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  2. Māori people - Wikipedia

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    Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. [13] Over several centuries in isolation, these settlers developed a distinct culture , whose language, mythology, crafts, and performing arts evolved independently from those of other eastern ...

  3. Māori history - Wikipedia

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    Over time, in isolation the Polynesian settlers developed a distinct Māori culture. Early Māori history is often divided into two periods: the Archaic period (c. 1300 – c. 1500) and the Classic period (c. 1500 – c. 1769). Archaeological sites such as Wairau Bar show evidence of early life in Polynesian settlements in New Zealand. Many of ...

  4. History of the Otago Region - Wikipedia

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    The land of Dunedin had already been divided up and settlers had drawn lots in Scotland to define the picking order. [1] About half of those to arrive were from the Free Church. Of the 12,000 immigrants who were to follow in the 1850s about 75% were Scottish. This can be determined from the diary and informal census of the Reverend Thomas Burns ...

  5. History of the Gisborne District - Wikipedia

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    The Gisborne District or Gisborne Region has a deep and complex history that dates back to the early 1300s. The region, on the East Coast of New Zealand's North Island, has many culturally and historically significant sites that relate to early Māori exploration in the 14th century and important colonial events, such as Captain Cook's first landfall in New Zealand.

  6. Mataura - Wikipedia

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    The closest Maori settlement was the kaik (unfortified village) of Tūtūrau, which was located near the east bank of the Mataura River 3.2 km (2.0 mi) downstream from the present town. In 1836 this village was the scene of the last act of Maori warfare in the South Island.

  7. History of Canterbury Region - Wikipedia

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    The Story of a Siege [b]) says: "Unlike most Maori chiefs of exalted rank he was cowardly, cruel and capricious." [ 5 ] The 'eat relation' feud began when Murihake, a woman at Waikakahi on the eastern shores of Te Waihora , happened to put on a dog-skin cloak left in the village by Tama-i-hara-nui, who was then absent at Kaikōura .

  8. Waikato Tainui - Wikipedia

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    Waikato Tainui, Waikato or Tainui is a group of Māori iwi based in Waikato Region, in the western central region of New Zealand's North Island. [1] It is part of the larger Tainui confederation of Polynesian settlers who arrived to New Zealand on the Tainui waka (migration canoe).

  9. Māori Americans - Wikipedia

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    Māori Americans are Americans of Māori descent, an ethnic group from New Zealand.. Some Māori are Mormons and are drawn to Mormon regions of Hawaii and Utah, as well as in California, Arizona and Nevada. [2]

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