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Māori people
Indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand
This article is about the Māori people of New Zealand. For the Māori people of the Cook Islands, see Cook Islanders. For the Maohi people of the Society Islands, see Tahitians.
Not to be confused with Maouri people, Mauri, or Moriori.
Ethnic group
| New Zealand | 978,246 (2023 census)[1] |
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| Australia | 170,057 (2021 census)[2] |
| United Kingdom | approx. 8,000 (2000)[3] |
| United States | 3,500 (2000)[4] |
| Canada | 2,500 (2016)[5] |
| Other regions | approx. 8,000[3] |
| Māori, English | |
| Mainly Christian or irreligious Rātana Māori religions | |
| Other Polynesian peoples; especially Native Hawaiians, Cook Island Māori, Moriori, Tahitians | |
Māori (Māori:[ˈmaːɔɾi]ⓘ)[i] are the indigenousPolynesian people of mainland New Zealand. Māori originated with settlers from East Polynesia, who arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages between roughly 1320 and 1350.[13] Over several centuries in isolation, these settlers developed a distinct culture, whose language, mythology, crafts, and performing arts evolved independently from those of other eastern Polynesian cultures. Some early Māori moved to the Chatham Islands
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Michael Meredith
Science Commander IMP 2
Biography
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Martyn Bennett: Piping Today July/August 2012
Let’s be clear. Martyn Bennett was an outstanding piper. Indeed, such an outstanding piper that when the histories of piping in the late 20th century are written, he will stand shoulder to shoulder with the very best and be in the very rarefied company of Duncan, Morrison, Mathieson et al whose playing revolutionised the music of the bagpipe.
Yet Martyn did not have a string of gold medals from the big meetings to hang on his wall or a stack of World Championship trophies from the pipe band scene clogging up his sideboard. No. Martyn was the dreadlocked scruff who wandered on to the stage in Doc Martens and combats (or jeans so shredded they looked like they had been put on by Edward Scissorhands) and then launched into tunes where rhythms and melody wove in and out of each other like the threads in a length of Harris tweed.
At the big setpiece piping concert (Celtic Connections etc.), his playing frequently challenged those hidebound by their narrow view of the way piping ‘should be’, yet even they were frequently won over by his fervent passion and enthusiasm, not to mention his superb technique and musicality. (Even those not moved by the music would admit - ‘the boy can play’).
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