Our whakapapa is carried across whenua and moana. Explore some of the motu connected with our hapū, the people who lived and travelled between them, the resources that sustained whānau, and the questions we are still researching together.
WakaMātaatua
IwiNgāi Te Rangi
HapūTe Whānau a Tauwhao
MaraeŌtāwhiwhi
Where do we come from?
Tap a motu. Each card is a starting point, not the end of the story. The documented record sits alongside kōrero tuku iho and the knowledge held by our own whānau.
Which motu do you recognise? What stories have you heard about these places?
From story to whenua research
Ngā Motu is the whānau-facing doorway. Behind it sits our detailed whenua register, where we can connect land blocks with whakapapa, ownership and succession records, court evidence, timelines, unresolved questions and future possibilities.