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Maori haka

January 12 , 2024 317 days 1059 0
  • New Zealand’s youngest MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi Clarke delivered a captivating maiden speech.
  • She has delivered her first speech performing the ‘Maori haka’ to honor her indigenous roots.
  • The 21-year-old member of the Maori community, Hana-Rawhiti Maipi Clarke, made history as the youngest MP in 170 years.
  • Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand, originating with settlers from East Polynesia.
  • They arrived in New Zealand in several waves of canoe voyages between 1320 and 1350.
  • They are the second-largest ethnic group in New Zealand after the European New Zealanders.
  • The Maori language is spoken to some extent by about a fifth of all Maori representing three percent of the total population.
  • The traditional Maori performance of haka is a source of absolute pride for all New Zealanders.

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