Whakapapa

If you are new to starting your Whakapapa and would like to know where to begin or you have already commenced your Whakapapa then the following links are an excellent source of information.  

1. Official site of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists Maori Interest Group / Aotearoa Ropu o Whakapapa - Maori Hau Momo.  With Maps of Iwi.

• Maori Interest Group

• How to Research Your Whakapapa

• Iwi Maps

    2.  If your not sure how to start your Whakapapa, the following link is an ideal start.

•  Maori.org.nz - Whakapapa (Genealogy)

• Maaori.com - Whakapapa

• The Maori People of Aotearoa

• From Hawaiki to Hawaiki

    4.  Indexes to births, deaths and marriages, shipping indexes, immigration and passenger lists, electoral rolls, cemetery records, church records and army records. 

• Auckland NZ Gen Web

    5.  Archives New Zealand - Whakapapa/Genealogy.  Whakapapa sources: Māori Land Court Records, Native and Māori Affairs Department, Birth, Death and Marriage Records.

• Archives New Zealand

    6.  New Zealand Public Libraries Aotearoa - Listings of all Libraries including a Map Locator.

• NZ Public Libraries

    7.  Access application forms and lodge enquiries, look at historical Maori title and ownership information.  Maori Land Court surveys, partitions, utilisation, incorporation, public works, alienations, judgments, declarations, succession, burial grounds, reservations, school sites.

• Te Kooti Whenua Maori - Maori Land Court

• Maori Land - General Questions (FAQ)

    8.        Maori Resources - Whakapapa, Iwi, Waka, Treaty of Waitangi, Matariki Calendar.

• Manukau Library

Other Whakapapa - Genealogy Websites

GENEoNZ

Maori Queries, Surname Research & Archives, NZ Timeline, Genealogy Terms, Non-traditional Resources, The Dictionary of NZ Biographies, Historic Canoes, NZ (Maori) Pioneer Battalion, Kingitanga Birth & Death dates, Treaty of Waitangi Signatories & much more - top site!

Maori Whakapapa Research

Family Search - Learn how to start your family history.  Search for your ancestors in their vast record collections.  Get step-by-step research guidance on searching for your ancestors.  View maps, forms, guides, and other research helps.  Find other Web sites containing family history information. 

 

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