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This information was published in 1966 in An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, edited by A. H. McLintock. It has not been corrected and will not be updated.

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MAORI LANGUAGE

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Genealogy – Whakapapa

Most Maori traditional narrative includes some whakapapa or genealogical record of a connection between the various characters in the story. The web of the tale is often so entwined as to require the explanation afforded by the whakapapa.


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