Author(s): Don Stafford

Te Ao Māori

A thousand years ago, the Polynesian ancestors of the Maori travelled to Aotearoa in giant sea-going canoes. Here they developed a rich and complex culture, with an artistic output unparalleled in the Pacific. In this easily understood introduction to all 'things Maori', their vast migrations, their arrival in this country and their development here in both pre- and post-European times.