The Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand, an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean off the coast of Australia. While some Maori continue traditional cultural practices like the ceremonial Haka war dance and moko facial tattoos, others have adopted non-traditional modern lifestyles, and many Maori struggle with issues like poverty and substance abuse that afflict other conquered indigenous groups.

1. The Maori Contemporary Traditional Maori Culture, part 1 "Who are the Maori?" By Zhi, Huang, 1-12-12 Per , 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 culture is the Haka war dance. The dance however is now performed for ceremonial purposes, not war

6. Another tradition of the Mario is Ta moko: tattooing or painting the face and body with dark arching patterns

7. Traditional Maori culture is truly there cool tattoos and there awesome dancing.

8. Sadly, like other conquered indigenous people, many maori struggle with poverty, alcoholism and dung abuse.