New Zealand - Maori Culture - Maori Mother and Child - 1950’s - Photo Postcard Format #t422 Maori People - The indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand - Māori originated with settlers from eastern Polynesia - Arrived in New Zealand in several waves of waka (canoe) voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350 - Over several centuries in isolation, these settlers developed their own distinctive culture (Reference: Wikipedia) Video: Children of the Mist (1974) New Zealand National Film Unit presents Children of the Mist Late-comers to European culture, the Maori Tuhoe tribe are at a crossroads in their destiny as they try to hold on to the traditions of their colourful past, while increasingly they are working and living in the urban European present. DV File of Beta SP Telecine of 16mm film-W3471/r/196 Archives New Zealand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_EFuW2OCOE