Story: European ideas about Māori
Page 8. All images & media
From page 1 - Explorers and Māori to 1800
From page 2 - Biblical ideas, early 19th century
From page 3 - Hard racism and the ‘Call of the Pah’
From page 4 - The dying Māori and Social Darwinism
From page 5 - The Aryan Māori and other stereotypes
From page 6 - Modern racial stereotypes
How to cite this page
James Belich, European ideas about Māori, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/story/168425/media (accessed 3 June 2026).
Story by James Belich, published 27 April 2011.