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MAORI Maori are the host people of Aotearoa - New Zealand (land of the white cloud). Maori actually means natural, normal or local. The Maori call themselves Tangata Whenua, meaning people of the land. According to the 1996 census, Maori population is well over 500,000, which is around 15 percent of the population of New Zealand. More than 95 percent of Maori live on the North Island. Maori language is still an endangered language. English is taught in schools as primary language (compulsory subject). Many Maori today are fighting to have the Maori language taught as a compulsory subject thus ensuring its survival. In most Maori communities men hunted and ploughed, while women weeded, wove, and cooked. Art was and is very important

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