Maori

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The Maori are the indigenous inhabitants of New Zealand. Culturally they are Polynesian, most closely related to eastern Polynesians. By the late twentieth century the Maori have become overwhelmingly urbanized. Traditional subsistence depended on fishing, gathering, and the cultivation of sweet potatoes, taro, yams, and gourds. The largest kin groups in Maori society were the bilateral kin groups (so-called "tribes") that acted as independent political units occupying discrete territories.

Identifier

Region

• Oceania

Subregion

• Polynesia

Subsistence Type

• primarily hunter-gatherers

Samples

• EA
• SCCS

Countries

• New Zealand

External Links

• Māori (Ethnographic Atlas) D-PLACE
• Māori (Standard Cross-Cultural Sample) D-PLACE