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Story: Ideas about Māori origins

Pictorial story of New Zealand

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<em>Pictorial story of New Zealand</em>

This school textbook was published by Whitcombe in the 1930s. At that time, it was generally accepted that Māori had an Indian origin.

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Reference: P-Box J919.31 WHI 1937

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K. R. Howe, Ideas about Māori origins – 1840s–early 20th century: Māori tradition and the Great Fleet, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/document/1755/pictorial-story-of-new-zealand (accessed 4 June 2026).

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