New Zealand - Maori Culture - Maori group outside whare in Atene - Circa 1880s - Wrigglesworth & Binns photo 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) ----------------------- Image source: Reid, Hester Elizabeth, 1896-. Maori group outside whare in Atene - Photograph taken by Wrigglesworth & Binns. Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 3. Ref: PAColl-5671-43. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23231693 https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23231693