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Māori (Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ⓘ) [i] are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand. Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350. [13] .

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Mar 4, 2025 · Māori, member of a Polynesian people of New Zealand. Their traditional history describes their origins in terms of waves of migration that culminated in the arrival of a “great fleet” in the 14th century from Hawaiki, a mythical land usually identified as Tahiti.

Māori (Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ⓘ; endonym: te reo Māori 'the Māori language', commonly shortened to te reo) is an Eastern Polynesian language and the language of the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand. The southernmost member of the Austronesian language family, it is related to Cook Islands Māori, Tuamotuan, and Tahitian.

Māori is a Polynesian language spoken in New Zealand, or Aotearoa ('The Land of the Long White Cloud'), and the Cook Islands by about 136,000 people. It was brought to New Zealand by Polynesian people, probably from Taihiti or thereabouts in about 800 AD, or possibly earlier.

Māori culture (Māori: Māoritanga) is the customs, cultural practices, and beliefs of the Māori people of New Zealand. It originated from, and is still part of, Eastern Polynesian culture.

Click on the boxes to hear the pronunciation of the Māori alphabet – short and long vowels, and consonants – and of words featuring those vowels and consonants.

The Māori alphabet or Te Pū Taka Māori consists of 10 consonents and 5 vowels. In alphabetical order they are. a, e, h, i, k, m, n, ng, o, p, r, t, u, w, wh. There are. five vowels: a, e, i, o, u. ten consonants: h, k, m, n, ng, p, r, t, w, wh. two of the consonents are digraphs (two letters that combine to form one sound): wh, ng.

Learning basic Māori greetings (mihi) is a great place to start. Try using these anywhere you go in New Zealand - quite often, the response will be a wide smile. How do you say hello in Te Reo Māori? Kei te pēhea koe? - How are you? How do you say goodbye in Te Reo Māori? How do you say thank you in Te Reo Māori?