New Zealand - Maori culture - Brides, grooms and Awhina of the Rātana church in front of a meeting house, Korohe marae - 1948 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: Brides, grooms and Awhina of the Rātana church in front of a meeting house, Korohe marae. Whites Aviation Ltd: Photographs. Ref: WA-12470-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23158206 https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23158206