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Whakapapa means Maori genealogy. This concerns the Maori culture including relationships between local tribal entities, regional tribal bodies, individuals, and families as they interacted with one another throughout their colonies of New Zealand.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 10y ago"Papa" means anything broad, flat and hard such as a flat rock. "Whakapapa" means to place in layers. It is for this reason that the word "Whakapapa" is used to describe the recitation in proper order of genealogies.
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Whakapapa.
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