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Māori people

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Maori Hangi Dinner and Performance from Rotorua

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Kapa Haka | NPR

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The Resurgence of Maori Ta Moko: NEEDLES & PINS (Clip)

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Group of Māori people say part of Sydney was given to them centuries ago | Nine News Australia

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Māori party co-leader ejected from New Zealand parliament after performing haka

The Māori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand. Māori originated with settlers from eastern Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of waka (canoe) voyages roughly between 1320 and 1350. Over several centuries in isolation, these settlers developed their own distinctive culture, whose language, mythology, crafts and performing arts evolved independently from other eastern Polynesian cultures.