Māori

indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand
Intangible indigenous_people Q6122670
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Summary

Māori is an indigenous people[1]. Māori ranks in the top 6% of indigenous_people entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,304 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Māori was Māori's native language[3].
  • English was Māori's native language[4].
  • Māori's religion is recorded as Christianity[5].
  • Māori's religion is recorded as Rātana[6].
  • Māori's religion is recorded as Ringatū[7].
  • Māori's religion is recorded as Islam[8].
  • Māori's religion is recorded as Mātauranga Māori[9].
  • Māori is in the country of New Zealand[10].
  • Māori's instance of is recorded as indigenous people[11].
  • Māori's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[12].
  • Māori's flag is recorded as Tino Rangatiratanga flag[13].
  • Māori is a type of Polynesians[14].
  • Māori is a type of indigenous people[15].
  • Māori is part of Polynesians[16].
  • Māori's Commons category is recorded as Māori[17].
  • Māori's country of origin is recorded as New Zealand[18].
  • Māori's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Māori[19].
  • Māori's topic's main category is recorded as Category:New Zealand Māori people[20].
  • Māori has a population of {'amount': '+775836'}[21].
  • Māori's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Q141666947[22].
  • Māori's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • Māori's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24].
  • Māori's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[25].
  • Māori's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[26].
  • Māori's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include indigenous people[11] and ethnic group[12]. Recorded subclass of include Polynesians[14] and indigenous people[15].

Use and Application

Māori is part of Polynesians[16].

Influence

Things named for Māori include HMS Maori[28], a destroyer[29].

Why It Matters

Māori ranks in the top 6% of indigenous_people entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,304 views/month).[2] Māori has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Māori is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Māori has been cited as an influence by English[32], a natural language[33], in American Samoa[34].

Entities named for Māori include HMS Maori[28], a destroyer[29].

FAQs

Who did Māori influence?

Māori has been cited as an influence by English[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . teara.govt.nz. Retrieved . teara.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . teara.govt.nz. Retrieved . teara.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . teara.govt.nz. Retrieved . teara.govt.nz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Academia.edu. wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Breogan2008 · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main wikimedia portal → Q141666947
    Sitelink count → 104
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ami', 'an', 'ang', 'ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'ban', 'be', 'bew',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Topic's main wikimedia portal: Q141666947"
  2. 11w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Concepts/Maori
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Concepts/Maori, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  3. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 32yZr6
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0260636-Maorove
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0260636-Maorove, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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