==History of this encyclopedia==
Now that there has been over a year of active contribution (ie more than one edit per week) to this Wikipedia, some readers may be interested in a bit of history. Hence the page name "'''[[Tāhuhu kōrero]] o tēnei [[mātāpunenga]]'''" (translated in the heading above). 

This may even help people who are involved in newer Wikipedias.

===First eleven "slow" weeks===
The first 11 weeks (from [[25 Noema]] [[2003]] until [[7 Pepuere]] [[2004]]) saw just four edits. They are covered in some detail at [[User talk:Brion VIBBER]]. The result was a [[Hau Kāinga|Main_Page]] with lots of links to other languages and a cheery invitation to create articles on a few named topics, plus an "article" (well, actually a normally-framed Wikipedia page with but a single line of rather mysterious characters) on one of those topics.

===February 2004===
The start of the "busy" period was [[16 Pepuere]] [[2004]], when [[User:212.100.178.141]] made a minor change to an interwiki link. That user then apparently just observed for the next month, but his or her edit was quickly eclipsed the next day by the user who later signed in as [[User:A Pakeha]]. That name is commonly applied to any [[New Zealand]]er who is not of [[Māori]] ancestry. But having that name does not prevent someone learning enough of the language to make a lasting contribution to a te [[Reo Māori]] [[mātāpunenga]] (encyclopedia). Despite his or her "'''HUGE''' problem - I do not speak, or read, '''Maori'''", he or she knew enough about some important Māori words to set the scene for others to follow and easily improve.

[[User:A Pakeha]] contributed anonymously with different IP numbers on three consecutive days:

[[User:210.54.77.184]] 17 February 2004 - [http://mi.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Contributions&target=210.54.77.184 Contributions]
*19:34, 17 Feb 2004 (hist) (diff) [[Māori]] (Te reo pākehā) 
*20:21, 17 Feb 2004 (hist) (diff) [[Hau Kāinga|Hau Käinga]] (Some Maori words that have english wikipedia articles.) 
*20:36, 17 Feb 2004 (hist) (diff) [[Pākehā]] (link to English Wikipedia - Pākehā) 
*20:46, 17 Feb 2004 (hist) (diff) [[Whakamārama:Kuputohu|Wikipedia:Help]] (Pākehā) 
*20:51, 17 Feb 2004 (hist) (diff) [[Wikipedia:Tikanga Wikipedia|Wikipedia:How does one edit a page]] (Pākehā) 
*21:01, 17 Feb 2004 (hist) (diff) te [[Reo Māori]] (Pākehā) 
*21:02, 17 Feb 2004 (hist) (diff) te [[Reo Māori]] (formatting) 
*21:07, 17 Feb 2004 (hist) (diff) [[Māori]] (Pākehā) 
*21:09, 17 Feb 2004 (hist) (diff) [[Reo Māori|Te reo maori]] (#REDIRECT Te reo māori) 
*21:34, 17 Feb 2004 (hist) (diff) [[Whakapapa]] (Pākehā) 
*21:54, 17 Feb 2004 (hist) (diff) [[Iwi]] (Pākehā) 
*21:58, 17 Feb 2004 (hist) (New) [[Māori|Maori]] (#REDIRECT Māori) 
*22:24, 17 Feb 2004 (hist) (diff) [[Hau Kāinga|Hau Käinga]] (number of article added) 
*23:03, 17 Feb 2004 (hist) (New) [[Pākehā|Pakeha]] (#REDIRECT Pākehā) 
*23:07, 17 Feb 2004 (hist) (diff) [[Pākehā|Pākehā]] (Pākehā notice) 

[[User:210.86.40.208]] 18 February 2004  - [http://mi.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Contributions&target=210.86.40.208 Contributions]

[[User:210.86.34.172]] 19 February 2004 - [http://mi.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Contributions&target=210.86.34.172 Contributions]