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    indigenous people of New Zealand. Traditional Māori religion, that is, the pre-European belief-system of the Māori, differed little from that of their tropical...
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    "Māori Religion" and "Māori Christian" with "Māori Religions, Beliefs and Philosophies". Includes Jedi, Pastafarianism, Atheism, Agnosticism, religion...
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    Māori (Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ) are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa). Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia,...
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    Vainakh religion (Nakhs of the Caucasus) Indigenous Australian Māori religion (Māori people) Modekngei (Palauan people) Fijian ancient religion Kanak traditional...
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    of Māori composers Māori music Māori people Māori language Māori mythology Māori poetry Māori traditional textiles Māori religion New Zealand Māori actors...
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  • Pai Mārire (category Māori religion)
    The Pai Mārire movement (commonly known as Hauhau) was a syncretic Māori religion founded in Taranaki by the prophet Te Ua Haumēne. It flourished in the...
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    Māori mythology and Māori traditions are two major categories into which the remote oral history of New Zealand's Māori may be divided. Māori myths concern...
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  • Rātana (category Māori religion)
    Rātana (Māori: Te Haahi Rātana) is a Māori Christian church and movement, headquartered at Rātana Pā near Whanganui, New Zealand. The Rātana movement began...
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  • Māori Muslims are a small minority community in New Zealand. Islam was estimated to be the fastest growing religion among the Māori, however recently...
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  • Tohunga (redirect from Māori healers)
    In the culture of the Māori of New Zealand, a tohunga (tōhuka in Southern Māori dialect) is an expert practitioner of any skill or art, either religious...
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    Māori (Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ), or te reo Māori ('the Māori language'), commonly shortened to te reo, is an Eastern Polynesian language and the language of...
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    Māori Australians (Māori: ngā tangata Māori i Ahitereiria) are Australians of Māori heritage. The Māori presence in Australia dates back to the 19th century...
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  • Tapu (Polynesian culture) (category Māori religion)
    Tonga in 1777. The concept exists in many societies, including traditional Māori, Samoan, Kiribati, Rapanui, Tahitian, Hawaiian, and Tongan cultures, in...
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    are of Māori descent. The Māori electorates were introduced in 1867 under the Maori Representation Act. They were created in order to give Māori a more...
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  • Māori Americans are Americans of Māori descent, an ethnic group from New Zealand. Some Māori are Mormons and are drawn to Mormon regions of Hawaii and...
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  • Karakia (category Māori culture)
    which was lifted when George Gage (Hori Keeti) performed karakia. In Māori religion, karakia are used to ritually cleanse the homes of the deceased after...
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    Culture of New Zealand (category Articles containing Māori-language text)
    Māori culture continues to be an essential part of the national identity, with ongoing efforts to recognise and honour the Māori language and Māori traditions...
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    fat—particularly muttonbirds. Māori were one of the few people to have no form of alcoholic beverage. In traditional Māori religion food was noa, or non-sacred...
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    Rāhui (category Māori religion)
    "Buttle family supports the rahui on Whakaari-White Island". Te Ao Māori News. Māori Television. Retrieved 10 December 2019. "The tragedy of the National...
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  • Killing of Janet Moses (category Māori religion)
    Unprecedented media attention was paid to mākutu, mākutu lifting and Māori religion. Mākutu is a Māori language word which can be either a noun or a verb depending...
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  • known in Latin as Mauri Mauri (life force), a concept in traditional Māori religion Mauri, Estonia, village in Misso Parish, Võru County Mauri River, in...
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  • Kaitiakitanga (category Māori religion)
    Management Hima (environmental protection) Māori influence on New Zealand English Māori language Māori religion Stewardship (theology) Traditional Ecological...
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    Kereopa Te Rau (category New Zealand Māori religious leaders)
    Te Rau (? – 5 January 1872) was a leader of Pai Mārire (Hauhau), a Māori religion. He played a key role in the Volkner Incident and was subsequently hanged...
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  • Tikanga is a Māori concept incorporating practices and values from mātauranga Māori, Māori knowledge. Tikanga is translated into the English language...
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    New Zealand Wars (redirect from Māori Wars)
    allied Māori on one side, and Māori and Māori-allied settlers on the other. They were previously commonly referred to as the Land Wars or the Māori Wars...
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    Religion is a range of social-cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies...
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  • Auahitūroa (category Māori gods)
    Māori deity, personification of comets, and the origin of fire. His consort is Mahuika, the goddess of fire. Māori mythology E. Best, Māori Religion and...
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  • Rarohenga (category Māori underworld)
    traverse both realms”. Māori Culture Māori Mythology Māori Religion List of Māori Deities Best, Elsdon (1929). Māori Religion and Mythology: Being an...
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  • Ringatū (category Māori religion)
    strained relations with the Māori King Movement. The King could not forget that Te Kooti had earlier challenged his leadership of Māori living in King Country...
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