Maori People Research Paper

In 925 A.D, all Maori people like my ancestor, Kupe, came from Hawaiki. As a talented fisherman, Kupe found out that the great octopus had been stealing all his fish and bait whenever he was fishing. Annoyed, Kupe tried to kill it, but all the chasing had come to a named island, by his wife, called Aotearoa (the long white cloud). After destroying the octopus, Kupe and his whanau explored Aotearoa, came back to his homeland to tell all his mates, and then returned to Aotearoa to emigrate there with all his Maori friends. This inquiry will help me to look at two push factors and two pull factors that may have affected my ancestor and all the Maori people who came with him to emigrate to another island at the bottom of the South Pacific.

Push factor 1:
One of the huge problems in Hawaiki is that there was an overpopulation. Too many people can end up in a riot causing wars and even overcrowding. Dangerous war had happened all around the island. Mostly civil wars. Overcrowding can send people away to emigrate elsewhere with their family to a larger home. And we all know that all Maori people came from Hawaiki, that must mean that all ninety-eight tribes had came from there. This is proof that overcrowding and war had happened in Hawaiki, and can make a huge affection to influence all Maori people leave the island. …show more content…
Some had emigrated to experience more room with their land with peaceful and quiet, others needed plenty of resources to use for shelter, food, but all Maori people wanted to emigrate to have an adventure and enjoy their new homeland. Also, hardly riots and wars are caused because all ninety-eight tribes are spread throughout the land. All of the famous landmarks Kupe had discovered, drawn in all the Maori ancestors to emigrate here in Aotearoa. And here now today, they are still famous ever since Kupe had named