CAN YOU HELP YOUR ROOPU?
Owen and Lorraine are currently in the process of updating our Whakapapa Research Guide for the next print run and we need a volunteer to go through the booklet to compile a glossary of the Māori terms used for the benefit of beginners (including a short list of other basic words).
Auckland Family History Expo 2022
Come along and meet us in person. Don Hayward will be on duty on our stand on Sunday 14th so come and meet the man who writes the really cool articles.
Trevor, Sue and Lorraine will be there all weekend and Jill Owler will be on Sunday as well.
GOVERNOR GREY & HIS WAIKATO RIVER GUNBOATS
RESEARCH TIP
If you receive a message from a fellow researcher, please have the courtesy to always, politely reply to them (as even a negative reply is more acceptable than totally ignoring someone)—as this grumpy old man can assure you, it is probably more than likely you who is missing out on the exchange of information! BM
NON—MĀORI SEEKING WHAKAPAPA
Nau mai, Are you a non-Māori wanting to research whakapapa records? Are you hesitant to pursue this for fear of causing offence? It is true that most Māori consider whakapapa a taonga or treasure, that it should be valued and treated with respect. MĀORI SERVICES AND RESEARCH MATERIAL AT AUCKLAND LIBRARIES – PART ONE WITH DENA JACOB
Ki te wātea te hinengaro me te kaha o te rere o te wairua ka taea ngā mea katoa. Read more: MĀORI SERVICES AND RESEARCH MATERIAL AT AUCKLAND LIBRARIES – PART ONE WITH DENA JACOB
MĀORI SERVICES AND RESEARCH MATERIAL AT AUCKLAND LIBRARIES – PART TWO WITH DENA JACOB
Read more: MĀORI SERVICES AND RESEARCH MATERIAL AT AUCKLAND LIBRARIES – PART TWO WITH DENA JACOB
Te Reo Newsletter Part 3
The Māori Land Court Minute Books (MLCMB) and its online index (https://collections.library.auckland.ac.nz/mlcmbi/) contain a wealth of iwi history, te reo Rangatira and whakapapa. I would consider them one of the most valuable resources to have come from post signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
POU WHENUA
POU WHENUA are carved wooden posts placed on the land in places of significance to indicate tribal boundaries and/or to represent important tribal ancestors.
TOTARA PA—THAMES TE REO NOEMA/NOVEMBER 2020
Note: The following is an abridged version of an article by A. M. Isdale dated 27 October 1962 labelled ‘draft’ and held by Auckland Libraries. A final copy does not appear to have been published.
CONTACT SOUGHT – CAN YOU HELP?
Is anyone able to confirm the identity of the young man (or men) in these two photos for me please?
Both photos believed to be Eddie POHOIWI (possibly aka Eddie PAKI), taken circa 1990’s. Would like to confirm photo identity(ies) and also make contact.
THE PERILS OF COMMUNICATION
So, Bruce asked me to share my recent experiences of communication in the family history arena.
TEKAHUPEKAKO
I am after some help in trying to locate descendants of the Maori family who gave my mother a Maori name. She was born 31 Jan 1907 at Halcombe and on her birth certificate was recorded her full name of Christine Ethel Tekahupekako WADE-COOPER.My name is Beverley Louis and I am a 4th generation New Zealander with links to Te Atiawa and Raukawa
I belong to the Māori SIG after joining earlier this year.
My brick wall is my paternal great-grandfather on my mother’s side—Edward Barrett.
MIG Te Reo - Auckland Family History Fair
Another year, another wonderful programme of speakers and presentations hosted by the NZSG Genealogy Computing Group and Auckland City Council Libraries at the Fickling Centre, Three Kings, Auckland over the weekend of 11th and 12th August 2019.
Owen’s Award
After our AGM, Trevor Mosley, our new convenor presented an award to Owen to thank him for his ten years of service as Convenor of the Māori Interest Group.
CONFESSIONS OF A RESEARCHER
CONFESSIONS OF A RESEARCHER
When we become researchers we don't so much enter into our studies as stumble into them, rather like children starting primary school, ignorant, and intensely curious.
DNA community through Ancestry DNA.
https://www.ancestry.com.au/As mentioned previously, both Brenda and I have just recently joined the DNA community through Ancestry DNA.
The Weaving of Whakapapa Research
I recently conducted a hikoi in Tamaki makau rau for the family of my father’s sister who in many ways are removed from their Maori genealogy due to surviving within the fast pace of western living. Actively engaged as New Zealanders in work and sustaining their families.
