The Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand, having arrived by canoe between 1280-1500 CE. They developed a unique culture with their own language, mythology, and performing arts. Maori society was traditionally stratified into classes like chiefs and commoners. While Maori populations declined due to European contact, they have worked to preserve their culture and language.

1. History of New Zealand
Elisa Litvinov, Johanna Maria Randma

2. Maori
● Polynesian sailors arrived in New Zealand.
● The Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people of
New Zealand.
● The Polynesian creators developed unique culture
that became known as the “Maori”.
● It has their own language, a rich mythology and
performing arts.

3. Culture
● Maori brought
Polynesian cultural
customs and beliefs
● Many Maori stories
talked about Pacific
ocean.
● Kapa Haka is a
traditional Maori
performance art.

4. History
● The earliest period of Maoris knows as the
“Archaic” period.(1280-1500)
● The coolest period is called “Classic”
period.(1500-1642)
● Early european contact(1642-1840)

5. Language
● They has their own language.
● From about 1890, maori people realized that
English is important.
● They insisted that their children have to learn
English.
● They used numbers, like the people from the post-war
years.

6. Population
● In 1796 there were 100 000 Maori.
● In 1896 there were only 42 113 people.
● Right now there are 598 605 people.

7. Society
● Most Maoris lived in villages.
● Maori society across New Zealand was stratified
into three classes of people: rangatira, chiefs and
ruling families.
● They can be in relationships between different
classes.

9. Special events in New Zealand
● 1200-1300 – ancestors of the Maori arrive by canoe
from other parts of Polynesia
● 1815 – first british missionaires arrive
● 1893 – New Zealand becomes world's first country
to give women the vote
● 1888 – Reefton becomes the first town to have
electricity by Walter Prince
● 1947 – New Zealand gains full independence from
Britain

10. Special events in New Zealand
● Abel Tasman, Dutch explorer, was the first one
who sighted New Zealand(1642, 13 december)
● Tasman left without going ashore
● James Cook, British explorer, visites New Zealand
(1769, 6 october)
● Cook drew a map about New Zealand and wrote
about Maori people

11. References
● Http://history-nz.org/timeline.html
● http://popekfamily.com/maori/maori.html
● http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Māori_people
● Http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/european-discovery-of-
new-zealand
● http://www.adventureswithfamily.com/travel/my-trips/
new-zealand-south/maori/