Māori (Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ) are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa). Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia,... 120 KB (12,339 words) - 03:58, 29 April 2024 |
Māori language, the language of the Māori people of New Zealand Māori culture Cook Islanders, the Māori people of the Cook Islands Cook Islands Māori... 1 KB (171 words) - 00:53, 12 February 2024 |
In New Zealand politics, Māori electorates, colloquially known as the Māori seats (Māori: Ngā tūru Māori), are a special category of electorate that give... 47 KB (5,181 words) - 15:57, 23 April 2024 |
Cook Islanders (redirect from Cook Islands Māori people) Island Māori descent, 7.62% are Part-Māori from the native Polynesian people of the islands and 14.18% other ethnic origins. Cook Islands Māori share many... 10 KB (786 words) - 22:19, 24 March 2024 |
purpose of preserving Māori culture and improving the quality of life of the Māori people over time. The ancestors of the Māori first settled in New Zealand... 29 KB (3,007 words) - 20:12, 2 April 2024 |
Te Pāti Māori (Māori pronunciation: [tɛ ˈpaːti ˈmaːori]), also known as the Māori Party, is a political party in New Zealand advocating Māori rights.... 78 KB (7,167 words) - 08:58, 17 April 2024 |
Languages of New Zealand (section Māori) English in pronunciation, with some key differences. The Māori language of the indigenous Māori people was made the first de jure official language in 1987... 24 KB (1,930 words) - 23:12, 19 April 2024 |
Māori Indians (or Indo-Māori) are an ethnic group in New Zealand of people with mixed Māori and Indian ancestry. The earliest record of a mixed Indo-Māori... 9 KB (860 words) - 03:18, 5 March 2024 |
Tā moko (redirect from Tattooed Māori) the Māori people, and the traditional implements and methods employed were similar to those used in other parts of Polynesia. In pre-European Māori culture... 22 KB (2,079 words) - 22:20, 4 March 2024 |
In Māori mythology, as in other Polynesian traditions, Māui is a culture hero and a trickster, famous for his exploits and cleverness. He possessed superhuman... 22 KB (2,749 words) - 01:39, 6 March 2024 |
New Zealanders (redirect from New Zealand people) European arrivals integrated closely with the indigenous Māori people and became known as Pākehā Māori. James Belich characterises many of the very early European... 58 KB (5,649 words) - 04:36, 7 April 2024 |
Māori potatoes or taewa are varieties of potato (Solanum tuberosum subsp. tuberosum and andigena) cultivated by Māori people, especially those grown before... 10 KB (989 words) - 08:58, 31 March 2024 |
Traditional Māori music, or pūoro Māori, is composed or performed by Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, and includes a wide variety of folk... 18 KB (2,152 words) - 15:10, 3 April 2024 |
Māori religion encompasses the various religious beliefs and practices of the Māori, the Polynesian indigenous people of New Zealand. Traditional Māori... 12 KB (1,427 words) - 10:00, 5 March 2024 |
Demographics of New Zealand (redirect from New Zealand/People) Māori people—and 3.7 percent of all respondents, including some non-Māori people—reported conversational fluency in the language. There are now Māori... 106 KB (7,380 words) - 03:21, 1 April 2024 |
the Māori renaissance. Until World War II, most Māori people spoke Māori as their first language. But by the 1980s, fewer than 20 per cent of Māori spoke... 8 KB (1,014 words) - 12:35, 8 November 2023 |
In New Zealand before the 1800s, Māori children would be called by one given name (simple or composite). These names were attributed to remarkable events... 1 KB (132 words) - 07:10, 20 April 2024 |
Polynesians (redirect from Polynesian people) Indigenous Māori people constitute the largest Polynesian population, followed by Samoans, Native Hawaiians, Tahitians, Tongans and Cook Islands Māori.[citation... 31 KB (2,580 words) - 19:20, 23 April 2024 |
approximately 900 Māori Wardens in New Zealand who are volunteers providing support, security, traffic and crowd control and first aid, under the Māori Community... 11 KB (1,069 words) - 22:54, 26 December 2023 |
Moriori (redirect from Moriori people) originated from Māori settlers from the New Zealand mainland around 1500 CE. This was near the time of the shift from Archaic to Classic Māori culture on the... 45 KB (4,676 words) - 05:56, 6 April 2024 |
In Māori mythology, Taranga is the mother of Māui. Her husband is Makeatutara. Māui was born prematurely, so Taranga wrapped his body in her hair and... 2 KB (213 words) - 03:53, 17 October 2022 |
Kiwi (nickname) (redirect from Kiwi people) also known as the "Chinese Gooseberry" Māori, the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand Pākehā, non-Māori (especially European) New Zealanders .kiwi... 15 KB (1,602 words) - 20:38, 8 March 2024 |