whakapapa

Those wishing to be considered have their credentials examined by the kaumatua, or cultural advisor, who will trace the players 'whakapapa or genealogy.

Archive 2005-06-01 2005

It is an amazing image of the calling we all feel to look inside, to our own history, our own whakapapa, our own stories, our own life force.

NZ On Screen 2010

The connection we make as river people is an intimate one, in which through whakapapa we are bound together.

NZ On Screen 2010

Maori ancestry, or whakapapa, but knowledge of his British heritage has been sketchy.

NZ On Screen 2010

It takes away a body that has its own whakapapa, its own history that is identified with whānau, hapū, and iwi, and urban Māori authorities, significant Māori individuals, tohunga*, artists, and communities.

NZ On Screen 2010

It is about the strength of the whanau in having knowledge of their whakapapa, history and identity; being confident in singing their own waiata; in recalling the stories and the korero of their ancestors.

NZ On Screen 2010

"Through working with Dr Roskruge, I've gained hands-on experience with traditional Mäori crops, learning their whakapapa and significance to Mäori society."

Latest Massey News 2010

The books resulted from research on behalf of a number of Nelson & Marlborough Maori groups, based on whakapapa and family records, for Waitangi Tribunal claims.

NewsWire.co.nz 2009

"It was a huge honour for Hilary and me that we've been given access to more than 80 whakapapa books."

NewsWire.co.nz 2009

There are socio-cultural risks, such as effects on Maori cultural beliefs of whakapapa, mauri, tikanga, ethical concerns about mixing genes from different species including human genes, and concerns about the long term safety of genetically engineered food.

ScreenTalk 2009