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Maori, the name describes the culture as part of the New Zealand tribes.

__ Culture: __ Maori culture is the culture of the Māori of New Zealand (an Eastern Polynesian people).

__ Language __ : The Maori have there own native language called maori. In New Zealand there is a national week for the language. The native language is still being kept very much alive in New Zealnd.

__ Values: __ the Maori have four core values which are the values of Manaakitanga, Rangatiratanga, Whanaungatanga and Wairuatanga. Manaakitanga is the actions that increase or enhance power, value and respect Rangatiratanga is the actions that bind a group together it also can mean to show leadership. Wairuatanga is the actions that show the other side of you, your reflection in the water. This means that you are able to self assess yourself. You can set yourself goals and reflect on what you’ve done. Whanaungatanga: theactions that connect as a team (whanau). __ Beliefs: __ The Maori are a very spiritual people, they try to incorporate spiritual rituals in their everyday lives. Maori believe that ancestors and supernatural beings are ever-present and able to help the tribe in times of need. The Maori believe that everything is connected to their whakapapa (genealogy). The Maori praise their ancestors and believe that you are connected to all of the ancestors in your blood line. The Maori are strong believers in the fact that future mistakes can only be avoided if your acknowledge your mistakes from the past. The Maori also place great value on honor, authority, and power. The maori are a very oral people, so that means that history was passed down from generation to generation through the spoken word. The Maori are also a religious people and believe in these 8 gods; 1.Tāne Mahuta (or Tāne nui a rangi), the god of humans, forests, birds, and animals 2.Haumia tiketike, the god of uncultivated food 3.Rongomatane, the god of peace and agriculture 4.Tāwhirimātea, the god of weather 5.Ruaumoko, the god of earthquakes 6.Tangaroa, the god of the sea 7.Tūmatauenga, the war god 8.Whiro, the god of darkness and evil

__ Behaviors and Traditions: __ The Maori have always been good at sea related items, auch as fishing, navigation, and astronomy. The Maori live on islands, so the ocean is always close by. The Maori are also a religious people the Maori are a religious people so it is tradition to have spiritual rituals on a daily basis. It is Maori tradition to get a tattoo, the Maori are very renown for their tattoos. The Maori people see tattoos as works of art and it is custom to have multiple tattoos. The Maori also enjoy to create works of art such as sculptures and paintings as well as to dance. The Maori culture loves, to dance, and essentially there is a dance for nearly everything. __Goodwill ambassador:__ The culture of the Maori would make me a good ambassador to them because the Maori are a culture that has still survived and thriving. The Maori also have a wide variety of things that they do, such as dancing, art, spiritual rituals, and so on. Because the Maori are so diverse they would represent culture extremely well. The drawbacks to the Maori people is that they don't write down their history but pass it on through the spoken language, which means that everything we know about them today may not be 100% accurate.

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