Top 10 TERRIFYING Facts About MAORI WARRIORS

[@vegasmaori6621]

Our ancestors did use to eat eachother but since we found kfc we gave it up

[@arealnaturalwoman]

Lol classic

[@sinoxenon1005]

MAORI IN WA PERTH I just pissed myself hahahahaha! Aussie overseas. tones of love to my NZ mates, Love you guys. Your culture is fascinating. Loved you guys so much, you’re just like us but with a twist. You know what I mean. Hugs

[@amandalyons1719]

MAORI IN WA PERTH yuck KFC 🤔 you should have stuck with eating each other

[@olefella7561]

Speaking of which, why did they the Anglo pirates loot New Zealand & Australia, a vast bountiful continent in Asia-Pacific region; why didn't they loot that beautiful fertile Iceland, just a short distant away from their jolly old England, with hardly any people there? Besides, they are exporting & selling all the resources (from that looted continent in Asia-Pacific) back to Asia-Pacific nations. China has made no secret that it will one day help liberate the continent in Asia-Pacific it sees as rightfully belonging to people of Asia-Pacific. Google 'ASIANS, PIRATES AND BEARS/China Daily' for more. blog.chinadaily.com.cn/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=711807

[@imzr8095]

What about Mcdonalds though? 😂

[@MrAhuapai]

The correct term for the bodily markings is Moko not tatoo. Tatoo comes from the Samoan word tatau. The primary purpose of moko is to designate whakapapa or genealogical lines which is a critical part of Maori culture. Moko also signified the roles and functions that an individual played within his tribe whether he was a soldier, a priest , a hunter gatherer or cultivator etc The mere is not pronounced mare but phonetically air as in hair - mair rair but more quickly spoken A war party is not called a hapu thats a sub tribe The correct term is Ope taua. The first encounter between Cook and Maori on the east Coast ended with Maori being killed by by English guns. To say that it was because Maori were acting aggressively is somewhat ridiculous. Can you imagine armed aliens arriving in London or Paris of the time. They certainly would be met with extraordinary hostility and I suspect peoples lives would no doubt be taken. it would be somewhat inaccurate to describe Hongi Hika as the most famous Maori chief. Famous to whom I wonder. Te Rauparaha, Hone Heke, Te Whiti O Rongomai , Sir Apirana Ngata, Potatau te Wherowhero to name just a few are Rangatira(Chief) are just as well known in Maori history . Hongi Hika was certainly notorious for getting hold of guns very early off the Europeans which meant he had significant strategic and martial advantage over his rivals and other tribes. The arrival of European war technologies decimated Maori. This tragic behaviour unfortunately still occurs with armament dealers today albeit in a larger more sophisticated manner Cannibalism had a lot to do with extinguishing mana which is too complex an issue to deal with in this manner and also the pressure on protein for the local diet.. NZ didn't have large land based mammals like pigs and deer but was dominated by birdlife pre European. I do hope you are going to do 10 terrifying facts about Europeans/British of the same period. -The incredibly barbaric and cruel slavery industry out of Africa for the plantations of the new world -The unspeakable treatment of children in European workhouses and in society in general . When Europeans first moved to NZ it is well recorded that Maori found the harsh physical treatment that europeans meted out to the children as punishments something quite unnerving and worrying.. Maori were and are a sentimental people and were very indulgent of their children. - A justice system which oppressed the poor, the Irish and other minorities . People were exiled in atrocious conditions for the theft of just a loaf of bread. Lets not start on the prison system. -The warlike nature of the British. Maori cant claim to have travelled around the world conquering native peoples, pillaging, raping across every major continent in the world. The warlike savagery of Maori people is relatively minimal and localised in comparison. Maori would tip their hat to the Brits in that regard. These are just some of the terrifying facts that come to mind. Im sure you can unearth countless more along with appropriately grim illustrations. Looking forward to it.

[@janehalsall4971]

awesome

[@janehalsall4971]

awesome

[@MrAhuapai]

Not for people informed about the cultural significance of the art form. You on the other hand can call it what you like.

[@barryboffone4210]

Haunui Royal n

[@TXejas19]

i remember Manu Bennett from Spartacus talking about how the Maori fought off the British with basically "rocks and sticks". it was then i realized 2 things 1. British had a very systematic approach to barbarism, it's why they historically didn't believe they were harmful (i found myself thinking a lot of your exposition sounds familiar with my Hatian history 2. i know absolutely nothing about other cultures, i need to start learning

[@kyajenkins8072]

You just triggered a whole country

[@tawhiriniania6098]

@Spiral Architect what truth?!!

[@matausi5915]

@Spiral Architect hahahahaha..Ur a funny Kient

[@Bmuffin_]

Ya triggered my whole country

[@lauchiecraig9445]

HE CALLED IT A DANCE!!!

[@gameoverbutch6427]

Spiral Architect are u Maori

[@whkr-nc6im]

still, even the biggest Maori warriors quiver beneath their mothers and their jandals.

[@kylaaburton-petterson2546]

Yea G and the hidings

[@erinabrowne8709]

@Mandla Mnisi bro shut up

[@nunyabisniz5577]

Maori not the jandal wearers.

[@Marts1122]

nunya bisniz that one 😂😂😂

[@ciaranedmonds1067]

Finally someone else who says jandals I’m a kiwi Maori living in England so all I hear is flip flops

[@maiabrass3915]

Top 10 terrifying facts about British people

[@VIRALinflux]

maia Brass 10 won’t be enough

[@Theteese]

You have no idea,,,, Learn a bit of English history and you will know how terrifying it was..

[@thedialogue9545]

Exactly! Colonisation!

[@aidanluap1066]

migration

[@RaijinPhoto]

I agree. Much more than 10. lol. BTW, people of Australia, NZ and the U.S. need to stop telling people they NEED to speak English. Go back to England if you want to say people NEED to speak English. Most people can't even speak a single word of the native languages of these lands.

[@dianapasley2182]

I knew a Maori man who had moved to Florida and worked as a handyman/gardner. There was little he could not do. He was one of the handsomest men I have ever seen.

[@joaniekeyser4036]

Lol, a lot of Polynesian men are very easy on the eyes, not just the Maori. There's a half Samoan wrestler called Roman Reigns in WWE, and he is one of the most beautiful men I've ever seen. And then there is Jason Momoa, star of DC's Aquaman. He's half Native Hawaiian, and just as beautiful as Roman.

[@pattyyoung9959]

Yep, most handsome men in the world imho

[@kruger6253]

Don't go getting pregnant

[@MrMiratana]

We get that a lot... 😂😂😂

[@malihodzic3804]

Ok? Lol

[@SHANKDAWGBABY]

I strongly doubt cook came in peace.

[@Injudiciously]

The Maori survived didn't they?

