The Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand, living on the large island off the southeast coast of Australia. While some Maori continue traditional cultural practices like the haka war dance, now performed ceremonially rather than for war, and moko facial tattoos, others have adopted modern, non-traditional lifestyles. However, like other conquered indigenous groups, many Maori still struggle with issues such as poverty, alcoholism, and drug abuse.

1. Contemporary Traditional Maori Culture,part 1 Who are the Maori? By Luis Perez,1/12/12 period.4,Culture and Geography Source: Mr. Ruben Meza , 2012

2. The Maori are an indigenous culture of New Zealand .

3. New Zealand is a large island in 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 cultures is the haka war dance.The dance how ever is now preformed for ceremonial purpose,not war.

6. Another tradition of the Maori is Ta moko: tattoo or painting the face body with dark arching patterns.

7. traditional Maori culture is truly a nice cultural that have awesome tattoos and dances.

8. Sadly,like other conquered indigenous peoples, many Maori stuggle with poverty, alcoholism and drug abuse.