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Māori traditionMāori mythology and Māori traditions are the two major categories into which the legends of the Māori of New Zealand may usefully be divided...
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Aotearoa (canoe) was one of the great
ocean-going, voyaging canoesVarious Māori traditions recount how their ancestors set out from their homeland in great ocean-going canoes . Some of these traditions name a mythical homeland called Hawaiki....
that was used in the migrations that settled
New ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
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