The Maori people are Polynesian, with origins tracing back to islands in East Polynesia. There is no evidence to support the theory that the Maori came from China. Their ancestors likely navigated the Pacific Ocean from other Polynesian islands such as Tahiti.
In Maori, "haere mai" means "welcome" or "come here." It is often used as a greeting to invite someone to come closer or to indicate that they are welcome.
Maori chief Kupe is believed to have come from Hawaiki, a mythical ancestral homeland of the Maori people. He is credited with discovering and exploring the islands of New Zealand around 950 AD.
The Maori come from New Zealand (Aotearoa) which they settled from Polynesia. In Maori mythology, the traditional home was Hawaiiki.
According to Maori traditional oral histories, the original Maori homeland is Hawaiki, a mythical place often referred to in their stories as the ancestral homeland where the Maori people originated from before migrating to Aotearoa (New Zealand). Hawaiki is believed to be a place located in Polynesia, though its exact location is subject to debate among scholars and historians.
Waka (Maori canoes)
they come from newzeeland
The people known as Maori are - Maori. They are polynesian and they come from New Zealand which they named Aotearoa.
New Zealand
Kia ora (keya- ora) is a casual greeting in Maori.
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Maori Maori
The Maori people are Polynesian, with origins tracing back to islands in East Polynesia. There is no evidence to support the theory that the Maori came from China. Their ancestors likely navigated the Pacific Ocean from other Polynesian islands such as Tahiti.
In Maori, "haere mai" means "welcome" or "come here." It is often used as a greeting to invite someone to come closer or to indicate that they are welcome.
They come from New Zealand. The Maori started it.
Haere mai
Until the arrival of Europeans, Maori had not needed or used a collective name for themselves. By the 1830's they had come to use the word 'Maori' which meant 'normal' or 'natural' people.