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manu is the Maori word for a generic bird.
I understand that moa was a name for chickens in older Polynesia.
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The native population of New Zealand is known as the?
The Maori.
Who lives in a whare?
Maori (native New Zealander's)
Name of New Zealand aborigine?
The indigenous people of New Zealand are called Maori.
What is a white new zealander called?
Pakeha, which means non-Maori. Pakeha New Zealanders are uniquely fortunate in that, unlike the non-native people of other European colonised countries, they are honoured by being called by a name given to them by the native people.
What are people from New Zealand called?
A person from New Zealand is called a New Zealander, a native of New Zealand is a Maori, a non-maori New Zealander may call themselves a Kiwi and a Maori calls a non-Maori New Zealander a Pakeha.
What do maori wear?
cloaks of native bird feathers.
What is the Maori name for the nz native bird blue duck?
Whio is the name of the Blue duck, Hymenolaimus malacorhynchus.
What the maori word for extinct flightless bird?
what is the maori word for flightless bird
What is the Maori term for 'Kiwi' and other native birds -Also what terms would have been used to describe their parts like feathers and feet?
Kiwi is a Maori word.The Maori word for bird is 'Manu'. For MORE translations, please access the Maori Dictionary on the related link below:
What is the maori name for the koala bear?
Maori live in New Zealand. Koalas are native to Australia. There is no native maori word for the koala.
Who where the maori?
The Maori are the native people of New Zealand
Where do kiwi birds come from?
Maori, from the indigenous people of New Zealand, or Aotearoa (Maori for land of the long white cloud), kiwi is the name of a small flightless nocturnal bird which for its size bears the largest egg in the world. It is named after the noise it makes.
What if the Maori word for bird?
Manu
What is the maori word for bird?
Manu it is.
How do you say bird in maori?
Manu.
What Language's name means normal?
Maori. The language of the native Polynesians of New Zealand, the Maoris, is Maori. The Maori word for normal is Maori.
Is a Kiwi an NZ citizen?
A non-Maori person from New Zealand is nicknamed a Kiwi. The Kiwi is the national bird of NZ. However, the native people of New Zealand, the Maori, find the term offensive hen applied to them.
