Māori (Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ⓘ) [i] are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand. Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several …

Oct 10, 2025 · Māori, member of a Polynesian people of New Zealand. Their traditional history describes their origins in terms of waves of migration that culminated in the arrival of a “great …

Settling first on the coast, they hunted seals and moas. They also began to grow food, and some moved to the forests. They lived in small tribal groups, with a rich culture of spoken stories, …

May 5, 2025 · In the 19th century, the term Māori entered general use alongside Pākehā. According to the Te Aka Māori Dictionary, Pākehā has several meanings. When used as a …

Māori are tangata whenua — people of the land. They came to Aotearoa from Polynesia in the 13th century and created a new language and culture. Research indicates that Māori …

Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand, arrived here more than 800 years ago in great waka (double-hulled canoes) from Polynesia. Over the centuries, they’ve developed their …

One group of Māori settled in the Chatham Islands around 1500; they created a separate, pacifist culture and became known as the Moriori.

In the Māori language the word māori means "normal," "natural," or "ordinary." In legends and other oral traditions, the word distinguished ordinary mortal human beings from deities and spirits.

Welcome to the online version of Te Aka Māori-English, English-Māori Dictionary and Index. This online Māori dictionary is aimed at providing quick access but it is recommended that you also …

Māori culture is an integral part of life in Aotearoa, New Zealand. For millennia, Māori have been the tangata whenua, the indigenous people of Aotearoa. Arriving here from the Polynesian …