New Zealand - Maori Culture - Maori women - Circa 1900 - 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) ----------------------- Image source: File:Arthur James Iles - Maori women, New Zealand - Google Art Project.jpg Arthur James Iles public domain in New Zealand https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arthur_James_Iles_-_Maori_women,_New_Zealand_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg