New Zealand - Maori culture - Group of men and women doing a haka of welcome at Rotorua - 1900? - Stewart, F E 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: Stewart, F E, active 1900?. Group of men and women doing a haka of welcome at Rotorua. Cowan, James, 1870-1943 :Collection of photographs. Ref: 1/2-021059-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23159380 https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23159380