Māori
The indigenous Polynesian people of Aotearoa New Zealand.
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The ancestors of Māori arrived by canoe from eastern Polynesia several centuries before Europeans. Māori call themselves tangata whenua, 'people of the land'. Māori society is organised by iwi and hapū, and the Māori language is an official language of New Zealand.