New Zealand - Maori Culture
- Maori women
- Arthur James Iles 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)
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Image source: File:Arthur James Iles - Maori women, New Zealand - Google Art Project (431444).jpg Arthur James Iles
Museum Victoria Collection
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_James_Iles_-_Maori_women,_New_Zealand_-_Google_Art_Project_(431444).jpg