Māori

E7889

Indigenous people Polynesian people ethnic group

Māori are the Indigenous Polynesian people of Aotearoa New Zealand, known for their rich cultural traditions, language (te reo Māori), and significant influence on the nation’s identity.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Maori	5
Maori language	3
Māori language	3
Maori language group	1
Māori iwi	1
Māori people	1
tangata whenua	1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indigenous people ⓘ Polynesian people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
artForm	Māori carving ⓘ Māori performing arts ⓘ Māori tā moko ⓘ Māori weaving ⓘ
autonym	Māori self-link ⓘ
continent	Oceania ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
culturalConcept	kaitiakitanga ⓘ mana ⓘ rangatiratanga ⓘ tapu ⓘ whakapapa ⓘ whanaungatanga ⓘ
culturalPractice	haka ⓘ kapa haka ⓘ moko (tattooing) ⓘ raranga (weaving) ⓘ waiata ⓘ whakairo (carving) ⓘ wānanga (traditional learning) ⓘ
demographicStatusInNewZealand	largest non-European ethnic minority in New Zealand ⓘ
educationInstitutionType	kura kaupapa Māori ⓘ wānanga (tertiary institutions) ⓘ
ethnicityOf	New Zealand ⓘ surface form: Aotearoa New Zealand
hasCollectiveName	iwi Māori ⓘ Māori self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: tangata whenua
hasPoliticalMovement	Māori sovereignty movement ⓘ
hasPoliticalParty	Māori Party ⓘ
hasRepresentativeBody	Māori Council ⓘ Māori sovereignty movement ⓘ surface form: Māori King Movement (Kīngitanga) iwi authorities ⓘ
influences	New Zealand arts and culture ⓘ New Zealand national identity ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ surface form: New Zealand place names
language	te reo Māori ⓘ
languageFamily	Austronesian languages ⓘ Eastern Polynesian languages ⓘ Polynesian languages ⓘ
legalDocumentRelatedToRights	Treaty of Waitangi ⓘ
migrationTradition	Hawaiki ⓘ
modernReligions	Christianity ⓘ
officialLanguageStatus	te reo Māori is an official language of New Zealand ⓘ
originRegion	Polynesia ⓘ surface form: Central Eastern Polynesia
populationGroupOf	New Zealand population ⓘ
primaryLocation	New Zealand ⓘ North Island ⓘ surface form: North Island of New Zealand
recognizedAsIndigenousPeopleBy	New Zealand government ⓘ
socialStructure	hapū ⓘ iwi ⓘ whānau ⓘ
sportingAssociation	New Zealand national rugby union team haka ⓘ
traditionalBuilding	wharekai ⓘ wharenui ⓘ
traditionalFoodPractice	hāngī ⓘ
traditionalMeetingPlace	marae ⓘ
traditionalNavigation	waka (canoes) ⓘ
traditionalReligion	Māori religion ⓘ Polynesian mythology ⓘ

Referenced by (53)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Treaty of Waitangi Act 1975 → appliesTo → Māori ⓘ

Māori Council → appliesToEthnicGroup → Māori ⓘ

this entity surface form: Māori people

Māori → autonym → Māori self-link ⓘ

Google Translate → availableLanguage → Māori ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maori

Hauraki Gulf → culturalSignificanceFor → Māori ⓘ

Mount Tongariro → culturalSignificanceTo → Māori ⓘ

Whanganui River → culturallySignificantFor → Māori ⓘ

Ka Mate → culture → Māori ⓘ

Chatham Islands → ethnicGroup → Māori ⓘ

New Zealand → ethnicGroup → Māori ⓘ

Waikato Region → ethnicGroup → Māori ⓘ

Waitangi Tribunal → handlesClaimsFrom → Māori ⓘ

Māori → hasCollectiveName → Māori self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: tangata whenua

Tongariro National Park → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Māori ⓘ

New Zealand government → hasDistinctiveFrameworkWith → Māori ⓘ

North Island → hasEthnicGroup → Māori ⓘ

Rotorua → hasEthnicGroup → Māori ⓘ

Bay of Plenty → hasIndigenousPeople → Māori ⓘ

Oceania → hasMajorEthnicGroup → Māori ⓘ

Polynesian languages → hasMajorLanguage → Māori ⓘ

this entity surface form: Māori language

Central Pacific languages → hasNotableLanguage → Māori ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maori language

North Island → hasOfficialLanguage → Māori ⓘ

Oceania → hasOfficialLanguage → Māori ⓘ

Austronesian languages → hasSubfamily → Māori ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maori language group

Polynesians → hasSubgroup → Māori ⓘ

Central–Eastern Oceanic languages → includesLanguage → Māori ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maori language

Malayo-Polynesian languages → includesLanguage → Māori ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maori language

Cook Strait → indigenousNameLanguage → Māori ⓘ

New Zealand → indigenousPeople → Māori ⓘ

New Zealand English → influencedBy → Māori ⓘ

this entity surface form: Māori language

Proto-Austronesian → isAncestorOf → Māori ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maori

New Zealand Sign Language → isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith → Māori ⓘ

this entity surface form: Māori language

Mount Taranaki → isSacredTo → Māori ⓘ

Treaties of New Zealand → keyParties → Māori ⓘ

this entity surface form: Māori iwi

God Defend New Zealand → language → Māori ⓘ

Governor-General of New Zealand → language → Māori ⓘ

New Zealand Executive Council → language → Māori ⓘ

New Zealand Labour Party → language → Māori ⓘ

New Zealand census → language → Māori ⓘ

Prime Minister of New Zealand → languageOfNativeLabel → Māori ⓘ

Manapouri Lake → languageOfToponym → Māori ⓘ

Palmerston North → languageOfficial → Māori ⓘ

Edward Williams → languageSpoken → Māori ⓘ

Waitangi Day → observedBy → Māori ⓘ

Auckland → officialLanguage → Māori ⓘ

Whanganui → officialLanguage → Māori ⓘ

New Zealand Sign Language → officialLanguageAlongside → Māori ⓘ

New Zealand government → recognizesIndigenousPeople → Māori ⓘ

Native Hawaiians → relatedEthnicGroup → Māori ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maori

Tongans → relatedEthnicGroup → Māori ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maori