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Māori: Quick Facts

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Māori performing kapa haka near Wellington, New Zealand
Māori woman, c. 1890–1920
Tūkāroto Matutaera Pōtatau Te Wherowhero Tāwhiao
Māori meetinghouse
Detail of a carving on a Maori meetinghouse in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand.
Māori hei-tiki neck ornament
Red and white Maori wooden carving with intricate swirling patterns stands outdoors among green foliage in Rotorua, New Zealand.
Red wooden Maori carving with intricate facial features stands in the foreground, with a traditional Maori meeting house visible in the background in New Zealand.
Carved and painted red Maori mask with swirling patterns, large eyes, and open mouth with teeth, mounted outdoors with wooden poles in the background.
Traditional Maori meeting house at Ohinemutu village in Rotorua, New Zealand, featuring intricate red wood carvings and a peaked roof under a partly cloudy sky.
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Key People

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Alfred Domett
prime minister of New Zealand
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Wiremu Kīngi
Māori chief
Māui Pōmare
Māui Pōmare
Māori statesman
Āpirana Ngata
Āpirana Ngata
New Zealand politician
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Anne Salmond
New Zealand anthropologist and historian
Buck, Sir Peter
Sir Peter Buck
Māori anthropologist, physician, and politician
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Sir Raymond Firth
New Zealand anthropologist