Tulun Maori nopo nga sumuku do iso bansa Polisenia id New Zealand i momogompi koubasanan om boros diolo sondii. Id boros Maori, istila Maori nopo nga kirati toomod toi poinsandad. Id susuyan koubasanan wara mogiigion hilo, istila Maori nogi nga sumuku kumaa sunduan 'wairua'. Osomok pionitan do Maori om bansa Polinesia, Maouli id pulou Hawai, Maoli id Pulou Cook i mongowit korotian di miagal. Id boros Inggeris, Maori nopo nga kirati do sandad toi ladsong. Ontok di toun 1947, pinoturidong o pogun New Zealand do Jabatan Hal Ehwal tulun Maori. Soira roiton o Maori id New Zealand, sumuku iti lobi koahal katanaan i noiktiraf do perlembagaan pogun New Zealand i nasanganu do tulun Maori. Mogirarait o mogiigion diti miampai istila tangata whenua "tulun benua".[6]

Māori
Hinepare mantad Ngāti Kahungunu, c1890
Total population
kiikiro. 660,000
Regions with significant populations
 New Zealand565,329 (etnik)
643,977 (keturunan)[1]
 Australia72,956 (keturunan)[2]
 United Kingdomkira-kira. 8,000[3]
Templat:Country data Amerika Syarikatkira-kira. 3,500[4]
Templat:Country data Kanada1,305[5]
Wilayah lainkira-kira. 8,000[3]
Boros
Bahasa Māori, Bahasa Inggeris
Ugama
Agama Māori, Kristian
Related ethnic groups
lain-lain orang Polinesia,
Orang Austronesia
 
Susumayau Mouri papaharo kosolimbahan id hotel id Ipoh, Perak

Pogulu toun 1974, kopotontuan sosongulun di sabaagi bansa Maori nopo nga potontuon poingimpou kookunan no toomod. Katapi, alapas ogumu mogiigion New Zealand di orohian do kogingohon sabaagi tulun Maori, winonsoi di o Akta Hal Ehwal Maori 1974. Baino, posuangon o sosongulun sabaagi bansa Maori soira tumanud koubasanan Maori om kiharo pionitan raha miampai komolohingan Maori. Ahal diti nokopoimbulai do kontroversi mantad mogisusuai aspek. sabaagi poomitanan, kes di nokopohompit di Christian Cullen ontok di toun 2003. Winonsoi o Tribunal Waitangi montok mogiboboros hal ehwal Maori. Ontok timpu baino, tulun ginumuan Maori id New Zealand okon nodi ko tulun Maori di pointopot. Ahal diti nopo nga pinoimbulai di Don Brash mantad Parti Kabansaan.

Tribunal Waitangi diwujudkan bagi membicarakan hal ehwal Maori. Sebenarnya ramai orang Maori di New Zealand kini bukanlah orang Maori yang sebenar. Perkara ini telah dibangkitkan oleh Don Brash dari Parti Kebangsaan.

Asil ponoriukan di Sutton 1994 poingimpou hinta arkeologi om linguistik pinopokito do kinoundolihon tulun Maori nopo nga mantad sakag Polinesi i poingion id kepulauan Hawai om suai - suai ontok di 800 gisom 1300. Koubasanan tulun Maori osomok kopiagal do tulun Polinesia id piipiro kinoyonon suai.

  1. Statistik New Zealand (2007). 2006 Census Data: QuickStats About Māori (disemak)
  2. Table 2.1, p 12, in Australian Bureau of Statistics (2004). Templat:PDFlink. Canberra: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Catalogue Number 2054.0.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Walrond, Carl (2005). Māori overseas - England, the United States and elsewhere, Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
  4. New Zealand-born figures from the 2000 U.S. Census; sum of "Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander" and people of mixed race. United States Census Bureau (2003). Templat:PDFlink. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Census Bureau.
  5. Statistics Canada (2003). Ethnic Origin (232), Sex (3) and Single and Multiple Responses (3) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data. Ottawa: Statistics Canada, Cat. No. 97F0010XCB2001001.
  6. Rawiri Taonui (5 Mei 2011). 'Ngā tuakiri hōu – new Māori identities'. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, diakses 16 September 2023.