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Whakapapa
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Genealogy is a fundamental principle in Māori culture, termed specifically in this context as whakapapa. Reciting one's whakapapa proclaims one's identity among the Māori, places oneself in a wider co
Māori woman with a representation of her ancestress Te Iringa in Waikato.
Māori woman with a representation of her ancestress Te Iringa in Waikato.
The New Zealand Māori rugby union team (in black) playing England Saxons in the 2007 Churchill Cup. Players now have to have their whakapapa verified.
The New Zealand Māori rugby union team (in black) playing England Saxons in the 2007 Churchill Cup. Players now have to have their whakapapa verified.
Mana (Oceanic cultures)
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In Melanesian and Polynesian cultures, mana is a supernatural force that permeates the universe. Anyone or anything can have mana. They believed it to be a cultivation or possession of energy and powe
Whakapapa
…one's whakapapa proclaims one's identity among the Māori, places oneself in a wider context, and links oneself to land and tribal groupings and their mana. Experts in whakapapa can trace and recite a lineage not only through the many generations in a linear sense, but also between such generations in a…
The 1891 Southern Cross, one of the ships at Norfolk Island's Melanesian Mission where Codrington taught and worked
The 1891 Southern Cross, one of the ships at Norfolk Island's Melanesian Mission where Codrington taught and worked