Maori (disambiguation)
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Māori or Maori can mean:
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- Māori people of New Zealand, or members of that group
- Māori languageMaori languageMāori or te reo Māori , commonly te reo , is the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the Māori. It has the status of an official language in New Zealand...
which they speak - Māori cultureMaori cultureMāori culture is the culture of the Māori of New Zealand, an Eastern Polynesian people, and forms a distinctive part of New Zealand culture. Within the Māori community, and to a lesser extent throughout New Zealand as a whole, the word Māoritanga is often used as an approximate synonym for Māori...
of the Māori of New Zealand - Cook IslandersCook IslandersCook Islanders or Cook Islands Māori are residents of the Cook Islands, which is composed of 15 islands and atolls in Polynesia in the Pacific Ocean.- Citizenship and nationality :...
(the Cook Islands Māori) - Cook Islands MāoriCook Islands MaoriThe Cook Islands Māori language, also called Māori Kūki 'Āirani or Rarotongan, is the official language of the Cook Islands. Most Cook Islanders also call it Te reo Ipukarea, literally "the language of the Ancestral Homeland"....
language which they speak
Ships:
- HMS MaoriHMS MaoriThere have been two Royal Navy ships called HMS Maori after the indigenous people of New Zealand:*Maori, a Tribal-class destroyer sunk in 1915.*Maori, a later Tribal-class destroyer launched 1936 and sunk 1942....
, either of two Royal Navy ships - SS MaoriSS MaoriSS Maori was a steamship of the Shaw Savill Line wrecked on the west coast of the Cape Peninsula near Cape Town in a storm on 5 August 1909 with the loss of 32 lives.She went aground a few kilometres south of the suburb of Llandudno...
, a steamship of the Shaw Savill Line, Cape Peninsula near Cape Town, wrecked in a storm in 1909
Sports teams
- New Zealand Māori cricket teamNew Zealand Maori cricket teamThe New Zealand Māori cricket team is a team that represented the Māori community of New Zealand in the 2001 Pacifica Cup cricket tournament. Whilst their rugby union and rugby league counterparts play often, this is the only appearance to date of the cricket team.-2001 Pacifica Cup:The New Zealand...
- New Zealand Māori rugby league teamNew Zealand Maori rugby league team-See also:* New Zealand national rugby league team* New Zealand Māori rugby union team* New Zealand Māori cricket team-External links:* Google Books...
- New Zealand Māori rugby union teamNew Zealand Maori rugby union teamNew Zealand Māori is a rugby union team that traditionally plays teams touring New Zealand. A prerequisite for playing in this team is that the player is to have Māori whakapapa or genealogy. In the past this rule was not strictly applied. In the past non-Māori players who looked Māori were often...