Māori Studies

Getting started

For new researchers in this area you are encouraged to read Charles Te Ahukaramu Royal's book Te Haurapa: An introduction to researching tribal histories and traditions and the introduction to Ross Himona's website Māori Whakapapa.

For researchers in Auckland

• Auckland Libraries Heritage Collection which includes Family History
• Auckland War Memorial Museum Collections and Research
• Archives NZ Auckland Regional Office
• Māori Land Court Auckland Office

Books, articles and kōrero

• Bromell, Anne. Tracing family history in New Zealand. 1996.
• Joyce, Brenda and Mathers, Bruce. Whakapapa: An introduction to Māori family history research. 2006.
• Joyce, Brenda, Mathers, Bruce and Ormsby, Owen. Whakapapa: An introduction to researching Māori and Pākehā-Māori families, their history, heritage and culture. 2008.
• McRae, Jane. "Researching Māori Genealogy". NZ Genealogist 23(218) 384-87. Nov-Dec 1992.
• Reedy, Arnold. "Value of whakapapa - question answered by Arnold reedy, Sonny Baker and Pine Taiapa, at Ruataupare School, Tokomaru Bay, 18/5/67.
• Royal, Charles. Te Haurapa: An introduction to researching tribal histories and traditions. 1992.

Databases and websites 

• Births, Deaths and Marriages Online
  Includes New Zealand birth, death, marriage, civil union and name change information, and issues certificates and printouts.
• Index New Zealand
  Journals, newspapers and magazines about New Zealand and the South Pacific. 
• Māori Land Court Minute Books Index
  An index of more than 1,100 minute books from the whole country for hearings held between 1865-1910. 
• Māori Bibliography
  A subject index to information on Māori topics appearing in books, conference proceedings and selected periodicals. 
• Papatupu Block Committee Minute Books
  Taitokerau and Tairawhiti districts, 1900-1910.

Iwi and marae maps

• Te Kāhui Māngai
  Directory of Māori and iwi organisations. Includes interactive iwi and hapū maps. 
• TAKOA Maps & Resources
  Māori directory, includes maps of iwi, hapū and pā sites throughout New Zealand. 
• Māori Maps
  Maps, photographs and information for every tribal Marae. 

Whakapapa resources by region

• Tai Tokerau: Northern iwi
• Tainui: Waikato and Hauraki iwi
• Mataatua: Bay of Plenty iwi
• Arawa: Bay of Plenty iwi
• Tai Rāwhiti: East Coast and Hawkes Bay iwi
• Taranaki: Aotea Tokomaru iwi
• Whanganui: Whanganui iwi
• Takitimu: Lower East Coast iwi
• Te Upoko o te Ika: Wellington iwi
• Te Waipounamu: South Island iwi
• Wharekauri: Chatham Islands iwi

Other resources

• Iwi katoa: Whakapapa relating to many iwi
• Pre-Contact period
• Whanaungatanga

Getting started

• Treaty of Waitangi
  New Zealand History
• Te Tiriti o Waitangi
  Radio New Zealand
• Treaty of Waitangi exhibition
  Archives New Zealand
• TREATY 2 U
  Produced by the National Library, Te Papa and Archives New Zealand for secondary school students.

Select bibliography

• Te Tiriti o Waitangi

Waitangi Tribunal

Set up by the Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975, the Waitangi Tribunal is a permanent commission of inquiry that makes recommendations on claims brought by Māori relating to Crown actions which breach the promises made in the Treaty of Waitangi.

• Waitangi Tribunal
• Office of Treaty Settlements
• Waitangi Tribunal Reports

Literature

• Bibliography on Māori literature

Material culture

• Bibliography on Māori material culture

Mahi whakairo

• Alphabetical list of Māori woodcarvers and their works 
  
  ​This list, compiled by the late Dr Roger Neich, was the first attempt to synthesize all scattered information about individual Māori woodcarvers. It is not an exhaustive list and may contain errors. With so much confusion in the literature over first names, surnames and patronyms, it was decided to give the names of each carver in the order that they usually appear but then to list them alphabetically by the last (surname) name, with some cross-referencing by other commonly used names.
  • Entry framework: Name (with published variations) Birth-death dates and/or floruit dates Hapu, Iwi, Works with their dates and References.

Tirohanga Māori

Select bibliographies

• Māori views and attitudes
• Traditional Māori society
• Contemporary Māori society
• First-hand accounts of early explorers, traders and missionaries

Te Reo Māori

Dictionaries

• Wakareo
• Williams dictionary
• Ngata dictionary
• Māori dictionary

Other useful websites

• Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori
• Te Ipukarea
• Māori Language.net
• Irirangi.net
• Toku Reo

Support

• Referencing
  Access a range of tools and support material to assist your referencing work.

Examples

• Quick©ite
  Use this interactive tool to view examples of references.
  Covers a range of styles used at the University of Auckland.