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This section contains
relevant information that is widely excepted about the coming of Māori
to Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Kupe
Kupe was a great chief of Hawaiki (Tahiti), whose father was from Rarotonga,
and whose mother was from Rangiatea (Ra'iatea), where her father lived.
These were the three islands over which Kupe's mana(power)extended.http://www.pvs-hawaii.com/stories/kupe.htm
The Maori of New Zealand
The Māori are the indigenous
people of New Zealand. Māori is the language of the indigenous people of New
Zealand. The word Māori means normal or ordinary person in the Māori
language, and in some other Polynesian languages. The word Māori is also
applied to the people and language of the Cook Islands which are both
referred to as Cook Islands Māori.
http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maori
New
Zealand
New Zealand is home to the Tangata Whenua (people of the
land), the Māori. It is believed that the Polynesian navigator,
Kupe was the first man to sight New Zealand around 950AD and
then returned home to tell of his findings. Around 1350AD seven
great migratory canoes (whaka) sailed from Hawaiki to New Zealand
http://www.new-zealand.com/nzguide/culture.html
Godwana 80 million
years ago
New Zealand's colourful
history commences from the time when the Rangitata Land mass separates from
the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana 80 million years ago, evolving to
become modern New Zealand.http://www.history-nz.org/index.html
Hawaiki
Hawaiki, the legendary
homeland of the Māori peoples of Aotearoa/New Zealand, from whence we
migrated to this land about 1000 years ago. Where is Hawaiki? Many have
speculated that it lies somewhere in the Pacific, somewhere in Polynesia.http://maaori.com/people/maoriara.htm
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