I te wāhanga tuatahi o te rau tau atu i 1900 ko te whakapono i noho te iwi Moriori ki Aotearoa i mua i te taenga o te Māori. I ēnei rā ko te whakapono he rite te Moriori me te Māori, arā, hei uri rāua nō ngā kaumoana tuatahi o Te Moananui-a-Kiwa i tae ki Aotearoa i te rau tau atu 1200. Nā te pūkenga nā Edward Tregear tēnei puka The Maori race i whakaputa i te tau 1904. I tuwhera ōna whakaaro ki ngā ariā e kī ana i Aotearoa pea tētahi iwi e noho ana i mua i te Māori. Nāna anō te whakapae he Poronihiana te iwi Moriori o Wharekauri, he hononga ō rātou ki Te Wai Pounamu.
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Reference: Edward Tregear, The Maori race. Wanganui: A. D. Willis, 1904.
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