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    • Oil on canvas 1885 painting 'Early Maori orators' by Sam Stuart.
    Rights: Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki, Reference: 1923/3, Oil on canvas by Sam Stuart Published 18 August 2014 Size: 300 KB Referencing Hub media

    Early Māori had a culture based on oral lore. Māori knowledge was passed on in this way from one generation to the next.

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      Mātauranga Māori and science

      Mātauranga Māori is a modern term for the combined knowledge of Polynesian ancestors and the experiences of Māori living in the environment of Aotearoa. The term takes many forms, such as ...

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