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The name Maori  means natural, normal or ordinary. In oral traditions and other and legends, the word distinguished ordinary mortal human beings from [|deities]  and spirits.  Visitors that came early from Europe to New Zealand called the Maori people for New Zealanders or natives, but Maori people define themselves with tribes with name (tribe), hapu (sub-tribe), maunga (it’s a mountain) and awa (name for a river). The Maori people are taking their noses at each other instead of a kiss on the cheek when they are meeting.
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