Maori had no formal name for themselves when contact was first made with non-Maori people (Europeans) so they called themselves ‘Maori ‘, meaning ‘normal’ or ‘natural’.
Maori had no formal name for themselves when contact was first made with non-Maori people (Europeans) so they called themselves ‘Maori ‘, meaning ‘normal’ or ‘natural’.
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