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  2. Pre-Māori settlement of New Zealand theories - Wikipedia

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    Starting in the 1920s, H. D. Skinner and others overturned the hypothesis about a pre-Māori people by showing the continuation and adaptation of the 'Archaic' Māori culture into the 'Classic' Māori culture. This negated the need for pre-Māori settlement in models of prehistoric New Zealand.

  3. Māori history - Wikipedia

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    The earliest period of Māori settlement is known as the "Archaic", "Moahunter" or "Colonisation" period. The eastern Polynesian ancestors of the Māori arrived in a forested land with abundant birdlife, including several now extinct moa species weighing between 20 kilograms (44 lb) and 250 kg (550 lb) each.

  4. History of New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    Wakefield's colonisation programmes were over-elaborate and operated on a much smaller scale than he hoped for, but his ideas influenced law and culture, especially his vision for the colony as the embodiment of post-Enlightenment ideals, the notion of New Zealand as a model society, and the sense of fairness in employer-employee relations. [82 ...

  5. Moriori - Wikipedia

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    The Moriori were free from slavery by the end of the 1860s which gave them opportunities for self determination, but their small population led to a gradual dilution of their culture. Only a handful of men still understood the Moriori language and culture from before the invasion. The younger generation spoke Māori, while still identifying ...

  6. Māori culture - Wikipedia

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    Sex within Māori culture was an open discussion, people chose their own sexual partners and 'accepted that sex before marriage occurred'. [49] In Māori society assault on a woman was a serious offence [50] different to English laws. Before 1896 under English law the age of consent was 12 years old and incest was not considered a crime.

  7. Archaeology of New Zealand - Wikipedia

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    For example, in the South Island there are 550 rock art sites and 107 in the North Island and 6956 Pā in all New Zealand. [ 54 ] [ 4 ] The types of features present in New Zealand pre European archaeology are pā, storage pits, gardens (stone rows and banks), house floors, terraces, trenches, umu (earth ovens), middens, quarries, rock art and ...

  8. Māori Artist Community Condemns White Woman’s ‘Entitlement’

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    “She had a Māori woman, but she wasn't a Māori artist, you didn't meet the criteria." The post Māori Artist Community Condemns White Woman’s ‘Entitlement’ first appeared on Bored Panda.

  9. Māori people - Wikipedia

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    A haka performed by the national rugby union team before a game New Zealand Māori rugby league team vs Aboriginal Dreamtime match at 2008 Rugby League world cup. The New Zealand national rugby union team and many other New Zealand sports people perform a haka, a traditional Māori challenge, before events. [158] [159]