Essay about NewZealand and Australia
became slaves or food. Regardless of that they are historically not to be considered as
cannibals. There was only one tribe that were, other tribes just kept the heads of their
defeated to secure their mana or enemy's power.
The Maori had a complex social structure of tribes, sub-tribes and clans and a concrete
society made up of nobility, priestly and slave classes. The Maori believed in deities and
personifications, such as Tane-mahuta, the lord of the forest, Tawhirimatea and
Tangaroa, the Polynesian ocean god. Their villages were fortified with an open space in
the centre were the whare hui or the meeting house was located.
Maori history has never been written down, instead it was preserved in songs and chants,
some of which like war chant or haka and challenge or wero, are still used today.
The first European explorers arrived to New Zealand in the mid 1600s but in general it is
said that Aotearoa was discovered by Captain James Cook. He arrived there in 1769 and
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