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An Indian origin?

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An Indian origin?

These pages from The Aryan Maori set out Tregear’s proposal that Māori originated in India.

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Reference: Edward Tregear, The Aryan Maori. Wellington: George Didsbury, Government Printer, 1885, pp. 5–6.

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K. R. Howe, Ideas about Māori origins – 1840s–1930s: the Aryan theory, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/1592/an-indian-origin (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by K. R. Howe, published 4 March 2009.