[@merkel2750]

Because the couldn’t even beat us in warfare, they gave up 😂

[@DerekAllDigital]

As a Hawaiian, I agree. 😂

[@CONJAH31]

L Ofaday bc our ancestors fought back lmao first “primitive” tribe to win a battle against those colonizers though nowadays there are only descendants, you’d be hard pressed to find someone of full Maori Descent. And they (white govt) in 1867 banned maori language and cultural presence in schools, and today very small percentage of people speak Te Reo and almost the entire country is ignorant of the Maori Culture. So did we really survive?

[@AsinineComment]

Well, there's Cook and there's the British imperialism - he, did not necessarily lead with Empire with a fleet bristling with weapons and armourments. He was an expert navigator and his journeys were a hugely significant advance for Western knowledge of the world. Still, where he went, and what he mapped, and which he 'claimed for King', was the foot in the door for those who did not "come in peace", afterwards. Cook was in a small, slow, tubby little ship. Hardly the craft of a military incursion! There's multiple records of how Cook sought to connect with other Peoples and avoid a single shot being fired in anger. It was certainly written in some of his orders. Within a few years, plenty of others came to Aotearoa and what is now Australia, who really did have conquest and empire building in mind. Phillip was more like that, than Cook. Lachlan Macquarie was far worse than either of them!

[@Jordan-bo4nv]

Forced to kill Maori in self defence??? They were on Maori land wtf

[@jim-bob3093]

Thats why i shoot the welsh postman if he leans too far over the fence. Narh though im pretty sure the english were poking some warriors with a musket and learned why thats a bad idea. Not just some "we are being totally polite and -oh Gods arhhhhh"

[@matthewwilson5887]

Maori conquered NZ. Were not the first people there.

[@plwpahi]

@@matthewwilson5887 my ancestors welcomed the Maori here, we came from the same islands after all. & in retrospect, things were much better before the white people turned up.

[@olefella7561]

You got that right. Moreover, Slavery, Colonialism and Colonization are all evil things done, and benefited by evildoers. May I ask, why don't they, Anglo Colonizers, all have a family reunion on their very own land of jolly old England? Return the looted land of Canada to Native people there. Return the looted Continent of Australia in Asia-Pacific to people of Asia-Pacific region. Return the looted New Zealand to Native Maori people. Remember, notorious centuries-long global cardinal crimes that Anglo clans had committed, and benefited a great deals, such as Slavery and Colonialism had long been over, why on earth is notorious Colonization still lingering on, may I ask?

[@ms.gregoria2249]

"Robber came to a house, looted everything, killed the owners, tore down the house, in the meantime stub his toe and now he claims there were sacrifices made on both sides". ~ Analogy used by Shashi Tharoor on British claims of sacrifices made on both sides during the British Raj fits perfectly here too.

[@maiaberryman4985]

If you're gonna do a video like this then 1: pronounce our reo right, 2: don't EVER paint us as the bad guys in the story of colonisation and 3: back off the whole 'terrifying savage' angle

[@blargkliggle1121]

Eating other people is about as savage as you can get... Of all the cultures that the British destroyed, it's a shame that the maori didn't join them. In a way you should be glad that your people were colonized, you might still be living in huts eating each other instead of using the internet.

[@tatorihara]

And hongi hika isn't the only well known rangatira. Mere is pronounced me re not meer. An it's Maori not marry

[@tatorihara]

@@blargkliggle1121 bruv u believe this guy u don't know anything about our culture.

[@ajb0yd]

@@blargkliggle1121 mate, I'd rather play in the bushes than see people having petty arguments on instagram because their boyfriend cheated on them with eachoter

[@ajb0yd]

@@blargkliggle1121 have some mana, mate

[@pa1264]

I had a humbling experience 3 years ago I met a great Maori gentleman who had full facial tattoo, he blessed my father's casket when he was brought into the Maori Marae in Magere Auckland such an honour to have my father's body lay inside a Marae.

[@bunjeegum_3380]

Did you mean 'Mangere'?

[@teporaahomiro9271]

YOU mean Our Whare Tupuna Our Tupapaku lay on Your Marae Mangare xx

[@pa1264]

Yes my apologies for the spelling.

[@brendonrookes1151]

lol his ancestors also ate children u gona get a child murder to bless ur dead farther why not get a pedo to do it also it means about the same

[@lucaazeri1700]

did ate the kangaroo tail :)))))????

[@D1ONY5US]

Some of this isn't exactly true. Honestly, if you want to know about a certain cultures history/ past you need to do a visit. Not quick visit to the University of Reddit.

[@piripihiku7506]

Very well said.

[@quadeevans6484]

Even reddit isn't this dishonest

[@captaincracker8980]

Piripi Hiku hello my hiku, which of the ten facts are true do you think?

[@Ate.ria04]

True !!!

[@dawnhunt8019]

A lot of it was inaccurate I think.

[@acx4548]

I like how they see colonizers as the peaceful ppl and the maoris on their land as aggressive.

[@geraldstewart1531]

Aggressive toward each other, If the non maoris hadn't turned up when they did, there wouldn't have been many - so called -- maoris -- left --

[@dahibi2]

I think the maoris are fuc**d up

[@Loyannelima]

Exactly, and also the colonizer that gave them weapons to battle each other. We still see the "peaceful ppl" doing this nowadays

[@SamzM429]

@@geraldstewart1531 Please if your ancestors didn't leave England they would've died out themselves from disease, famine, or murder🤦🏽‍♀️ It's laughable how you can say that and make it seem like Māori should be greatful. No sir it is you who should be greatful that my ancestors were peaceful people who welcomed your ancestors to our lands🖕🏾

[@anarupadgett2879]

Exactly, we were much happier before y’all showed up

[@nik-minnit4375]

It wasn’t made of Jade, it was made of greenstone. They are two different things.

[@captaincracker8980]

Nik-Minnit Pounamu, greenstone and New Zealand jade are all names for the same hard, durable highly valued stone, used for making adornments, tools and weapons

[@ctakitimu]

Greenstone is nephrite jade...or some such spelling

[@justincrombie4338]

Koina te kupu

[@mauiwaiariki1047]

He Pounamu is more than a Rock after it's carved into a tool or weapon e hoa!

[@hirokawiti4932]

Yeah new uni study's on NZ pounamu reveal that it is neither crystal nor stone but a cluster of mineral fibres that make it harder than steel. My cousin didn't elaborate on his source but he's an architect for the govt so he knows his materials.

[@Kingdom-sy6bh]

Some of those pictures are not Maori.

[@MrFleaFlea]

Exactly. Besides for the bald guy talking in the beginning, all the others are fake maoris.

[@sastina6714]

@@MrFleaFlea haha, true

[@user-qg1jb8rw8e]

Wish there was more truthful airings on ancient cultures that are still going strong today, as that to me i would appreciate and take pleasure from far greater than this one that is by a fellow Brit of Indian decent

[@TheWoollyFrog]

Most terrifying thing about the Maori is how they became second-class citizens in their own country.

[@TheWoollyFrog]

CRYSIS AE Sure not helping your country's reputation with this rant.

