Tangata Whenua

Where did Polynesian explorers first migrate from?

• South America

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

What type of Waka enabled Polynesian explorers to travel further and faster?

• Single Hull

• Double Hull

When did Maori explorers arrive in NZ?

• 1080 AD

• 1180 AD

• 1280 AD

• 1380 AD

What was the name of Maori's ancestral homeland?

• Hawaii

• Hawaiki

Historians think Hawaiki was probably an island in which part of the Pacific?

• Tonga and Vanuatu

• Samoa and Tonga

• Rarotonga & French Polynesia

• Fiji & Nuie

Why did the Maori explorers stay in NZ?

• Strong winds made leaving difficult

• They forgot the way home

The Moriori people sailed from mainland NZ to which island/s?

• Stuart Island

• Waiheke Island

• Chatham Islands

• Bay of Islands

True or False ... The Moriori people were a group of Maori people who split away from the Maori living in the Main Islands of NZ

• True

• False

Why do Historians think the Maori people left their original Pacific Island homes?

• Disease

• Overcrowding

• Lack of water

• War & Food shortages