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1. The history of the Māori began with the arrival of Polynesian settlers in New Zealand (Aotearoa in Māori), in a series of ocean migrations in canoes starting from the late 13th or early 14th centuries. Over several centuries of isolation, the Polynesian settlers formed a distinct culture that became known as the Māori.. Early Māori history is often divided into two periods: the Archaic.

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2. Māori culture is an integral part of life in New Zealand, influencing everything from cuisine to customs, and language. Māori are the tangata whenua, the indigenous people, of New Zealand. They came here more than years ago from their mythical Polynesian homeland of Hawaiki. Today, one in.

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3. Aug 02,  · Maori Songs of New Zealand, a Various Artists Album. Released in on Folkways (catalog no. FE ; Vinyl LP). Genres: Te Pūoro Māori, A cappella. Featured peformers: Alain Daniélou (recording engineer), Moses Asch (producer), Harry Tschopik Jr. (producer, liner notes), Harold Courlander (aka_text editor role_id aka_text), Ronald Clyne (cover design), Ulric Williams (liner /5(25).

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4. Apr 23, - A collection of public-domain photos, taken by many different photographers between and , representing Māori people from many iwi (tribes) and rohe (regions). ♥ Please respect these images. ♥. See more ideas about Maori people, Maori, Māori culture pins.

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5. Maori People and Culture Before the coming of the white men, also called Pakeha, everything was passed orally onto generations, which included legends, beliefs, rituals, songs, dances etc. The most recognized tradition today is the “ Haka ” – a war dance and a traditional genre of Maori dance.

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6. The Wairau Māori Art Gallery will have three to four exhibitions a year by high quality Māori artists whose works will be on loan from the country’s leading public art galleries, Te Papa Tongarewa, The Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki and the Whangarei Art Museum, as well as from private collections and from artists.

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7. Apr 23,  · Maori is the interesting group of people in NewZealand. They're doing great carving on jades, animal bones, shells,woods, even themselves. They .

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8. Courage ~ Wisdom ~ Authority. A symbol of courage and strength in times of adversity. Toki were worn by Māori elders as a symbol of power, wisdom and authority.. The toki (adze) was a chisel tool used by the Māori people of Aotearoa (New Zealand) to carve their great canoes and the detailing on meeting houses. When lashed to a wooden handle it was also used as a weapon.

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9. Sitting more than 1, miles off the eastern coast of Australia, New Zealand is one of the most far-flung places on the planet, which probably explains why New Zealand was the first nation on Earth to make a tourist agency an official part of its government. From its earliest days as a British.

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