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'''Māori''' are the native people of [[New Zealand]].They descended from an early [[Polynesia]]n race.  According to legend, they came from the island of Hawaiki. The exact date of their arrival to New Zealand is unclear but it is estimated they arrived between 700-1000AD<ref>Mike King, ''A history of New Zealand''</ref>.  Representatives of the Māori gave up governorship of New Zealand by signing the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.  There was however controversy as to the nature of the rights they were giving up over New Zealand.  The English and the Māori versions of the treaty differed on this point.  The Māori version stated that the Maori would give ''kāwanatanga'' (literally "governance") whereas in the English version, sovereignty was ceded.  This mistranslation has had ramifications for the Māori, as did wholesale confiscation of Māori land by the Crown in the decades following the treaty.  This confiscation of lands provoked the "Māori Land Wars"  in the 1860's and 1870's. The controversy around the Treaty of Waitangi continues to this day.

'''Māori''' are the native people of [[New Zealand]].They descended from an early [[Polynesia]]n race.  According to legend, they came from the island of Hawaiki. The exact date of their arrival to New Zealand is unclear but it is estimated they arrived between 700-1000AD<ref>Mike King, ''A history of New Zealand''</ref>.  Representatives of the Māori gave up governorship of New Zealand by signing the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840.  There was however controversy as to the nature of the rights they were giving up over New Zealand.  The English and the Māori versions of the treaty differed on this point.  The Māori version stated that the Maori would give ''kāwanatanga'' (literally "governance") whereas in the English version, sovereignty was ceded.  This mistranslation has had ramifications for the Māori, as did wholesale confiscation of Māori land by the Crown in the decades following the treaty.  This confiscation of lands provoked the "Māori Land Wars"  in the 1860's and 1870's. The controversy around the Treaty of Waitangi continues to this day.