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2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Archaeology of New Zealand - Wikipedia

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   However, starting slowly in the 1870s detailed research answered questions about human culture, that have international relevance and wide public interest. [ 3 ] Archaeology has, along with oral traditions, defined New Zealand's prehistory ( c. 1300 – c. 1642 ) and protohistory ( c. 1642 – c. 1800 ) and has been a valuable aid in solving ...

5. Mātauranga Māori - Wikipedia

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   Mātauranga was traditionally preserved through spoken language, including songs, supplemented carving weaving, and painting, including tattoos. [10] Since colonisation, mātauranga has been preserved and shared through writing, first by non-Māori anthropologists and missionaries, then by Māori.

6. Tikanga Māori - Wikipedia

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   Tikanga is a Māori term for Māori law, customary law, attitudes and principles, and also for the indigenous legal system which all iwi abided by prior to the colonisation of New Zealand. Te Aka Māori Dictionary defines it as "customary system of values and practices that have developed over time and are deeply embedded in the social context ...

7. Why New Zealand’s Maori are fighting to save an 1840 treaty ...

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   The English and Maori versions of the treaty contain key differences, complicating its application and interpretation, some observers say. To address this, over the last 50 years, lawmakers ...

8. Māori culture - Wikipedia

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   Māori culture (Māori: Māoritanga) is the customs, cultural practices, and beliefs of the Māori people of New Zealand. It originated from, and is still part of, Eastern Polynesian culture. Māori culture forms a distinctive part of New Zealand culture and, due to a large diaspora and the incorporation of Māori motifs into popular culture ...

9. New Maori Queen anointed as her father, the King, is buried

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   A new Maori Queen was anointed Thursday, taking on the role at a time when New Zealand is facing some of the biggest challenges to race relations in two decades. A statement released by ...