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  2. Religion of Māori people - Wikipedia

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    Māori followed certain practices that relate to traditional concepts like tapu.Certain people and objects contain mana – spiritual power or essence. In earlier times, tribal members of a higher rank would not touch objects which belonged to members of a lower rank – to do so would constitute "pollution"; and persons of a lower rank could not touch the belongings of a highborn person ...

  3. Talk:Religion of Māori people - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Maori religion today (ie most Maori don't follow the old religion but many still pay attention to tapu and so forth) --Helenalex 05:14, 15 February 2007 (UTC) More information on why this: "Māori enthusiastically embraced Christianity and its concepts and adapted them to their culture" -happened would be good. :) 125.238.90.252 11: ...

  4. Māori culture - Wikipedia

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    Māori cultural history intertwines inextricably with the culture of Polynesia as a whole. The New Zealand archipelago forms the southwestern corner of the Polynesian Triangle, a major part of the Pacific Ocean with three island groups at its corners: the Hawaiian Islands, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), and New Zealand (Aotearoa in te reo Māori). [10]

  5. Spain captain apologizes after haka video is criticized by ...

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    Spain captain Ivana Andres has apologized to the Maori people of New Zealand for a video showing four members of her country's Women’s World Cup squad mocking the traditional haka which was ...

  6. Matuatonga - Wikipedia

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    Matuatonga is a Māori stone sculpture on Mokoia Island, Lake Rotorua, New Zealand, which is a mauri (relic) or whakapoko (guardian statue) and belongs to Ngāti Whakaue, Ngāti Rangiteaorere, and other tribes of Te Arawa. [1]

  7. Pai Mārire - Wikipedia

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    The religion gained widespread support among North Island Māori and became closely associated with the Māori King Movement, [citation needed] but also became the cause of deep concern among European settlers as it united tribes in opposition to the Pākehā [11] and helped to inspire fierce military resistance to colonial forces, particularly ...

  8. NZ's Maori to discuss govt plans to row back on pro ...

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    An influential New Zealand Maori leader will host on Saturday a meeting to discuss how to respond to government policies seen by many Indigenous groups as undermining their rights and status. The ...

  9. Māori people - Wikipedia

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    There were 887,493 people identifying as being part of the Māori ethnic group at the 2023 New Zealand census, making up 17.8% of New Zealand's population. [114] This is an increase of 111,657 people (14.4%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 288,891 people (48.3%) since the 2006 census.