Maori
noun
Mao·ri
ˈmau̇(-ə)r-ē 
plural Maori or Maoris
1
: a member of a Polynesian people native to New Zealand
2
: the Polynesian language of the Maori people
Examples of Maori in a Sentence
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In Australia and New Zealand, options include kayaking in the Whitsunday Islands, a vintage steam train ride near Melbourne, and a Maori cultural experience.
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David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024
Bennett’s thriller dives deep into Maori culture and gives voice to its complex characters.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
No Maori Allowed, directed by Corinna Hunziger was named the winner of the Pasifika Award and recipient of a $5,000 cash prize at the Hawaii International Film Festival.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 26 Oct. 2023
Canada has recognized First Nations treaty rights in its Constitution, and New Zealand signed a treaty with the Maori in the late 1800s.
—Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
Caught up in grief, and pulled by a dark attraction to her late-sister’s fiancé, Mia soon uncovers the wider tensions and mysterious forces cleaving apart a rugged mountain community, setting environmentalists and Maori farmers against one another.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 9 Oct. 2023
These findings are based on a careful study of the oral histories of the Maori and other related cultures, which describe encounters with a land to the south that probably was Antarctica.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
But since the release of the Kiwi Encounter video, New Zealanders, including Paora Haitana, the bird’s namesake and an environmentalist and Maori leader who was part of that visiting group, have questioned whether it is being appropriately cared for in its Florida home.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 24 May 2023
The next year, the Natural History Museum conducted its first international repatriation of human remains, returning the remains of 54 Indigenous people, including the heads of four Maori people, to New Zealand.
—Claire Healy, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
David Swanson, Travel + Leisure, 27 May 2024
Bennett’s thriller dives deep into Maori culture and gives voice to its complex characters.
—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024
No Maori Allowed, directed by Corinna Hunziger was named the winner of the Pasifika Award and recipient of a $5,000 cash prize at the Hawaii International Film Festival.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 26 Oct. 2023
Canada has recognized First Nations treaty rights in its Constitution, and New Zealand signed a treaty with the Maori in the late 1800s.
—Yan Zhuang, New York Times, 21 Oct. 2023
Caught up in grief, and pulled by a dark attraction to her late-sister’s fiancé, Mia soon uncovers the wider tensions and mysterious forces cleaving apart a rugged mountain community, setting environmentalists and Maori farmers against one another.
—Ben Croll, Variety, 9 Oct. 2023
These findings are based on a careful study of the oral histories of the Maori and other related cultures, which describe encounters with a land to the south that probably was Antarctica.
—Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 27 Sep. 2023
But since the release of the Kiwi Encounter video, New Zealanders, including Paora Haitana, the bird’s namesake and an environmentalist and Maori leader who was part of that visiting group, have questioned whether it is being appropriately cared for in its Florida home.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 24 May 2023
The next year, the Natural History Museum conducted its first international repatriation of human remains, returning the remains of 54 Indigenous people, including the heads of four Maori people, to New Zealand.
—Claire Healy, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
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Maori
noun
Mao·ri
ˈmau̇(ə)r-ē
plural Maori or Maoris
1
: a member of an Indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand
2
: the language of the Maori
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