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Origins from Hawaiki
- 1320/ 1350
- waka (canoe) voyagers -> people from Hawaiki -> New Zealand
- several centuries -> isolation -> developed own culture
- language, mythology, crafts, performing arts
- different tribal groups -> iwi
- no need for a name ('People of the land')
- 1830s -> European settlers -> changed the Maori lifestyle
- Europeans -> new British colony
- -> conflict, epidemics of disease -> effect on the Maori population
- since 1960 -> Maori -> recover

After the recovery
- economic obstacles
- social obstacles
- lower life expectancies
- lower incomes
- 775 800 = 16.5% -> Maori (New Zealand, 2018)
- more than 1 Mio -> Australia
- second-largest ethnic group (after Pakeha)

Origin of the name
- started -> European settlers
- Maori = ordinary people
- Pakeha = white people

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- gods represent forces of nature
-  supplanted by Christianity
Culture
- traditional music and dances
- represent strength and pride --> action-packed
- tattoos represent someone's personal life journey

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- official language
- language continuously lost
- voluntarily taught in schools

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Todays Maori
- 9.2%
- 95% Northern Island
- Maori songs, dances, traditional carving, Maori language in schools
- very talented
- Racial discrimination
Modern New Zealanders
- The "Pakeha"
- some find it offensive
- "New Zealander", "New Zealand European", "Kiwi"
- often british/irish ancestry
- wish to be Maori
Maori Art today
- "Ta Moko"
- coming back since 1980's
- now: tattoo equipment
- Maori music
Living situation today
- no big family groups anymore
- moved to city for work
- similar way of life
Maori traditions nowadays
- "The Haka" --> war dance
-  "The Hongi" --> traditional greeting
- "The Hangi" --> method of cooking

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