Story: Ideas of Māori origins All images & media From page 1 – 1770s–1840s: early ideas Theories of Māori origins ‘Les Sauvages de la mer Pacifique’ (1804–1805) Artists’ interpretations (1st of 3) Portrait of Natai, 1833 (2nd of 3) ‘Sauvage de la Nouvelle Zéelande’, 1789 (3rd of 3) ‘Maori bargaining with a pakeha’ From page 2 – 1840s–1930s: the Aryan theory The Aryan Maori (1st of 3) An Indian origin? (2nd of 3) Aryan and Māori language and symbols (3rd of 3) ‘The death of Marion du Fresne’ European interpretations (1st of 2) Linking Māori and Indian culture (2nd of 2) Ideas about Māori origins (1st of 2) Linking Māori with American Indians (2nd of 2) From page 3 – 1840s–early 20th century: Māori tradition and the Great Fleet Frontispiece of The Maori race (1st of 2) Page from The Maori race (2nd of 2) Elsdon Best and Percy Smith Pictorial story of New Zealand (1st of 2) ‘The first home of our Maoris’ (2nd of 2) From page 4 – 1880s–1970s: Moriori origins; the Great Fleet Chatham Islands Moriori ‘The whitening snows of venerable elder’ ‘The passing of the Maori – what we’re coming to’ Postcards from ‘Maoriland’ (1st of 2) ‘Greetings from Maoriland’ (2nd of 2) Depicting the arrival of Māori From page 5 – 1920s–2000: new understanding Centennial stamp, 1940 ‘The legend of the voyage to New Zealand’ The Kaimanawa wall
