The most current reliable evidence shows that New Zealand was first settled around 1280 BC.
The people known as Maori are - Maori. They are polynesian and they come from New Zealand which they named Aotearoa.
The Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand.
The indigenous people of New Zealand are the Maori.
No, the Maori were the first people to settle the islands we now call New Zealand.
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Waka (Maori canoes)
The indigenous people of New Zealand are called Maori.
The Maori are the native people of New Zealand.
The Maori are the native people of New Zealand
The native people of New Zealand are the Maori people. Some famous modern day Maori people include Apirana Ngata and Stephen Kearney.
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The Maori are the native people of New Zealand. Maori come from New Zealand. The spiritual homeland for Maori is Hawaiiki. No one is really sure about where this place is but there are many theories of where it might be. The Maori people are most certainly the "Tangata Whenua" or the native race of New Zealand. There are Tangata Whenua/ Maori Iwi groups whose whakapapa indicate that they are native to Aotearoa. These same Tangata Whenua do not have any history of migrating from another place to this whenua. They have always been in Aotearoa. The simple truth is though, no one has yet come up with any proof positive where Maori came from, so the consider themselves indigenous to New Zealand.