[@johndears9825]

That's the same for alot of cultures not just maori

[@TheWoollyFrog]

CRYSIS AE Right, and no one violated the treaty since. And I guess all those annual protesters are spoiled brats. K, thanks for your input.

[@TheWoollyFrog]

john Dears Yes and is that supposed to mean something? Are you attempting to make some sort of an argument here? We should just ignore this little irony because it happens in other places too?

[@B3CUMaBRO]

john Dears yes now it happens. but between the 1800s-1900s it never happened.

[@GL-nu7rx]

* Cook wanted to interact with the Maori peacefully * * Ignores their wishes to be left alone * * Kills and kidnaps their warriors *

[@yourfabuloushappymann5154]

Maori eat Cook

[@sonofagalwayman6553]

did maori tribes live peacefully before cook arrived, was cannabilsim a thing before he arrived, did maori enslave other maori.....what would have happened do you think had maori been left alone,,,,,,,not trying to be a smart arse mate it's something I;d like a maori person to answer

[@xXZiiLERXx]

@@sonofagalwayman6553 you trying to justify what the British did is a joke mate

[@URMyTorment]

@@xXZiiLERXx you would rather live in NZ presettlement?

[@xXZiiLERXx]

@@URMyTorment you would rather live in space? Ask a stupid question and you'll get one back smh

[@shivparikh111]

Your next video should be about the terrifying colonization habits of the British smh

[@DemendraHD]

@Th3MadDabb3r A burn to who? That was back in the 16th and 18th centuries. No one's even alive today from that period.

[@trineilcwl]

Nah Maoris are more terryfying our history is more interesting sorry ghee we are just interesting

[@MrFrankFurter]

Bwahahaha 😂🤣😂🤣 Nice!

[@kickhim8020]

okay shiv

[@Zazabazaa]

It could be a* sequel

[@sambaker5669]

Where is my kiwis at

[@RedTailedfox551]

sam baker right here

[@xtralargesandwich1763]

+sam baker Hey

[@empressCharnia]

sam baker and here. sup bro!

[@newworldwarrior8385]

Kia-ora bro,

[@scarts777]

sam baker here mate. Yeah. Nah. He sucks at pronouncing Maori words. Yeah.

[@respecthewoman]

Interesting how the greedy rich 'always' come in peace while branding their natives as salvages, etc. And end up taking their land, language, resources, and women. Yet, 'We come in peace' and leave you and your entire lifestyle in pieces eh?

[@MorganMR2]

and invented trench warfare, and scared the shit out of the Germans in WW2, and still scare the shit out of the Taliban in Afghanistan

[@susiebear3316]

amen true alpha males I love it

[@honetekaawa4619]

Look up pa wars and it will give you all the info on Maori strategies of war

[@meraniadobbs8068]

Hauptsturmführer Lauri Allan Törni but never has it been so successful for a people with just sticks an stone weapons. thats why maori got a treaty of peace from the crown. makes u think ???. white people had guns an the war lasted round 40 years

[@whasudr]

Hauptsturmführer Lauri Allan Törni trench warfare has been credited to maori by many experts. Altho europeans used ditchs, tunnels saps etc...they never used trenchs as a defensive & offensive strategy as maori did. If u think they did show us proof.

[@whasudr]

wtf are u on? white ppl/british fought the maori in NZ & maori kicked their ass using trench warfare & guerrilla tactics. The british had gunships with cannons & 3 times as many soldiers & still couldnt beat them.

[@raidernation6209]

Terrifying Fact #1 about the British back in the 1700-1800s. They never showered or bathed. It was common to go weeks or even months without a bath. Yet they have the audacity to call other cultures 'barbaric' hahahaha

[@soulsearchtarot]

It was normal not to shower often as it caused disease and death. By being moist or wet (lacking dryers and hair dryers) you could contract all kinds of mold, fungi and other things which were fatal in a pre vaccination society. But it wasn't weeks, it was once a week.

[@lowkigamez7243]

nah they shmelt cuz

[@budgetlifter]

Still, they had ships and a Big empire

[@MrGobol1]

Another fact is the British achieved more.

[@trongopai7474]

Sir Dank Of The Dope *killed, raped, pillaged

[@micaelmaya-peinl535]

Next video do a Top Ten TERRIFYING Facts about the British Colonists! I would love to see that one.

[@sassywolf1]

it will be a hard list.

[@xtaniwhax9655]

Yes

[@ironfin9406]

Looting Graves killing natives keeping slaves growing weed I could go on

[@ironfin9406]

Some of the more evil famous things British colonists did

[@RunWayUnderground]

LOL! Actually that would actually be a Top 1000 Terrifying Facts about them...

[@LucasDirkx]

The Haka is a call to the gods, not just a wardance.

[@marilynschmidt6400]

@Calvin I Arohamai e hoa?

[@koientua1648]

@Calvin I its not demonic, maori just like most polynesian cultures believed in multiple gods

[@batmantheman6545]

@Calvin I your demonic

[@phillipleng4757]

@Edwina Regan Fuimaono-Brown I believe there were too many different Haka to specifically define one purpose. Each needs translation.

[@iram9111]

A call for the ancestors i think their gods are the natural spirits in nature i guess

[@dbgaming4763]

Maori are “brothers” to my Australian Aboriginal culture, love their culture and love mine too ❤️💛🖤

[@pacdaddy402]

yes bro !

[@piripihiku7506]

Kia ora e te tangata o te iwi Moemoea.

[@blinkblang2132]

da boong 🖤✊🏽✊🏽

[@ngamarumoka-tutahi1695]

No

[@MrFrankFurter]

Maori look like a lot of Filipinos also, probably tribally related iver anthousand years ago.

[@vudoc2]

This is full of factual errors. He is clearly not from New Zealand, and is reading from a badly prepared script, written by someone who does not know the history of New Zealand. He can't even pronounce the word mere, which sounds more like the pākeha word "merry". This post is rubbish, and should be ignored completely.

[@wikitoriamita-stephens578]

I am maori,

[@koeaterira4671]

@@wikitoriamita-stephens578 wdym

[@lexiegrace1877]

i know right

[@Team_Killer_NZ]

Sounds like he made up a bunch of bs the boko hwsd

[@tatorihara]

Too right

[@Andulsi]

Respect to the Maori. one of the few cultures to make the Brits negotiate, they scared em so much. hereabouts, we had the Flying Columns etc...

[@martindennehy3030]

No they didn't, they were fooled😅

[@mikaerepeck1767]

Number 3 about heads, you have a picture of someone holding heads who is definitely from a different land and culture, the clothing is not of our Maori ancestry. Also infanticide was not a normal practise. Babies and children were cherished, both boys and girls. Women are the whare tangata. Life simply could not exist without both. Your information is skewed.

[@Rhoadie1]

I believe you. Practice is spelled with a C. Thanks. LOL

[@DayneJo]

@@Rhoadie1in NZ ‘practice’ is a noun and ‘practise’ is a verb. I believe here the right spelling has been utilised.

