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  • A review of early land settlement and first European contact is in "Hauraki Contested 1769-1875" by Paul Monin

  • "Waihou Journeys, The Archaeology of 400 Years of Maori Settlement" by Caroline Phillips. Auckland University Press 2000

  • NZSG Maori special interest group has a wealth of info and researchers interests

  • WHAKAPAPA Club is a forum for finding and learning more about your Maori genealogy

  • Maori Land Online - Maori Land Court database, searchable by current owner, trusteeship and block name





View from Shortland, looking towards Parawai
1880
Courtesy of: Reference number: 1/2-096137-G, Timeframes, Alexander Turnbull Library

View from Shortland (also known as Thames), looking towards Parawai, showing Colonel Wirope Hoterini Taipari's meeting house, Hotonui (completed 1878) at right centre. Photograph taken in 1880 by Daniel Manders Beere.

THE MEETING HOUSE OF HOTUNUI
Now located at Auckland Museum
For further information click here