Mana Whenua
E446880
Mana Whenua is a major exhibition at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa that explores Māori ancestral connections to the land, culture, and identity of Aotearoa New Zealand.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mana Whenua canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4493324 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mana Whenua Context triple: [Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, hasExhibition, Mana Whenua]
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A.
Hokowhitu
Hokowhitu is a residential suburb of Palmerston North, New Zealand, known for its riverside location, parks, and proximity to educational institutions.
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B.
Tama-nui-te-rā
Tama-nui-te-rā is the personified sun in Māori mythology, often depicted as a powerful being whose swift journey across the sky was famously challenged and slowed by the hero Māui.
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C.
Maniaki
Maniaki is a small settlement located within the Kastoria regional unit in Western Macedonia, Greece.
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D.
Teaoraereke
Teaoraereke is a settlement on Tarawa Atoll in Kiribati, known for being part of the country’s densely populated urban area around the capital, South Tarawa.
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E.
Kaiwharawhara
Kaiwharawhara is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located on the city’s northern waterfront and known for its industrial areas, transport links, and proximity to the harbour.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mana Whenua Target entity description: Mana Whenua is a major exhibition at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa that explores Māori ancestral connections to the land, culture, and identity of Aotearoa New Zealand.
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A.
Hokowhitu
Hokowhitu is a residential suburb of Palmerston North, New Zealand, known for its riverside location, parks, and proximity to educational institutions.
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B.
Tama-nui-te-rā
Tama-nui-te-rā is the personified sun in Māori mythology, often depicted as a powerful being whose swift journey across the sky was famously challenged and slowed by the hero Māui.
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C.
Maniaki
Maniaki is a small settlement located within the Kastoria regional unit in Western Macedonia, Greece.
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D.
Teaoraereke
Teaoraereke is a settlement on Tarawa Atoll in Kiribati, known for being part of the country’s densely populated urban area around the capital, South Tarawa.
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E.
Kaiwharawhara
Kaiwharawhara is a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, located on the city’s northern waterfront and known for its industrial areas, transport links, and proximity to the harbour.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cultural exhibition
ⓘ
museum exhibition ⓘ |
| associatedPeople |
Māori communities
ⓘ
hapū ⓘ iwi ⓘ whānau ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Te Ao Māori ⓘ |
| culturalRegion | Polynesia ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | major long-term Māori exhibition at Te Papa ⓘ |
| curatorialInstitution | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
Aotearoa New Zealand
ⓘ
linked to:
New Zealand
Māori ancestral connections to land ⓘ Māori culture ⓘ Māori identity ⓘ |
| geographicScope |
Aotearoa New Zealand
ⓘ
linked to:
New Zealand
|
| hasEducationalRole | true ⓘ |
| hasInterpretiveFramework | Māori-led curation ⓘ |
| hostInstitutionAbbreviation |
Te Papa
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linked to:
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
|
| indigenousPerspective | Māori ⓘ |
| institutionTypeOfVenue | national museum ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general public
ⓘ
international visitors ⓘ schools ⓘ |
| languageContext |
te reo Māori
ⓘ
linked to:
Te Reo Māori
|
| locatedIn | Wellington ⓘ |
| name | Mana Whenua ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Te Papa Tongarewa Board ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
Māori sovereignty
ⓘ
Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ biculturalism in New Zealand ⓘ customary land rights ⓘ indigenous rights ⓘ |
| subjectHeading |
Māori – History
ⓘ
Māori – Land tenure ⓘ Māori – Social life and customs ⓘ |
| theme |
Māori world view
ⓘ
indigeneity in Aotearoa ⓘ kaitiakitanga ⓘ mana whenua (authority over land) ⓘ relationship between people and land ⓘ whakapapa ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
audio-visual installations
ⓘ
photography ⓘ taonga Māori ⓘ textual interpretation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Mana Whenua Description of subject: Mana Whenua is a major exhibition at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa that explores Māori ancestral connections to the land, culture, and identity of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.