[@DayneJo]

I agree number 3 is definitely a picture from a different land and culture. That is definitely misinformation. Also the information on infanticide has been ill researched. The only accounts about infanticide that I’ve ever come across have been statements made by missionaries during colonisation periods and assumptions made from these about pre colonisation periods.

[@Coach_BigMac]

Cook wanted to interact peacefully? GTFOH!

[@Pam-rp3lu]

Honorable and colonization do not work hand in hand lol No such thing as a peacemaker who wishes to change a land and people.

[@maarten9272]

@@Pam-rp3lu He wasn't a coloniser though, he was an explorer and scientists.

[@maarten9272]

@Put some Cheese on it As far as I can tell he only had a few violent incidents in his career. Usualy as a result of a minor accident escalating out of control. For instance, he was unintentionally stabbed to death by a native hawaiian while trying to reclaim a stolen boat (the boat was stolen from Cook, if that phrase was to vague).

[@yep9657]

Anglia Alba he got eaten for a reason 😂😂😂

[@digiaotearoa5897]

Cook was no saint thats why he got eaten hahaha

[@tomlegat-parker5099]

Guys, let stop hating his pronouncation. Yep, it's wrong, but he's not from New Zealand, so he won't be a Te Reo Maori university lecturer.

[@MananagKiVato]

Tom Legat-Parker but it takes like one minute to just memorize the maori alphebet sounds...

[@peramaraku7277]

Yeah but I say if you can't say it don't say it at all

[@bubbaswag2088]

That is true but whats the point of making a video about our maori culture when you can hardly speak the maori and get the facts right, never disrespect our culture

[@KyuuteAnimeGrill]

He gets paid for this though

[@SamuelWhatuira]

Tom Legat-Parker you should hear Matthew Santoro try pronounce Maori, it's hilarious

[@jamiirali1]

I love Maori culture...fierce in pride and battle yet very affectionate in family and hospitality...they can be the best of friends and brothers yet the worst enemy if crossed or pissed off...much respect to Aotearoa!!

[@tribalwarfare1146]

the red baron tena koe toku tuakana thanks brother

[@spencerdavies9389]

shot g., we are harty cunts appreciate it

[@bigblue390]

the red baron affectionate in family lol check out their domestic violence stats

[@lowkigamez7243]

thats because maori people were put in conflict from pakeha, and stress causes domestic violence and is the top reason for domestic violence in new zealand

[@risk2193]

the red baron In reality, the three other main Polynesian island nations shows these customs more so.

[@johnhuddleston8647]

As an American, I have a great deal of admiration and respect for the Maori people/culture. If you really want to learn about these people, really do your research and have an open mind. If I can add some context, I remember watching a podcast about Australians on American stereotypes. A lot of Aussies that were interviewed said that the main stereotype Americans have on them is that they all "ride around on kangaroos". First of all, if you did some research on kangaroos, you would see that that was impossible!! You'd have a lot of disabled kangaroos. Second, I'm 51 years old and I've been across the United States. I have never heard ONE single person ever say that they thought Australians rode on kangaroos. So, I've never heard it, AND I LIVE HERE, how is an Aussie, whose probably never been here, arrive at such nonsense?? The Maori people are very proud and very open about their culture. If I want to know something, maybe it's best to ask someone who actually lives in New Zealand... and whose ancestry is in New Zealand!! Peace and love to the Maori people 🙏🙏.

[@captaincracker8980]

John Huddleston I live in New Zealand, most of this is correct.

[@captaincracker8980]

The Australian Rationalist it’s a great image though, riding a kangaroo.

[@johnhuddleston8647]

@The Australian Rationalist It may have been the English that started it, but there were some Aussies that repeated it. As I said, I've never heard ONE AMERICAN say anything like that. I imagine you would get kicked in the balls.....and even in other places as well.

[@manaiaparata157]

wtf does aussie have to do with maori?

[@mapachehombre1581]

I'm a Maori so shut your mouth

[@ginstar03]

Could’ve at least learned how to pronounce ‘Maori’ properly

[@suchathillybaka3379]

Hard ay

[@lifeofwai6428]

Ginny GinGin yasa

[@reigncross7809]

Hard bo

[@geewaiti8296]

Straight up bro

[@nah2769]

@Wilson Zhang Because we roll our r's, so it sounds like that i guess

[@SardonicSloClap]

I mean, I'm Pakeha (NZ European), and there were a few things that made me go "hold up... that doesn't sound quite right". Now, I'm not claiming to know all about the Māori culture, but things like the Moko (face tattoos) I'm sure are more about heritage and genealogy rather than "look how scary and tough I am!". Also his pronunciation of Mere got me each time, it's "meh-reh" not "mere" - (pronunced like the word for insignificant.) Maybe he should try actually liaising with some Maori to get his facts fully in line first, rather than relying on websites.

[@doubledragan]

100%

[@urbanguru5263]

I learnt the patu was the club they used ….

[@manawahinekorero9534]

Āe, that is correct.

[@michelleripia8146]

Thank you for the respect u speak of and show to our cultural and traditional practices

[@janececelia7448]

Yep, that pronunciation got me too.

[@Catubrannos]

Nothing controversial about cannibalism, it was well attested. Cannibalism was common throughout the Pacific including Australia. Cannibalism is still practiced by remote tribes in Papua New Guinea.

[@wierdalien1]

Catubrannos Its illegal in New Guinea because of prion diseases. however it pseudo occurs

[@johnhsmckay]

Yea its pretty well known that we used to eat people. I think there are some Maori out there that want to look back at our history with the ol rose tinted glasses haha.

[@Catubrannos]

Alistair Shaw There was an Australian documentary about 10 years ago where a documentarist travelled into the highlands to study a tribe. He was accepted by the tribe but they told him that his cameraman had to join as well or they'd eat him as he was regarded as a burden as he did nothing. The cameraman was allowed to leave instead.

[@Catubrannos]

John McKay Do you know anything about the story of Remuera? It's supposedly means burnt backside or similar and refers to a princess of a rival tribe that was eaten. There is some debate about this but given the wealthy suburb the area is now, it would be amusing if so.

[@joshfield5801]

Its an easy way to get food i guess

[@garylewis7729]

No other indigenous people would come close to the Maori . They would out smart you ,beat the crap out of you then eat you. As a white New Zealander Maori culture was one subject I enjoyed at school . Respect to them

[@davisblair09]

In the head taking segment the warrior holding two heads is a Bornean Dayak warrior, not a Maori.

[@blixten2928]

THANKS, so easy to be mislead. Sloppy work, I'm afraid, on Simon's part!

[@dianindriyanti5881]

I have met a new Zealand guy and he is pretty amazing tho ,and when I ask anything about Maori he always answer me and everything sounds lovely to me ,I fall in love with new Zealand just like how I fall in love with him xx

[@wendychavez5348]

People from New Zealand are very easy to love, and quite proud of their culture. When I got off the plane in late May, 2005, the first thing anyone said to me--before I had even stepped off the tarmac--was, "How do you like New Zealand?" I could only say, "So far I love it!" After I got home, a friend asked what I liked best about it, and I immediately knew it was the people.

