Indigenous Polynesian people of Aotearoa/New Zealand, descended from East Polynesian settlers who arrived in successive waka (canoe) migrations c. 1320-1350 CE; a living, continuous people encompassing dozens of iwi (tribal confederations) and hundreds of hapū (sub-tribes), from first settlement through European contact, colonisation, and into the present day.
A living people: tangata whenua of Aotearoa, nearly 900,000 strong in New Zealand today, with te reo Maori and iwi institutions recognized in law.
The atlas holds 3 border frames for Māori — the shape you scrub through changes in 1320 · 1360 · 1446.
Standard one-volume narrative history of New Zealand from Polynesian settlement to the present; the fullest accessible single-author account of Māori history across all eras.
Authoritative illustrated survey of Pacific seafaring and settlement, directly covering the Polynesian voyages that settled Aotearoa.
Widely cited Māori-authored history covering pre-contact society through to the modern era, from an indigenous perspective.
Major scholarly history spanning Polynesian settlement through the colonial 19th century; standard academic reference for this whole span.
Booker Prize-winning novel by a Māori (Kāi Tahu) author centred on Māori identity, myth, and whakapapa.
Landmark novel by a Māori (Ngāti Toa/Ngāti Raukawa) author about a coastal Māori community defending its land and traditions.