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	Our Maori Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Maori are a Polynesian people who inhabit many areas of the South Pacific.
		Maori history also records the arrival of a great fleet of migrating people in AD 1350.
		Today some Maori have resettled on their own lands but fierce debate still exists when the Treaty is not seen to be upheld.
	www.whalewatch.co.nz /ourmaori.htm (1040 words)

	Maori Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The present Maori population has increased to about 250,000 and the Maori live in all parts of New Zealand, but predominately in the North Island where the climate is warmer.
		But there is also evidence that the Maori had sophisticated ancient knowledge of the stars and ocean currents and this knowledge is carved in their "whare" (houses).
		The traditional Maori welcome is called a powhiri, this involves a hongi which is a greeting that involves pressing noses as opposed to a kiss.
	www.virtualoceania.net /newzealand/culture/maori (792 words)

	Māori language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Māori (or Maori) is the Polynesian language spoken in New Zealand.
		An increasing number of Maori loanwords are entering New Zealand English.
		Many Maoris, including those who don't speak the Maori language, speak a form of English partly influenced by it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Maori_language (1753 words)

	Maori social structure - the society of the Maori of New Zealand
		Quite apart from the considerable pleasure the Maori gained from their work, its desirability was underscored by 'public condemnation of idleness and public recognition of useful achievement'.
		Maori carving: The most common figures found in Maori carving are the human figure and the manaia (a bird-like, beaked figure).
		Theories differ as to why the Maori distorted the human figure as much as they did, though the head was probably magnified as it was the most tapu part of the body.
	maori.info /maori_society.htm (4474 words)

	Maori Mythology
		About the middle of the last century certain Maori priests of some of the east coast tribes were consecrating classes in their school of sacred learning with prayers to Io-the-self-creative, a god unknown elsewhere in Polynesia.
		His presence at the head of the hierarchy of Maori gods was unknown until the 1870's when the first European reference to him was published.
		Amongst the Maoris the planting and cultivating of the kumara (sweet potato) was accompanied by considerable ritual which culminated in the lifting of the crop by the priest when the appearance of the star called Whanui gave the signal for the harvest to begin.
	www.janeresture.com /polynesia_myths/newzealand.htm (987 words)

	A Few Words About the Maori Language
		Maori pronunciation is very simple, but it is important not to learn any bad habits early on.
		Maori has a singular (one person or thing) a dual (two people or things) and a plural (not one or two, but three or more people or things).
		Maori goes on to indicate whether possession is permanent or may be temporary.
	www.mwenda.com /nz/maori.htm (1011 words)

	Maori News Online and Maori Portal - Te Karere Ipurangi
		Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia says the message from her consultation hui is that supporters trust the party's MPs to make the right decision in any Government-forming negotiations.
		Maori adults now make up 47 per cent of smokers, down from 52 per cent but still twice the general population, which is steady at 23.4 per cent.
		Maori Party members expect their new representatives to make some "hits" in Parliament and one option is to try to repeal the Foreshore and Seabed Act through a private members bill, Waiariki MP Te Ururoa Flavell said last night.
	www.maorinews.com /karere (1683 words)

	Traditional Maori Food (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Maori, New Zealand's indigenous people, were hunters, gatherers and crop farmers, who gathered food from the forest, stream, sea and garden.
		Maori herbs are used by Rotorua-based Maori chef Charles Royal, who mixes traditional herbs and indigenous foods into contemporary cuisine.
		Maori potatoes of the taewa tutaekuri variety are unusual purple potatoes which were among the winners of the 'Slow Food 2000 awards' which promote the preservation of biodiversity
	www.newzealand.com /travel/media/story-angles/food-wine_kai_storyangle.cfm (393 words)

	Maori on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Maori language is closely related to Rarotongan, Tahitian, Hawaiian, and other languages spoken on the islands lying E of Samoa in the South Pacific.
		Maori socio-political organization in pre- and proto-history: on the evolution of post-colonial constructs.
		Marae artworks and the reproduction of Maori ethnicity.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/Maori.asp (521 words)

	Fishing with New Nets: Maori Internet Information Resources and Implications of the Internet for Indigenous Peoples
		Maori adopted European agriculture and shipping methods quickly [SIN59], and there was significant print output by Maori in the early days of colonization [DEL87].
		Maori concerns about the treatment of cultural objects in the electronic environment arise to some extent from the loss of control of information when it is digitized.
		However, many Maori would claim that cultural property rights belong to the descendants of the chiefs depicted (particularly as a significant value in the portraits lies in the traditional designs of the facial tattoos portrayed), and that they should be consulted about the digitization of these works.
	www.isoc.org /isoc/whatis/conferences/inet/97/proceedings/E1/E1_1.HTM (2958 words)

