No, the Maori were the first people to settle the islands we now call New Zealand.
It's considered that the first inhabitants of the territory of New Zealand were the Maoris. According to them, the first explorer that reached that land was called Kupe, he navigated following the stars and ocean currents, he came from his native Polynesia, concretely from the island of Hawaiki, approximately 1000 years ago.
The MaoriThe Maori are New Zealand's first nation peoples.
The indigenous people of New Zealand are called Maori.
The early Maori's first came to New Zealand more than 1000 years ago, and chief kupe was the first Maori who arrived to New Zealand .
The MaoriThe Maori were the first people to settle the islands of New Zealand.
No, the Maori were the first people to settle the islands we now call New Zealand.
The Polynesian ancestors of the Maori were the first people to find and settle the islands of New Zealand.
It's considered that the first inhabitants of the territory of New Zealand were the Maoris. According to them, the first explorer that reached that land was called Kupe, he navigated following the stars and ocean currents, he came from his native Polynesia, concretely from the island of Hawaiki, approximately 1000 years ago.
The MaoriThe Maori are New Zealand's first nation peoples.
The Maori people were in New Zealand first.
The indigenous people of New Zealand are called Maori.
The native people of New Zealand are known as the Māori. They are the indigenous Polynesian people who arrived in New Zealand around the 13th century. The Māori culture and language are an important part of New Zealand's identity.
The indigenous peoples of New Zealand are the Maori.
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Maori was indeed the first lnguage in New Zealand, being spoken by the indigenous peoples, the Maori. Maori is already one of the three official languages of New Zealand, English, Maori, and New Zealand Sign Language. Though Maori is the language of the first nations people, the Maori, it is not spoken by the majority of the peoples of the country. And English is a widely spoken language internationally.
The early settlers (Polynesians) arrived in New Zealand around 1250-1300 AD, while the Europeans (Dutch navigator Abel Tasman) first arrived in 1642.