New Zealand - Maori Culture - Maori women washing clothes - Circa 1900 - William Archer Price 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: File:Maori women washing clothes.jpg 1909 or 1910 William Archer Price https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationallibrarynz_commons/21488608402/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maori_women_washing_clothes.jpg