77 Years On - Airwomen’s Reunion
16th to 17th November 2018Family History Expo 10th—12th August 2018
Brief Report—Over the weekend of 10th – 12th August 2018, the Auckland City Library and the NZSG Genealogical Computing Group once again co-hosted another fantastic Family History Expo.NGA TAONGA O TE WHARE PORA
Presentation by Bethany Matai Edmunds at Papatoetoe Library – July 2018My Dad’s family taonga – Potae Taua
The picture below is of my father’s family taonga – a potae taua made for and gifted to my great grandfather, Francis Creighton sometime prior to 1900. Auckland Family History Expo – 11th to 13th August 2017
Auckland City Council Libraries along with the NZSG Computing Genealogy Group once again hosted this event at the Fickling Centre, Three Kings, Auckland over the past weekend.
Read more: Auckland Family History Expo – 11th to 13th August 2017
A GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS
I came across the below article recently and thought it was a fascinating account of interaction between early settlers and local Māori —I wish I had such an account in my own family history—EdFAMILY HISTORY EXPO 2016
FAMILY HISTORY EXPO 2016
Fickling Convention Centre, Three Kings, Auckland
12th—14th August
REPORT ON FAMILY HISTORY FAIR – By Sue SLIGHT:
Pioneer Battalion WW1
When WW1 broke out Māori response was varied. Some thought it a white man’s war half a world away and of no concern of theirs. Others opposed fighting for a crown that had confiscated so much of their land.After all, The Land Wars were still within living memory at the time. Recruitment from Taranaki and Maniopoto was low and almost nil from Waikato.
Otaki Family History Expo - Debrief & Video
Hello Brenda,
Thank you again for your participation during our Family History Expo in Otaki, which helped to make it a huge success. We wanted to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere for the event and we believe that this was achieved.
POHOIWI REUNION - RĀHUI MARAE, TIKITIKI
POHOIWI REUNION
RĀHUI MARAE, TIKITIKI
Friday 25th March—Monday 28th March 2016
By Kelly Maia GUNN
Auckland Library’s Family History Expo 2015
Report—The Auckland Library’s Family History Expo was an entertaining weekend the first weekend in August 2015.
MIG LANYARDS $5.00ea
MIG LANYARDS $5.00ea by cheque or 6 Kiwi Stamps. Priceincludes P&P.
Contact Secretary Brenda JOYCE. 17 Peterhouse Street, Tawa, Wellington, WTN 6006 New Zealand.
Hamilton Branch - Research Day 21st March 2015 - Report By Lorraine Rice
On Friday 20th March 2015, Sue Slight and I left work early to get on the road to Hamilton before the traffic got too bad.
Read more: Hamilton Branch - Research Day 21st March 2015 - Report By Lorraine Rice
THE MĀORI LAND COURT - TE KOOTI WHENUA MĀORI
The land (te whenua) is and always has been of great importance to Māori. This is for financial but also spiritual reasons. The land expresses the mana of individuals the whānau, hapū and iwi.
Online NZ Council Cemetery Websites
We have created a new Research Link under the “Research” tab which will take you to a list we have compiled of all known NZ Council websites which include a Searchable Cemetery Database.
WHANGANUI RESEARCH DAY AT THE ALEXANDER HERITAGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY 12th JULY 2014
Frances HADDOCK of the NZSG Whanganui Branch kindly represented the Māori Interest Group at this event.
Read more: WHANGANUI RESEARCH DAY AT THE ALEXANDER HERITAGE AND RESEARCH LIBRARY 12th JULY 2014
THAMES EXPO 2014
This well attended event took place on Saturday 17th May. It was a brilliantly sunny day but fog bound and mighty cold in the early morning.
TUPUNA TAONGA – PATU ONEWA - PAPAHARAKEKE
Rotorua Museum was hosting ‘Sing Aotearoa’ this year at Labour Weekend and my 3rd cousin, Michael Littlewood whose wife Vivien was participating,
NZSG at Pukekohe - Queen’s Birthday Weekend
2013 This will not be a report on all the events over the weekend. Information about the AGM will appear in the next magazine as will photographs and other reports.
NZ Census Records for Māori
You may have been told that New Zealand does not hold any accessible census records. This is true as regards national records but there are many nineteenth century census records, still extant, which were taken at various times in specific geographical areas. For details of these refer to Donald Hansen’s article in the NZSG Magazine May/June 2011 Forgotten but not gone. Many census records for Māori are listed, together with details of the information they provide and how to access them.
You can search Archway (Archives NZ catalogue of holdings) to see if more census records have now become available. Be sure to read the definition carefully as some of these records give numbers of the population but do not list names. Also check which Archives NZ office holds the documents you wish to see as the documents are only accessible at that office. You can request a document on line at Archway from your home computer so that it will be ready and waiting for you when you visit the office.
The close of the 28th Māori Battalion Association 1st December 2012
This was a bitter sweet occasion – The Association was formed soon after the end of WW11 and has been a focal point of fellowship and support for veterans of the Battalion, their wives,
Read more: The close of the 28th Māori Battalion Association 1st December 2012
OUR NEW ZEALAND ADVENTURE
Where do I start? What a magnificent wonderland your country is - but then you New Zealanders would already be aware of that!