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Māori religion encompasses the various religious beliefs and practices of the Māori, the Polynesian indigenous people of New Zealand. Traditional Māori...

Congregational and Reformed'. Before European colonisation the religion of the indigenous Māori population was polytheistic and animistic. Efforts of Christian...

Māori (Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ) are the indigenous Polynesian people of mainland New Zealand (Aotearoa). Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia,...

Vainakh religion (Nakhs of the Caucasus) Indigenous Australian Māori religion (Māori people) Modekngei (Palauan people) Fijian ancient religion Kanak traditional...

The Pai Mārire movement (commonly known as Hauhau) was a syncretic Māori religion founded in Taranaki by the prophet Te Ua Haumēne. It flourished in the...

Māori mythology and Māori traditions are two major categories into which the remote oral history of New Zealand's Māori may be divided. Māori myths concern...

of Māori composers Māori music Māori people Māori language Māori mythology Māori poetry Māori traditional textiles Māori religion New Zealand Māori actors...

of God, while others were pleased at his renouncement of traditional Māori religion and tohunga. Ratana and his followers were interested in a political...

Māori Muslims are a small minority community in New Zealand. Islam was estimated to be the fastest growing religion among the Māori, however recently...

In the culture of the Māori of New Zealand, a tohunga (tōhuka in Southern Māori dialect) is an expert practitioner of any skill or art, either religious...

The concept exists in many Polynesian societies, including traditional Māori, Samoan, Kiribati, Rapanui, Tahitian, Hawaiian, and Tongan cultures, in...

Māori Australians (Māori: ngā tangata Māori i Ahitereiria) are Australians of Māori heritage. The Māori presence in Australia dates back to the 19th century...

of fire. Together they have five sons, the Ngā Mānawa. Māori mythology E. Best, Māori Religion and Mythology, Part 2. Dominion Museum Bulletin No.11....

Māori (Māori: [ˈmaːɔɾi] ), or te reo Māori ('the Māori language'), commonly shortened to te reo, is an Eastern Polynesian language and the language of...

Polynesian narrative Cook Islands narrative Hawaiian religion Mangarevan narrative Māori religion Niuean narrative Rapa Nui narrative Samoan narrative...

Unprecedented media attention was paid to mākutu, mākutu lifting and Māori religion. Mākutu is a Māori language word which can be either a noun or a verb depending...

In New Zealand politics, Māori electorates, colloquially known as the Māori seats (Māori: Ngā tūru Māori), are a special category of electorate that give...

which was lifted when George Gage (Hori Keeti) performed karakia. In Māori religion, karakia are used to ritually cleanse the homes of the deceased after...

Mafuike, Mahui'e or Mahuike. How Māui Found the Secret of Fire E. Best, Maori Religion and Mythology, Part 2 (Dominion Museum Bulletin No.11. Museum of New...

fat—particularly muttonbirds. Māori were one of the few people to have no form of alcoholic beverage. In traditional Māori religion food was noa, or non-sacred...