Facts+maori

In this wiki you are going to know more about the Maoris. The Maori is an indigenous population in New Zealand and they are Polynesian. Indigenous people are a group of people that inhabit a geographic region, which they had earlier known historical connection. They compromise 14 percent of the population in New Zealand. In 1800 the population dropped down to 100 000 and now the population is 600 000 and they live all over the country, but mostly north, where the climate is warm. There are over 95 % of the Maori that live on New Zealand's North Island. New Zealand became officially a colony of Britain in 1841 and were south-east Asia.



The Maori legend says that; Maori came from “Hawaiki”. A long time ago the Maori has arrives the Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Aotearoa means New Zealand in the Maori language. It means “Land of the long white cloud”. A long time ago New Zealand was colder and it had many volcanoes and mountains that were covered of snow. The Maori occupied the bay of Island in 10th century.

The flag was designed by Hiraina Marsden, Jan Smith and Linda Munn in 1990. It is called the Tino Rangitiratanga flag and it is very familiar flag in New Zealand. It was a contest to design the Maori flag, and this was the winning design, but it is also a symbol for Maori. The many Maori flag and all of them have black, red and white in it, like this.

Each colour symbolises something; the black colour symbolises the long darkness that the earth emerged. The red colour symbolises // Papatuanuku, earth mother and all the living things on earth. The white colour symbolises the good world, the purity, harmony, enlightenment and balance.

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