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When did maori come?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

The best archaeological dating puts the earliest Maori settlements in the late 1200s. There may have been earlier settlements yet to be discovered, or which have been destroyed by activity of volcano or tsunami, etc.

The Maori mythology gives Hawaiki as the ancestral home.

from another member maori have been here for ever this is our country!

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