New Zealand - Maori Culture - Te Awanui Waka at Maungatapu Pā - Tauranga - 1973 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: Te Awanui Waka at Maungatapu Pā (1973) Creative Commons AttributionNoncommercial 3.0 New Zealand License https://paekoroki.tauranga.govt.nz/nodes/view/10232