[@mute8005]

Were you from

[@seshthecat]

@@wendychavez5348 that's so nice to hear about my country.

[@sp4rtavus244]

Wendy Chavez Except if you are a Muslim.

[@nikkeijin-man7025]

They look like my tribe here in Cordilleras Philippines called the Igorots, they too practice headhunting and tribal war but not now. The Maori call their body markings with Moko, we call it Batek. For us Igorot people, only the warriors get these body markings. Kudos to our Maori brothers.

[@marionetteproject508]

You're not wrong! cause many pacific islanders like maoris, samoans, tongans and other islanders have south east asian ancestry

[@pfranks75]

If you get the opportunity to go to New Zealand it is a beautiful place. They still have Māori Villages, and presentations of their culture.

[@NoMoreLGBTQPlease]

There’s no Maori villages and there’s very minimal presentation of our culture, all our history knowledge and artifacts have been wiped away, lied about, been destroyed or placed into museums/archives.

[@waitangipiripi165]

Oh mate 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@cushlacook693]

I live in New Zealand, there are very few maraes left, and the langue is slowly being forgotten, it's quite sad really and people aren't putting enough effort into preserving it. my family on my dad side are all Maori and they mostly all speak a t least a little bit of it.

[@petermalloy5360]

There are many beautiful maraes around all of NewZealand.

[@Nudgeworth]

​@@cushlacook693 There has actually been increased interest in learning Maori, by both Maori and Pakeha(NZ European). To the extent that there aren't enough classes teaching the language.

[@karlbates1172]

This dude should have gone the professional courtesy of understanding the pronunciation of the maori language. I'm a pakeha and his pronunciation even grinds me up the wrong way.

[@whasudr]

ok firstly the most common place to get a maori tattoo is on your ass & legs, the moko is only the facial part of maori tattoo. the moko on a face shows immediate family history, rank in the tribe, tribal links, occupation. over time maori have used many ways of interring their dead, not just one. Cannabilism was still practiced until the 1860s there are recorded incidents that I have heard of after this.

[@whasudr]

slight mistake, there are NO recorded incidents of cannibalism after 1860.

[@conesinker_4209]

Taniwha Sutherland traditionally iour days it usuqlly on da sholder or arm

[@whasudr]

Kaea Walker cant understand your bad spelling

[@mattsta1640]

Taniwha Sutherland so your saying before the evil oppressive white man came and hauled the Maori into a system where all was not equal, they used facial tats to show who was higher and lower class in an oppressive system where all were not equal and even slaves were kept....

[@whasudr]

lol exactly

[@w01fwithin32]

Yo if you if your gonna do a video about us learn to say "Maori" right

[@lonelyelk5785]

they pronounced it properly

[@w01fwithin32]

+Lonely Elk No you say Maori as mouldy it seems weird but yeah

[@ImagoCanis]

no one cares. it doesn't affect anything

[@w01fwithin32]

Alicia Tamainu Yeah i mean i already know what they were reffering to but if i was someone else it would be very confusing

[@matangirau]

True

[@petergarrone8242]

A kiwi told me some interesting facts about Maoris you may have missed. Once when they were fighting the British, the British had decided to retreat because they were running out of ammunition. The Maori offered them half of their ammunition if they would stay and fight. Another time the British would not invade a particular valley because there was no track through it. Therefore their opponents built one in the hope they would come and fight. My impression is, they loved a fight.

[@snoozyq9576]

I would be curious about the validity of this. Only because some people claim they were peaceful and not about fighting. I get confused about what is true all the time

[@petergarrone8242]

@@snoozyq9576 Absolutely no direct references for these facts, told to me by a New Zealander on night shift in 1978. What about the haka?

[@SakuCzads682]

@@snoozyq9576 then come to new zealand and go to a marae and ask for yourself. Learn our history. Before choosing one side without really knowing the other side yea? Theres always two sides to a story not one. But obviously as a racist you would pick the happy story which is made into lies so people like you can feel safe knowing and thinking your kind didn’t do anything wrong. When in fact the more gruesome story is the truth and you don’t want to accept the fact that your kind did this and play it out as if my people are the villains when in fact we are the victims

[@blagd]

@@SakuCzads682 facts

[@brendonrookes1151]

nah they likey were runing out of food moari eat there enermy

[@oscarjeffery8944]

“MOWRI” that hurts

[@adrim888]

How do we pronounce it?

[@Dimirov]

Well...in Romanian "mori" means DIE! So... yea.

[@gracebennett1156]

@@Dimirov And that's relevant because...

[@DamanKingBear]

That’s how it’s said to pronounce it in the Oxford dictionary. Straight up it says “Mowri” like cow

[@bladesamah]

could create your own alphabet.. instead you use english alphabet and thats how it is pronounced using the english alphabet.. cant blame ppl for that, just educate them how you guys pronounce it

[@diggydodges3826]

Cracking skulls, taking opponents heads off, eating opponents, facial tattoos. MIKE TYSON. LOL

[@828maori5]

DIGGY DODGES well... Mike Tyson did mention his tattoo was based on Maori Culture when he visited New Zealand

[@jigabojigabo5244]

Lmao

[@MikeJones-oo7wi]

slavery and cannibalism good too see someone keeping the truth alive unlike the revised and edited history they teach now.

[@DavidSmith-kz2to]

Fact 4 is bull. If people you don't know go into you're house, with weapons, when you attack them and they kill you, It's "self -defence".

[@Lilly..L-k4h]

Came in peace to take their land.

[@junelledembroski9183]

Came in peace with war in mind

[@zerosternritter566]

Came in peace to Take their Culture & Convert them to Christianity

[@jasonjohnson6403]

Europeans are no different then any other culture just had means to sail the world and take over ... if Maoris had the able to they would do the same ... so quit crying about it

[@fatherfreddie8512]

Speaking of Anglo British trespassing others' lands, there are over 40 territories & nations in jolly old E-U-R-O-P-E to trespass; why in Asia-Pacific, half way round the world from their jolly old England, may I ask?

[@xXZiiLERXx]

@@jasonjohnson6403 you don't know that

[@summalumma__]

I love how he said 'Tribesmen' only kiwis know.

[@allshallberevealed5502]

AO hahaha chuur

[@teknobeat936]

I know he tried but the way he pronounced Māori sounded like Maui from Moana instead lol.

[@georgeschafer53]

Since the video is supposedly dealing with facts, let me offer a correction: Captain James Cook first landed at Gisborne, New Zealand on October 9, 1769 not in October 1767 as stated in the video (4.59). This sort of makes the other "facts" suspicious.

[@lu-chan1745]

Respect to the Maori and polynesian people's culture, I think it's facinating! If all people were having the same culture the world would be boring. But sadly some people fear and hate what's different to them. We were made different to know and learn from each other.

