透過毛利女性教師的教育學編織出家譜學。本文聚焦於三位卓越的毛利女性教師，而此三位能清楚明白說明何謂毛利女性教師的教育學。本研究使用毛利取向的研究方法學，此方法是植基於毛利人的世界觀，此外從這個研究筆者發展出一個隱喻，此隱喻主要的元素是whenu，它代表了一種生活習慣，例如家族、親友的價值、傳統以及信仰的系統。

The strand of whakapapa -genealogy - weaves through Māori women educators'' pedagogy. This article is based on research carried out with three eminent Māori women educators from Aotearoa New Zealand, which answered the question ''what is Māori women educators'' pedagogy?'' The research used the Indigenous kaupapa Māori research methodology, which is based on Māori worldviews. From the research I developed a metaphor, which was based on a style of Māori weaving called whatu to articulate Māori women educators pedagogy. A crucial element of the metaphor was the whenu-the warp. The whenu represented tikanga-whānau and hapū values, traditions and belief systems. The data in my research, suggests that identity and in particular whakapapa, a strand of the whenu, were a fundamental aspect of Māori women educators'' pedagogy. This article discusses whakapapa and its integral relationship with each of three themes of Māori women educators'' pedagogy and how they interact.