Māori

Whakapapa - a guide to resources held in the Aotearoa New Zealand Centre

Putunga Hotuku - Electronic Resources

Ara Ipurangi - Internet Resources

Ara Ipurangi mo te Iwi Māori
Christchurch City Libraries Māori Resources homepage - the starting point for Māori information on the internet

Specific resources:

Historic Canoes of the Māori & Moriori 925-1350 AD
Search for:
  • Waka name
  • Rangatira/commander
  • Tohunga/Priest
  • Haerenga/departure point
  • Tirohanga whenua/landing place
  • Kainga/settled
Māori history index
Towards 2000 Feature - Māori History
Māori of Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland)
Lists Marae, Iwi and Hāpu, maps, whakapapa links and much more...
Marae in Aotearoa
from www.maori.org.nz, listed in alphabetical and place order
Ngati Maniapoto - Rewi Manga Maniapoto
Ngati Rangi, Ngati Hinekehu
Sources of Whakapapa
Collated by Ross Himona
  • Tribal and Regional Histories
  • Tribal and Regional Māori Authorities and Organisations
  • Māori Land Court Minutes
  • LDS Genealogical Libraries
  • Manuscripts in Libraries
  • Published Journals
  • Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages
  • Tribal Whakapapa Ngai Tara, Rangitane, Ngati Ira, Ngati Kahungunu, Ngai Te Whatuiapiti
Te Rawara
Whakapapa - Genealogy index

Multimedia

INNZ - Index New Zealand
Contains references to articles in NZ magazines and newspapers, as well as reports, conferences, theses, educational resources and other publications in and about New Zealand and the Pacific. A good source for Māori Information as it indexes a lot of Iwi newspapers.
TVNZ Encyclopedia on CD ROM
Contains Māori information useful for whakapapa research.
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