	Maori Heritage - Russell Crowe - Go Russ Go!
		Maori also fought in WWII (first picture is Lt. Moana-mi-A-Kiwa Ngarimu, the only full Maori to earn the Victoria Cross for inspired leadership in the battle of Tebaga Gap in Tunis, Egypt).
		It is not uncommon for a Maori speaker to break into a song in the middle of his speech.
		To the Maori, all living things descend from the gods, and are usually embodied in rivers, lakes, and mountains.
	www.geocities.com /xpheremone/maori.html (624 words)

	Tiki Page - A guide to the New Zealand Maori jade pendants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		They are worn by Maori on ceremonial occasions and occasionally by Pakeha too where they have acquired them through some historical event.
		Presentations of traditional items from Maori can have a "string attached" in that the eventual return of the tiki to the presenter's tribe is expected, so that the item does not become absolute personal property.
		Maori have taken offence, many decades after such a "gift", when it has come on the market to be sold and have sought to reclaim the item.
	www.lawas.co.nz /LINKS/tikipage.htm (1520 words)

	Maori Secrets For Modern Life - Opening The Path of Life
		This god was the Maori equivalent of Mars the Roman God of War or Tyr the Viking War God.
		The modern wero is based on an ancient Maori battle maneuver that determined whether visitors came in peace or war.
		Yet ironically in modern times, many Maori women are prohibited from handling weaponry and speechmaking due to their supposed vulnerability.
	www.maori-secrets.com (3914 words)

	CNN.com - Maori compensation claim rejected - Nov. 21, 2003
		The Waitangi Tribunal, an independent board which makes recommendations on historic Maori grievances to the government, said earlier that Maori tribes were entitled to millions of dollars in petroleum royalties that had been collected by central government.
		In a special report it said Maori had once owned the petroleum under their lands and were entitled to compensation when the resource was nationalized in 1937.
		Maori tribes had lost their historic interest and property rights in petroleum due to settler breaches of the nation's founding Treaty of Waitangi, it noted.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/11/21/nzealand.maori.comp.ap (407 words)

	Maori (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Hereditary chiefs provide the leadership within the Maori culture. Sometimes trained priests would be the head of the households. Besides the wealth and rank of the chiefs, their power was incredible.
		Maoris are always pleased when they can renew a kinship tie with a stranger.
		Whenever there has been a death in the group, the Maori mourn for three days. Death is very significant to the Maoris. When one person dies, the mourning affects everyone. Death means that visitors from far and near will soon arrive to join in the mourning process.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/oldworld/pacific/maori.html (464 words)

	Treaty of Waitangi and the Maori Ethnic Movement
		The British version of the Treaty granted the Maori the rights of citizenship and obliged the Crown to protect the Maori "in the exercise of their government over their lands, villages, and treasures." These parts are made clear in both languages.
		The Maori chiefs, on the other hand, had signed a document which translated: The Chiefs of the Confederation and all the Chiefs not in that confederation cede without reservation to the Queen of England forever the Governorship of all their lands.
		For Anderson, the formation of a nation is contingent upon the existence of a common vernacular, and in the case of the Maori, it is te reo Maori.
	www.postcolonialweb.org /nz/maorijlg7.html (1617 words)

	Maori Culture Online
		It is used by a number of Maori radio stations as the basis for their news broadcasts.
		Maori Independence Site concerning self determination issues for indigenous people in Aotearoa/New Zealand it's relvance pacifically and within the wider international indigenous community.
		Te Ngutu Kura" free Maori Spell Checker was conceived by Karaitiana Taiuru.
	www.culture.co.nz (418 words)

	OHCHR: Maori () - Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Their migration halfway across the Pacific Ocean is believed to have occurred in successive waves, the last and greatest taking place in the middle of the 14th century.
		Prior to the 20th century Maori was fragmented into a number of regional dialects some of which diverged quite radically from what has become the standard.
		The Maori are the native inhabitants of New Zealand.
	www.unhchr.ch /udhr/lang/mbf.htm (1566 words)

	Maori and Pacific Students at The University of Waikato (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The School of Maori and Pacific Development holds an hour of waiata, haka and poi in the Runanga room, or outside Te Ahurutanga.
		School of Maori and Pacific Development/Te Pua Wananga Ki Te Ao Te Pua Wananga Ki Te Ao (School of Maori and Pacific Development) aims to lead the way for the new millennium as an educator and research institute in Maori and indigenous study.
		The Bachelor of Maori and Pacific Development is a full-time three-year degree (you can study part-time) that will prepare you with a knowledge of the issues affecting both Maori and other indigenous people as they prepare themselves to face the future.
	www.waikato.ac.nz /student/support/students-maori.shtml (1307 words)

