Pre-European Māori culture was oral, and based on small autonomous sub-tribes living in valleys, harbours and other localities. Tribal histories are rich with stories of armed conflict, and New …

Since the early 1900s it has been accepted by archaeologists and anthropologists that Polynesians (who became the Māori) were the first ethnic group to settle in New Zealand (first …

In favourable conditions, Māori lived reasonably well. Their life expectancy was low by modern standards, but comparable to that of Europeans in the same era. The Māori population before …

In pre-European times, Māori were tall and muscular, even by today’s standards. Their average life expectancy of around 28–30 years seems low. But when European explorer James Cook …

2025年1月30日 · Māori are tangata whenua — people of the land. They came to Aotearoa from Polynesia in the 13th century and created a new language and culture. Research indicates …

2010年6月7日 · Horticulture was integral to pre-European Maori culture. As Bee Dawson states in "A history of gardening in New Zealand", the ability to produce reliable garden crops …

In this scenario, pre-European Maori culture was essentially static and timeless. As Howard (1967:57-8) observed, later 19th century literature on human origins in Oceania promoted a …

The aim of this article is to describe the nature of Maori leader ship in pre-European Maori society and to relate it to the system of Maori social groups and to their internal structure in regard

Pre-European Maori History in the Area. While there is no evidence of permanent pre-European settlement in the Ophir area, according to a number of sources, early Maori travelled …

The introduction sets the tone, showing that archaeological research around the Waihou Plains started early in the twentieth century and was central to the interpretation of pre-European …