New Zealand - Maori Culture
- Maori women outside a shop
- Possibly Rotorua
- Circa 1900
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)
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Image source: Maori women outside a shop
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