[@Gasta1983]

Iain gonna love the culture that supported😅 cannibalism.

[@Koozwad]

The world's 'elites'/globalists want every country to be exactly the same. Mixing all people until there is nothing left. No identity, culture or anything. Don't let this happen, people. No open borders!

[@WildHorseSpirit14]

I’m Maori and I congratulate this guy on attempting to even pronounce Te Reo when most people won’t even try to

[@blubizzu]

I couldn't finish watching this, his pronunciation was so bad

[@1badstorm]

It seems to me, as a maori, he didnt put much research into how to pronounce our language, i am hugely offended. The mare? Not even close to mere!

[@blubizzu]

If you know the vowel sounds, you can pronounce perfect Māori. It's so simple!!

[@all3ykat79]

1badstorm I listened to the second Altered Carbon audiobook... That was even worse, didn't realise they were using maori sleeves (cloned bodies) till I actually read the book.

[@Bernz4U]

get yourself a decent (Māori) education first and a hearing check while you're there girl before you support rubbish like this again...

[@davidk6264]

The British about 1500-2000 years ago used to adorn there homes with the heads of other tribal enemies . The Romans recorded this.

[@jasonmason2471]

Yeah, they did that on the continent, too.

[@blixten2928]

And in the 19th and 20th centuries, European scientists dug up and collected "savage" skulls, in order to put them in museums, measure them and thus "prove" the superiority of Europeans. So civilised.

[@GiftenandHoodNZ]

Fun fact: Maori were the creators of trench Warfare. During British war in Ruapekapeka pā, a chief named Te Ruki Kāwiti from the Ngati Hine, Ngapuhi region in Northern Aotearoa, New Zealand and his ally, Hone Heke, (known to have cut down the British flag in 1844, later resulting in a war between the Maori and the British in 1845.) had been said to have invented trench Warfare and British historians also credit Maori for the invention of trench Warfare.

[@EmbraceMedia]

The practices for hahu or nehu (the burial of the body) have changed over time. Traditionally the tūpāpaku were buried in shallow graves, or placed in secret places including caves or trees. In some cases the tūpāpaku would be weighted down with something and buried in the sea or in a deep pool of water. After a time the tohunga would return and collect the bones for the hahunga (exhumation ceremony). The bones were washed, scraped and painted with red ochre, and returned to the marae and mourned over again, in a similar ceremony to the tangihanga. The final committal of these bones was done in secret so that enemies of the hapū could not uncover the dead and desecrate their remains. Cremation was - and is - rare and usually happened in cases of disease, or when the person had died in enemy territory (to prevent their bones being captured by enemies)

[@BoobyTrap8]

I believe it was the elderly women who were tasked with scraping the bones. How awful :(

[@SRial100]

@@BoobyTrap8 normal for them back then

[@TheMmiguelito]

Interesting how the narrator painted cook as the victim and was "forced to retaliate " smh

[@captaincracker8980]

TheMmiguelito but that’s true, if you spend five minutes reading about cook you’d ‘discover’ that.

[@MisterCovek]

Let's see which scenario is more believable.... *Scenario A)* Cook, a man who's traveled the world, lands on NZ, sees the natives and kills them for no reason. Thinking he'll kill his way to owning an ENTIRE CONTINENT with a group of tired sailors and one boat. or *Scenario B)* Natives who have never seen a white man before, or a boat, see something huge approaching their shores and attack out of fear and lack of knowledge.

[@alanbstard4]

that is true, he was

[@kittycat-kg4dm]

MisterCovek “lack of knowledge “ as if my ancestors were unintelligent. Tell me, if aliens showed up with weapons you had never seen before speaking a language you did not understand and killing your friends or family with guns at the very first confrontation between them would you sit there and watch or would you do everything in your power to thwart them ?

[@MisterCovek]

@@kittycat-kg4dm Yes. In comparison to the aliens, I'd say we are less knowledgeable. Btw, you're confusing intelligence with knowledge. And yes, the natives of Oceania were less knowledgeable than Cook because they didn't know that the rest of the world even existed. They never explored the world like he did, and probably thought they were alone. Plus, they have just seen a kind of man they never saw before. As far as your metaphor goes about them killing the natives. How can we be sure who attacked first? All we know is the natives got beat because they had weaker technology than the Europeans. So now we assume that the winner is the one to blame because he was stronger. I too can make metaphors.... Imagine if a little 130 lb thug picked a fight with Mike Tyson. He came up to him and slapped him across the face. Mike knocks him out of his socks. Is Mike forever guilty for destroying the thug, or is it the thug's fault in the first place for picking a fight he couldn't finish?

[@ratchetani9261]

every time he said moweriee. I threw my laptop onto the ground

[@catg8383]

Daily Anii lol

[@samzy924]

How where you then able to watch it till the end?🤔

[@GeekGamer666]

A robust laptop, lol.

[@thabro0939]

Stop lying keint lol

[@toninuku8783]

Mere club

[@adamsconnected5613]

A war party was a Taua, a hapu was a small collection of families living together. The Mere was also driven through the skull between eyes and nose and then turned

[@pitieratiopira3731]

Firstly, where did you get your facts? Some are stretched and some are really just misinformed. I've learnt my culture since I could breath air

[@conesinker_4209]

Pitiera Tiopira ikr

[@swites]

Pitiera They found it in the first thing they came across on the internet so they can keep pumping out crap to get views. Channels like this are poorly researched total garbage and only fools would take anything that came out of them seriously.

[@tenaciouscree915]

Maori caught my attention ever since the "Deadliest Warrior" on the Spike channel. I also remember watching a movie called "Once We're Warriors" when I was 9 or 10 years old. I truly admire the Maori. Makes me feel proud to be Cree.

[@caesarforlife1663]

Make it a goal to visit New Zealand one day. The Maori all over the country would welcome you and show you the greatest respect and honour you because of your Cree heritage. Maori are well aware of the bravery of the Native American Tribes.

[@aheat3036]

They have a very violent and ruthless history which has been sanitized to appease the people who get offended easily and that’s truer than ever in this day and age!

[@simbametallum551]

I think I learned more about the Maori from Alien Weaponry...

[@linkyswayer5470]

If you didn’t know the mere club was actually called a Patu

[@HoranoPatoromo]

Two Different Weapons brother. Mere was generally Pounamu or some sort of stone and the majority of Patu was made from Rakau or Whale Bone. Materials aside each Iwi would have used what was available to the at the time for these weapons. Different shapes too, Mere had 4 blades and Patu was one smooth double edged blade.

[@destinytaare2305]

I'm so disappointed with this video. You really need to do your research as a majority of your information is wrong especially the arrival of cook.

[@libgapper9761]

Im sure simon is well more educated than you are

[@dr.geniusbuck2163]

lib gapper about our culture? Hell no

[@undercoverwarrior3149]

lib gapper i Think you shouldn’t argue with Maori about Maori culture

[@jamessanderson7289]

half of your info is incorrect and misleading, this is a bad look on my beautiful culture and if you are going to make a story about. please get the facts right!

