What is a Maori?

Question

What is a maori? where does this race orginate from? where does this race exsist? and name one good Maori myth, best answer gets an easy 10 points

Answer 1

Maoris are the original Polynesian inhabitants of New Zealand, and there are still many of them living there. Anthropologists believe that all Polynesian migrated to the South Pacific via the present-day Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, New Guinea and from there built boots and ventured into the open waters. The original centre of Polynesian culture seems to be Samoa, because that language is older than all the others. I am sorry that I cannot recall any Maori myths at this time.
But a piece of advice to you: Don't mention points in your question, because it is not allowed and could result in your question being removed.

Answer 2

Indiginous people of New Zealand who arrived from Polynesia between 800 and 1300 A.D.
Maori myth:- Rangi & Papa about the origins of the human race.

Answer 3

Maori are New Zealand's "indian's - the aboriginal peoples. Where do they come from? Why, I don't kknow. I thought they were the original people there when Britain decided to use Australia as a prison colony.

Most Maori still exist in Australia and New Zealand - and get the same crap treatment that Amerinds get, sadly.

Myth -hmmm - lemmee think... I like Whakatau flying his kites from the bottom of the ocean...

Answer 4

Lol maximum human beings on right here wont even understand what a Maori is. Why not posting this interior the shuttle- New Zealand section. My opinion varies. i will't make a generalization, besides the indisputable fact that a number of them are grasping. I dislike the actual incontrovertible truth that they imagine they could take our foreshore, scholarships, make up/information superhighway/cell phones and so on, the unemployment benefit and then nonetheless *****

Answer 5

The Maori are the true natives of New Zealand.

You will find myths and traditions on this website:

http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/M/MaoriMythsAndTraditions/Myths/en

Answer 6

One Maori myth that I've heard is that they can go from deepest sleep to full battle readiness in a matter of seconds.

Answer 7

Maori is a name of a tribe in New Zealand

Answer 8

New Zealand was one of the last areas on Earth to be settled by humans.

Archaeological and linguistic evidence (Sutton 1994) suggests that probably several waves of migration came from Eastern Polynesia to New Zealand between AD 800 and 1300. Māori origins relate to those of their Polynesian ancestors (see Polynesian culture). Māori oral history describes the arrival of the ancestors from Hawaiki (a mythical homeland in tropical Polynesia) by large ocean-going canoes (waka) — see Māori migration canoes. Migration accounts vary among Māori tribes (iwi), whose members can identify with different waka in their genealogies or whakapapa.

No credible evidence exists of human settlement in New Zealand prior to the Māori voyagers; on the other hand, compelling evidence from archaeology, linguistics, and physical anthropology indicates that the first settlers came from East Polynesia and became the Māori.

Answer 9

The word Māori refers to the indigenous people of New Zealand and to their language

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maori

Answer 10

a maori is a native of new zealad