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MAORI’S CULTURE
By: Tran Hoan My
OUTLINE
1. HISTORY
2. BASIS INFO
3. MAORI’S CULTURE
4. PRESERVATION
HISTORY
1723
1250 and 1300
Polynesians settled in the islands that later were
named New Zealand and developed a distinctive
1841
English explorer came to New Zealand and intend
to trade good with local people.
New Zealand became a colony within the British
Empire
Māori culture.
Representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori
Dutch explorer became the first European to sight
chiefs signed the Treaty of Waitangi, which
New Zealand.
declared British sovereignty over the islands.
1642
1840
February 6, 1840 the Treaty of
Waitangi was signed by over 500
Maori’s chiefs.
Basic info
Video about Rotorua
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Means ordinary or
usual.
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They call
themselves
“people of the
land”.
They are ruled by tribal chiefs.
The major ethnic
groups are:
- European (67%)
-Maori (37%)
- Pacific Islands (5%)
- Asian (6%).
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Te Reo Maori
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Basic Maori is
taught in Primary
School
Official Language
in NZ
MAORI’S CULTURE
Video about Rotorua
MAORI’S TATTOO
Ta moko - used for decoration
Men are heavily tattooed – face,
body, bottom, and thighs
Women’s are confined to chin
and lips and sometimes ankles
and wrists
MAORI’S CLOTHING
Maori garments were hand
woven, using both plaiting and
weft-twinning techniques.
MAORI’S
DANCe
Haka
Haka is war dance with loud
chanting,
strong
hand
movements, foot stamping
and thigh slapping.
Video of Haka dance
Kapa Haka
“Kapa haka” means a group or
groups standing in rows to
perform
traditional
Maori
dances, accompanied by sung
or chanted words.
Video of Kapa Haka dance
MAORI’S
food
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Hangi
In traditional,
fish, chicken and
root vegetables
such as kumara
(sweet potato),
were cooked in a
pit dug in the
ground.
MAORI’S
Greeting
Hongi
Two people touch their noses and forehead together
preservation