by Tūhuatahi Tui Adams

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Tūhuatahi Tui Adams and Paul Meredith, Ngāti Maniapoto – The ancestor Maniapoto, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/whakapapa/954/genealogical-charts-of-maniapoto-and-his-extended-family (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Tūhuatahi Tui Adams and Paul Meredith, published 4 March 2009, updated 22 March 2017.