1. Contemporary traditional maori culture, Part 1 "who are the maori" By jiawen xu, 1/12/12. per4,culture and geography Mr.Ruben meza,2012

2. The maori are an indigenous culture of new zealand

3. new zealand is a lage island in off the south pacific ocean off the south east coast of australia

4. some contemporary maori are traditional, some live non-traditional,modern lives

5. one tradition of the Maori culture is the haka war dance

6. another tradition of the maori ia Ta mako: tattooing or painting the face and body with dark arching patterns

7. traditional maori culture is truly

8. many struggle with poverty,alcoholism and drug abuse