Maori | History, Traditions, Culture, Language, & Facts
1 day ago · Maori, member of a Polynesian people of New Zealand. To most Maori, being Maori means recognizing and venerating their Maori ancestors, having claims to family land, and having a right to be received as tangata whenua (‘people of the land’) in the village of their ancestors.
Māori people - Wikipedia
Māori (Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ⓘ) [ i ] are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa). Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. [ 13 ]
Māori history - Wikipedia
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.
The Ancient History of the Maori | World History Commons
The Ancient History of the Maori. In this excerpt, an adult Horeta Te Taniwha recounts childhood memories of a cultural encounter with Europeans for a Pakeha researcher.
Page 1. Māori arrival and settlement - Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of …
Māori passed on rich and detailed history and legends orally. Society was organised around groups that traced their descent from common ancestors. Reciting whakapapa ( genealogies ) was an important way to communicate knowledge.
Story: First peoples in Māori tradition - Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of ...
Among Māori tribes there are many oral traditions about ancient peoples and gods who inhabited New Zealand from the beginning of time. From the gods of the natural world to the mysterious people of the mountains and the Polynesian explorer Kupe, stories of the ancestors have been handed down ...
Story: Māori - Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
The ancestors of Māori arrived on canoes from Pacific islands before 1300 CE. Settling first on the coast, they hunted seals and moas. They also began to grow food, and some moved to the forests. They lived in small tribal groups, with a rich culture of …
Māori history | New Zealand Government - Govt.nz
Māori history. Māori are tangata whenua — people of the land. They came to Aotearoa from Polynesia in the 13th century and created a new language and culture.
The Ancient History of the Maori, his Mythology and Traditions
First published between 1887 and 1890, this six-volume work, containing Maori texts with English translations and commentary, and engraved illustrations, was one of the first printed records of the oral traditions of the Maori.
A History of the Māori People: Indigenous Arrivals Between 1250 – 1300 ...
Mar 17, 2017 · The ancestors of the Māori originated from south-east Asia. Some historians trace these early settlers as migrating from today’s China. However, more commonly, the indigenous Māori are believed to have come from Haiwaiki, an island or group of islands in Polynesia in the South Pacific Ocean.