Māori

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Te Puni, a Māori chief of the 19th-century
Te Puni, a Māori chief of the 19th-century

The Māori are the native indigenous people of New Zealand.

Their Polynesian ancestors came to New Zealand between 800 and 1300 AD. About 600,000 Māori live in New Zealand today.

In the Māori language the word māori means "normal" or "ordinary".

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