[@patrickhiscox8357]

TopTenz sourced by who? I'm guessing you were told stories that different Iwi have different versions of or read a book. You call that factual?

[@mickmaxtube]

I love your traditional name. Sell-out.

[@CameronCarter1]

"beautiful culture" Yeah right.

[@jamessanderson7289]

Cameron Carter aw carry on lol

[@Linidddd]

Cameron Carter atleast its a race WITH culture

[@bumpupdajam]

This dude needs to look up NZ land and maori wars tells you everything about what you want to know, this aint factual..

[@plwpahi]

I thought number 1 would be the invention of trench warfare.

[@plwpahi]

@@skeleton9531 I've never heard any of that before. I thought the Europeans were into lining up their cannon fodder & shouting "FIRE!". As for Ghrngis, I don't know what to say. On the one hand I think this might be an anecdotal story, but on the other hand, I didn't think much of him, but this would be cool. Two indigenous people with the same practical thought processes. I wonder how similar the trench designs were. Did they have undergound bunkers as well? Where can I look this up, & do they have layouts & pictures of the trenches? Please be true.

[@plwpahi]

@@skeleton9531 Nice. Thanks. That is so cool.

[@stevewixom9311]

@@skeleton9531 No it was not a dumb tactic at the time it was used. It reflected the accuracy of the weapons at the time. Only with massed fire did one side have much chance of hitting anything. It wasn't until rifled muskets were able to be manufactured in mass quantities at much less cost that that tactic was replaced.

[@waimariemclean2759]

Everytime he said Mere wrong, I had the urge to punch myself in the face

[@TheMrrabbit1968]

I had the urge to punch HIM in the face.

[@kanaterry2619]

i thought the mere club was called a patu

[@myhat99]

the mere is a tear shaped weapon and usually made from green stone. the putu is carved from wood, simular in shape like the mere but one side looks like a big bite taken from the top side and a small bite below....got the picture

[@constant_flow4174]

bob your part right but a patu has alot of different shapes depending on what tribe you are from

[@myhat99]

thanks for the correction....the one i descibed, i remember seeing around when i was a kid up north

[@mattt6915]

Constant_Flow What tribe you're from? Pfftt Greenstone is called a mere, anything else is a patu, wahaika or kotiate just different shaped

[@mattt6915]

bob brown You're right bob, constant flow don't know what he/she is talking about. Only greenstone is called Mere, any other medium in that shape is a patu, onewa for stone, paraoa for whale bone etc

[@crinixplayz_2233]

Im Maori And This Is Kinda Offensive :( and the mere club is named "Patu" and they were made from greenstone

[@TheBroTee]

CrinixPlayZ _ the mere was for Woman Patu for the Man

[@lizahenry3343]

CrinixPlayZ _ no patu means to hit or strike he is right it is called a mere.

[@trongopai7474]

he's got it right, he just butchered the pronunciation of it. It's pronounced (meh-re)

[@grapejuice3724]

trongopai yeah and you gotta roll the r

[@shitpostingsandwhich]

CrinixPlayZ jade and greenstone are the same thing

[@maxh9579]

Alien Weaponry brought me here. They have great songs about Maori history. Kai Tangata for example

[@888jabs]

You obviously can't tell the difference between a NZ Maori and an Australian Aboriginal.

[@jerrybrewster5457]

jabster mate theres clearly a bunch of differences

[@jaymeebenton2845]

bro wtf

[@TomRiddler-m3j]

jerry brewster the difference is that one can get a job

[@strongattemptstoexplainthe3337]

both diffrent countrys

[@melissajury7670]

So you can refer to haka and mana by their proper names, but won't call the tattoos by their proper name, which is ta moko. Also, they were not just a representation of our bravery, they also demonstrate who we are, our family lines, our positions in life and our heritage.

[@mayhem1994]

Melissa Jury I legit want to go to new Zealand and exprince the the culture and learn about everything such a beautiful place 😊😊😊😊😊

[@melissajury7670]

jake palmer I haven't been, but ny family immigrated to Australia from New Zealand, and we're Maori, so I feel that desire

[@johndears9825]

the far north has pretty nice beaches

[@jaskau2462]

john Dears Not at all...here in FIN is just ugly beaches (and ´bietches)

[@johndears9825]

JaskaU2 bruh I'm from kaitaia and I've been to most of beaches up there and if you know where to go they're beautiful

[@issaissachur8077]

When I heard him try to say the word Maori, I heard him say; Meow -wee

[@miss-lowkey1338]

Hahahaha

[@JKR9488]

I find the māori really fascinating, glad to see their culture is holding on despite the larger Anglo culture around them

[@marionetteproject508]

mhm and also the fact that their origins is from south east asia

[@kotokuingoakozanna6456]

I've lived, born, & raised in New Zealand. And never in my whole life ever heard about number 7 😑 The dead were buried and dug back up just to be buried again ? Never heard of it 😕 But other than that shot 💫

[@mattt6915]

Ko Toku ingoa ko Zanna Hahunga Tupapaku Very common i nga wa o mua Learn your history Chur

[@JJ-xp6mr]

It's true bruv. Another practice was where bodies were left in certain trees and allowed to decompose and then, once only the bones were left, they were placed in the burial caves and a tapu placed over them

[@bwhit6541]

Chris Jones pohutakawa trees in whakatane were used for that exact reason. They also killed slaves and buried them at the 4 corners of a newly built marae to give the marae life

[@kotokuingoakozanna6456]

***** Maybe I'm not from i nga wa o mua eah. & chur chur 😄

[@cilthyfunt]

haven't even watched the vid and I know already that u don't mention the MOST IMPORTANT fact about maori warriors and that Is that they are just impersonating red haired,white skinned celtic warriors ,the 1st settlers to their land who gave them their scrolls and circles in their tattoos and who originally had the facial tattoos that they imitated ,they(THE CELTS) also advanced their(THE MAORI) technology far beyond the tribes they came from - FACT

[@strident6192]

I came here to investigate about Maori people after high school students make haka to honouring the victims of the Christchurch😅😓

[@EriNinui]

prince of HUMANITY same!

[@yaa5y]

Me too 😅

[@fallenangel_899]

Don't get the wrong idea when they do it. It was used for war but it was also a sign of respect

[@joshuaparkes8685]

This Video is in accurate .. Id keep looking around or perhaps even visit a Museum like Te Papa or Auckland Museum

[@heyheyheyheyheyheyman5096]

Im 8 love action

[@CitroenDS23]

I am cringing at the shallowness of his research and simple mis-interpretation of complex events. If this is representative of the quality of his Top Ten videos then I cannot trust anything he presents. I will not be subscribing...

