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Tena Kotou Tena kotou Tena Kotou Katoa

That is one short greeting of the Maori language!

Maoris live in New Zealand but do have a different culture to the New Zealanders

Maoris have darker skin

The word Haka is Maori which you may of seen the New Zealand Rugby team perform the haka

Maoris travelled to new Zealand in a canoe type boat called a waka

In New Zealand we have a treaty with the maori people called the "Treaty of Waitangi" so that we can share the land with the maori fairly

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The first Moari believed to have discovered New Zealand was a man named 'Kope'.


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Oh yes, you are unlikely to see an All Black rugby team without one ! (The National Rugby team of New Zealand are the All Blacks, and very good rugby players they are, as good as any.) Before the match the All Blacks perform the Haka, a Moari war dance.


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