New Zealand
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 term "Maori" is believed to come from the Maori language, where it originally referred to the indigenous people of New Zealand. The origins of the word itself are not definitively known, but it is used to identify the cultural and ethnic group of people in New Zealand with Polynesian ancestry.
Maori are indigenous Polynesian people who are believed to have migrated from other parts of Polynesia, likely from eastern Polynesia, to New Zealand around the 13th century. Their culture, language, and traditions are distinctively Polynesian in nature.
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.
The Maori people are indigenous to New Zealand, believed to have migrated from Polynesia in canoes around 800 years ago. Their ancestral homeland is thought to be in eastern Polynesia, likely the Society Islands of Tahiti or Rarotonga. The Maori culture and language have developed distinctively since their arrival in Aotearoa (New Zealand).
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.
Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand. It is believed that the ancestors of the Maori originated from a place called Hawaiki.
The people known as Maori are - Maori. They are polynesian and they come from New Zealand which they named Aotearoa.
No. The Australian Aborigines are believed to have originated on the Indian sub-continent, while the Maori are believed to be of Polynesian descent.
The ancestors of the Maori people from Polynesia.
The term "Maori" is believed to come from the Maori language, where it originally referred to the indigenous people of New Zealand. The origins of the word itself are not definitively known, but it is used to identify the cultural and ethnic group of people in New Zealand with Polynesian ancestry.
Maori are indigenous Polynesian people who are believed to have migrated from other parts of Polynesia, likely from eastern Polynesia, to New Zealand around the 13th century. Their culture, language, and traditions are distinctively Polynesian in nature.
Maori Maori
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.
The Maori people are indigenous to New Zealand, believed to have migrated from Polynesia in canoes around 800 years ago. Their ancestral homeland is thought to be in eastern Polynesia, likely the Society Islands of Tahiti or Rarotonga. The Maori culture and language have developed distinctively since their arrival in Aotearoa (New Zealand).
Maori people have a few cultural traditions. Some of their traditions are burials are big and families come together.
Polynesian people who became known as the Maori.