The Maori People of Today

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The Maori People of Today

• By,
• Corrie Gustafson and
• Jodi Gillan

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The ancestors of the Maori were Polynesian
people.
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Maori History

• Settled in New Zealand
• Agricultural people- hunters, fishermen
• Peaceful but could be fierce

• Late 17th and 18th century-
• European settlers, traders, and missionaries
  arrived

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Maori History

• 1840- Treaty of Waitangi
• Native Schools Act- 1858 and 1867
• 1900- Maori Councils Act
• 1951- Maori Womens Welfare League
• 1960- Land protests1967- Maori Affairs Amendment
  Act
• 1975- Maori land rights march
• 1977- Waitangi Tribunal

• Devastating Influences-
• Alcohol
• Tobacco
• Overcrowding
• Diseases
• Tuberculoses
• Measles
• Influenza

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Maori History
Maori Wars or the Land Wars -North Island land
tension -Tribe ownership, not individual -Maori
chose a king- Chief Te Wherowhero -1860- War
broke out in the North Island -ended in 1872
when forced to retreat to a remote area
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Maori History
Aftermath - seizure of their land -diseases
reduced population -560 British and Colonial
troops were killed -1,050 were wounded -250
Maori were killed- friendly -2,000-Maori were
killed- hostile
Pokeno Maori War Monument
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Maori Today

• Cultural Integration
• The growth of the Maori population
• Mixed marriages
• The move of Maori to the country and into cities

• Promoting Tradition
• Minister of Maori Affairs
• Maori Deputies
• New Zealand Maori Council
• Maori Womens Welfare League
• Maori Education Foundation

• Tribal membership
• 13 of New Zealands population are of Maori
  descent

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Maori Today
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Maori Today
Maori chief- rangatira Tattoo- moko
It is very appropriate to use modern
technologies to adapt, perpetuate, and explain
traditional practices.
George Tamihana Nuku
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Maori Today

• Politics
• Tribal people hold seats in the Parliament to
  represent Maori
• Helped Maori adapt from old ways to new ways
• Religion
• -1800s- Protestant and Catholics
• -1840- most Maori became Christians

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