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Māori people
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Indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand
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Māori (Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ) are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand. Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. Over several centuries in isolation, these settlers developed a distinct culture, whose language, mythology,...

Instance of
Indigenous peoples
Ethnic group
Subclass of
Polynesians
Indigenous peoples
Part of
Polynesians
Different from
Maouri people
Moriori
Maori People
Country of origin
New Zealand
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