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Maori haka
January 12 , 2024
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- 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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