Maori People of New Zealand

NEW ZEALAND

WHY NEW ZEALAND?
I was minding my own business one day, when an old tourist couple from Australia came up to me and asked what a Maori Lass (ME) was doing in this side of Asia?!?

RACE:MAORI PEOPLE

POPULATION:663,900 IN NEW ZEALAND

LOCATION: NEW ZEALAND

TRAITS OF RACE:TRADITIONAL FACIAL TATTOO'S(MAKKO),WAR DANCE(KAPA HAKA), TRADITIONAL MAORI GREETING (HONGI)

The Maori people of New Zealand, are the indegenous polynesian people who are originaly from the land. Maori OR tangata whenua means 'PEOPLE OF THE LAND'

The Maori people of New Zealand are belived to have migrate from eastern Polynesia to the island before 1300ce(VirtualNZ,n.d). The culture of the Maori hold that their spirit ancestors placed them there.

The Maori People lives in all parts of New Zealand but a larger number lives on the north side of the island due to its warmer climate which suits their life style better.

The'HAKA'OR traditional war dance was used to intimidate enemies from other tribes, but in modern times the dance has been imortalize by the New Zealander's ALL BLACKs Rugby Team, performing the dance for every match (VirtualNZ,n.d.).

THE MAORI GREETING 'HONGI' :

 'MOKKO' FACIAL TATTOO FOR MEN:

Here is a video of the traditional war dance 'Haka' click the link below :

 

Reference list:

Maori History, 2012, Virtual New Zealand, retrieved from,
   http://www.virtualoceania.net/newzealand/culture/maori/

Maori people,2012, World News Inc, retrieved from,
   http://wn.com/maori_people

Pictures retrieved from:
Kia Ora, n.d. retrieved from,
  http://kiaorafromnz.blogspot.com/2012/02/powhiri-ceremony.html

Maori Moko Tattoo's, n.d. retrieved from,
  http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_