	Maori
		The Maori had a complex social structure of tribes, sub-tribes and clans, and a stratified society of nobility, priests, commoners, and slaves (usually captured war enemies).
		The weather, not the Maori as was generally assumed, was the primary force that caused the degradation of the environment that lead to the food shortages.
		The Maori at the time practiced cannibalism on slain enemy, believing they could ingest their power or mana.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/fourth_world/19296/2 (399 words)

	Maori Projects
		This is a good starting point for any web exploration on the Maori people and their culture with links to many other external resources on the net.
		This site is the homepage of a Maori webmaster--and includes information on a range of topics--including a map showing Polynesian migration in the area.
		This collection of Maori legends centering on that area is part of a brief history of Rotorua.
	www.internet-at-work.com /hos_mcgrane/maori/eg_maori_intro.html (677 words)

	The Maori People
		The Maoris believe in gods which represented the sky, earth, forests, and forces of nature.
		The Maori people also believe that the spirits of their ancestors could be called upon to help them in times of need or war.
		The Maori culture is rich with songs, art, dance, and deep spiritual beliefs.
	teacher.scholastic.com /zealand/maori (221 words)

	New Zealand Shipping
		The Maori a ship of 799 tons under command of Captain Petherbridge departed Gravesend, London for this direct voyage to Lyttelton, New Zealand 22 March 1858 and arrived at Lyttelton 14 July 1858 with about 130 emigrants on board.
		The Maori had previously made 4 voyages to New Zealand, her first being to Nelson in 1851 bringing over 50 passengers.
		The Maori was one of Willis, Gann and Co's ships, and several of her voyages to New Zealand where under this company's flag, however in the 1860's she was chartered by Shaw, Savill and Co to bring out immigrants.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Pantheon/6055/Shipping/Maori.html (146 words)

	New Zealand - Maori Flags
		At present, each individual Maori iwi (tribe) functions as its own individual entity, and there is no single organization or institution that can claim to represent all Maori (although several attempts have been made).
		According to traditional legends, the Maori arrived in New Zealand in twelve large canoes or waka, and some older, more tradition-minded Maori claim to be able to recite their whakapapa (lineage/ancestry) back to one of the twelve waka, much like the tradion in Israel of the twelve original tribes.
		There have been and still are many other flags used by Maori including the 1834 flag which is still flown as a sign of independence, alongside other more recent flags of Maori identity.
	flagspot.net /flags/nz_mao.html (1409 words)

	Maori Art and Culture
		Toi Maori is a network of committees which serves as an umbrella structure for the ten national artform committees and their affiliated organisations.
		From Hawaiki to Hawaiki.The magic of being Maori the indigenous Maori people - their culture, history, mythology, legend and whakapapa (genealogy).
		Ngai Tahu are the Maori people of the southern islands of New Zealand, Te Waipounamu., and are New Zealand's fourth largest tribe.
	www.zeroland.co.nz /new_zealand_maori.html (588 words)

	Kainga
		There are many different meanings for Tino Rangatiratanga and the concept itself is part of a rich and ongoing debate in Maori society.
		The word 'tino' is an intensifier and the word 'rangatiratanga'broadly speaking relates to the exercise of 'chieftainship'.
		Its closest english translation is self-determination -although many also refer to it as 'absolute sovereignty' or Maori independence.
	aotearoa.wellington.net.nz /back/intro.htm (159 words)

	MYTHING LINKS / Indigenous Peoples: Maori
		Among the Maori, this art form is called moko, and it was a sign of high rank and spiritual commitment, both for men and women.
		Maori men and women did not subject themselves to this because it was a fad; nor was it a way to rebel against societal standards.
		Again, it should be noted that Maori faces were carved, not punctured (a puncturing technique was reserved for other parts of the body); in some cases, the process was so lengthy and painful that only those who could afford servants to feed and tend them after the ritual procecure could afford moko.
	www.mythinglinks.org /ip~maori.html (1558 words)

	Maori Kite (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		epending upon the tribe, the names of Maori kites usually included the word manu(bird) and, as throughout Polynesia and Micronesia, Maori made their kites in the shape of a bird, possibly in the belief that birds were the communicators between humans and the spirit world.
		It was thought that the soul or spirit of a person was in the form of a bird so that the kite became an extension of its owner by which means the kite flyer contacted the spirit world.
		Rehua, the most divine of all the gods was also part of the cult and was referred to as the sacred bird and the ancestor of the kite.
	www.nzbirds.com /maorikite.html (286 words)

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