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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 &#x22;tribes&#x22;) that acted as independent political units occupying discrete territories.

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Author	Title	Publication Date
Best, Elsdon	The Maori	1924
Best, Elsdon	The Maori	1924
Buck, Peter Henry	The coming of the Maori	1952
Firth, Raymond	Economics of the New Zealand Maori	1959
Hanson, F. Allan	The making of the Maori	1989
Hawthorn, Harry Bertram	The Maori	1944
Latham, Christopher	Culture summary	2009
Meijl, Toon van	Conflicts of redistribution in contemporary Maori society	2003
Meijl, Toon van	References	2003
Metge, Joan	New growth from old	1995
Sullivan, Ann	Effecting change through electoral politics	2003

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