New Zealand - Maori Culture - World Expo, Spain; WiTeTau Taepa, Amanda Pahi, Moana Turipa, Kiri Broughton to represent New Zealand - 1992 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: World Expo, Spain; WiTeTau Taepa, Amanda Pahi, Moana Turipa, Kiri Broughton to represent New Zealand. March 1992 Upper Hutt Leader, 35 Collection photo Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 New Zealand License https://uhcl.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/11941