New Zealand - Maori Culture - Maori women - Traditional Maori kiwi cloaks and tiki (greenstone ornaments), and holding traditional weapons - 1908 - Frank J Denton 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: Maori women. Tesla Studios :Negatives of Wanganui and district taken by Alfred Martin, Frank Denton and Mark Lampe (Tesla Studios). Ref: 1/2-070169-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22413672 https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22413672