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There were 887,493 people identifying as being part of the Māori ethnic group at the 2023 New Zealand census, making up 17.8% of New Zealand's population. [114] This is an increase of 111,657 people (14.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 288,891 people (48.3%) since the 2006 census.
The korupe (carving over the window frame) at Mahina-a-Rangi meeting house at Turangawaewae Marae, Ngāruawāhia showing the Tainui canoe with its captain Hoturoa.Above the canoe is Te Hoe-o-Tainui, a famous paddle, the kete (basket) given to Whakaotirangi by a tohunga of Hawaiki, the bird Parakaraka (front) who was able to see in the dark, and another bird who warned of approaching daylight. [1]
Another find in Northland pā studies was the use of what Māori call "kokowai", or red ochre, a red dye made from red iron or aluminium oxides, which is finely ground, then mixed with an oily substance like fish oil or a plant resin. Māori used the chemical compound to keep insects away in pā built in more hazardous platforms in war.
International indigenous rights in Aotearoa New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: Victoria University Press. pp. 99– 117. ISBN 978-1776560486. McDowell, Tiopira (2018). Diverting the Sword of Damocles: Why did the Crown Choose to Settle Māori Historical Treaty Claims? Australian Journal of Politics and History 2018, 64 (4), pp. 592-607.
Those that stayed behind settled and intermixed with previously established Māori tribes in the region. People from Ngāi Tūhoe, Ngāti Awa, Te Whakatōhea, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui and the Tauranga Moana tribes can trace their origins to this settlement. Three members of the crew feature in Bay of Plenty genealogies: Toroa, Tāneatua and Muriwai ...
One group of Māori settled in the Chatham Islands around 1500; they created a separate, pacifist culture and became known as the Moriori. The arrival of Europeans to New Zealand, starting in 1642 with Abel Tasman , brought enormous changes to the Māori, who were introduced to Western food, technology, weapons and culture by European settlers ...
Pages in category "Taíno people from Puerto Rico" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The ancestors of the Māori first settled in New Zealand from other Polynesian islands in the late 13th century CE and developed a distinctive culture and knowledge-system. Mātauranga covers the entire time-period since then. Therefore, it includes oceanic navigation and other knowledge shared across the Polynesian world.