[@kittycat-kg4dm]

Vincent Ingram arohanui to you !! I’m disgusted at the way in which my ancestors are being represented , with the inference that they were sub human or uncivilised before captain Cook arrived. Furthermore so much of this is blatantly incorrect !! Cannibalism was NOT for the sake of eating people but as a symbol of upmost respect for my ancestors’ slain enemies , absorbing their mana (aura , energy, power, influence) and carrying it on through themselves . As a 14 year old Maori living in London I have so, so much respect for you!!💚💚

[@BACHKA]

weird flex but ok

[@kittycat-kg4dm]

BACHKA preposterous boast, but alas

[@CitroenDS23]

@@BACHKA huh? I don't know what you mean with that comment.

[@esgoy3457]

@@CitroenDS23 r/OutOfTheLoop

[@warbzy3202]

Why do you have a picture of an aboriginal lady n boy, this is wrong 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@ashthegreat1]

Deficiencies in the narrative aside, this clip shows why the Maori are one of the most successful post-colonial indigenous races. They were fit, smart, maintained healthy population controls and their prowess in battle secured them a treaty with the crown that serves them to this day. Their culture and language still endures strong in NZ, among both Maori and pakeha (whites).

[@trex2957]

It also came at the end (of the beginning) of the colonial era, and at a time when more than one colonial power were interested in legitimising their ownership. But if you think it was because Maori militarily (or in any other way) matched the Brits.. go for it. As for Maori language it would have been utterly obliterated unless the Crown threw resources at saving it during the last forty years. But if you think it's perseverance is indicative of some sort of innate stoicism unique to Maori language and culture, again... go ahead. I just worry about the future when (white) post-colonial guilt gives way to Polynesian apathy towards the concerns of New Zealand's entitled natives. Then Maori language will have to stand on its own two legs, and special privileges for anyone, or any indigenous culture will be a hard sell politically.

[@bl4zedre4per62]

T Rex they did match the brits, nz was a jungle and the English were being picked off in small groups, English men were dying at a rapid rate plus the French were also on their way so the treaty was made so France couldn't interfere. If the treaty wasn't made England would have been forced to fight on he beaches against France or in the jungle against the Maori either way the only reason they "won" was because of diplomatic reasons. They were getting fucked up physically by the Maori...

[@blixten2928]

@@trex2957 Oh great, a rant. Well, we needed one of these.

[@Sarah-jane-pz3sl]

Pakeha is breath of another land we don't do skin colour here....Your native..Tangatawhenua, or foreign Pakeha...

[@sunpacbrolygokuzu3609]

For "Mere" you roll the "R" so it sounds like "Meh" "Reh" but together. Also the Ta Moko is to display our Whakapapa(Geneology).

[@capstaoner9466]

say med air real quick

[@edenallen3177]

CAPSTA ONER

[@82179gett]

James Slander no he's not

[@yogibear4682]

No it isnt, Maori never rolled their R's.

[@lennoxthompson2989]

yes we do

[@cherie5308]

I'm also from NZ and as much as I love your other vids, this one had me cringing. Please, please learn to pronounce the language of a culture you are speaking about properly and take the time to get your facts straight.

[@jaymeebenton2845]

thank u for saying that im from nz as well this vid annoyed me soooo much sure we did some bad stuff but look at parihaka everyone look at that read into it our people went through hell with the settlers

[@piripihiku7506]

Thank You, honestly!!!

[@Todsor]

lol foreigners have been pronouncing our Chinggis khan's name wrong for 700 hundred years and counting. Let alone mispronunciation, we've still been called tatars, barbarians etc. You people must have a super shiny glass heart to get annoyed by mere mispronunciation. How about some thick skin?

[@cxxldxde274]

@@Todsor yikes!

[@musicmad67]

@@Todsor I wouldn't want to learn something about Genghis Khan from someone who pronounced it wrong

[@david9783]

Now, who here would have guessed that the war club was used for cracking skulls..?

[@matty6848]

The Maori people can be or used to be terrifying people but most are lovely, friendly people:)

[@waaqcir7057]

Are there any pure blooded Maori still alive? They look more diluted each generation.

[@bigolham3605]

Gold Seeker nope, if you come across someone claiming they are full blooded they lying 😂

[@visualdisappointment8174]

Thank you very much!

[@visualdisappointment8174]

Waaq Cir who can say that, of any race, now? Even the isolated tribes in south america have been invaded at one point or another.

[@dekodabrown5797]

Waaq Cir is their any pure blooded Maoris alive, all Maoris are pure Maoris unless the parents are dif culture like if mum was Indian and dad was Maori that's half blooded Maori

[@joshuakaha1115]

Leave it to a brit to say the British were TOTALLY civil and we're absolutely attacked :^ ]

[@MisterCovek]

What's more logical and realistic? A man who's traveled the world, attacking a group of people for no reason after he's just traveled across the globe... Or a group of natives who see a huge ship full of white people - both of which they have never seen before - attack the Europeans out of fear?

[@kittycat-kg4dm]

Joshwa arohanui to u bro the amount of white privilege on here makes me sick to my stomach I’ve been replying to pakeha old men’s comments for like an hour 😂😂😭😭😭 the disrespect to my ancestors angers me so so much

[@jonathanhale8388]

MisterCovek out of fear? Ha. They wanted to eat them and shrink their heads. It is proven that certain races have higher capacities. The brains of certain groups will never evolve, but will remain primal like lesser animals. Like reptiles or fish, cannibals are the lowest order of primate.

[@KallusGarnet]

we are civil because we eat people with a knife and fork with our mouths closed at the dinner table thank your very much.

[@gitsurfer27]

I'm British and our past colonialism was horrific and beyond brutal, we were anything but civil. The cultures we laid to waste is so sad.

[@miaisabella1341]

Mere “mear” oh buddy.

[@katman8183]

Hard

[@sophieparata1958]

Lmao that's what I was thinking

[@NewZman23]

and Hong- gi

[@hajra637]

Māori people have the most beautiful culture still alive today... Kia ora ❤️

[@christineparis5607]

I have read the comments and struck by the unbelievable hostility. If you want Top Tenz to pronounce things correctly or change something that was not correct, he will be happy to. Just attacking someone with vitriolic abuse is pointless. All of you unloading anger are losing an opportunity to bring your rare culture to a wide audience. I would love to learn about it, and this video got me ordering some history books. I can't afford to go there but I respect all cultures and feel depressed when I look at comments and find only abuse.

[@Traderjoe]

I agree, its insane and it seems rampant in the world today. It makes me honestly think of moving away from society.

[@ttvdemo_nite6001]

as a Māori woman I was both fascinated and annoyed with this video.. Alot of the actual facts were wrong or skewed a bit (which was offensive and disheartening as it gives off the wrong impression of my culture) but when it comes to pronunciation, he didn't do too bad as some of the maori words would be pronounced in an English manner due to the spelling.. I'm absolutely soaked to see that you have ordered some books! that is amazing! I am also trying to learn a bit more about my culture as well..

[@jameshill2499]

Ashia Cope goto your safe room

[@AlternativeElvis]

Dude, I knew as soon as I saw the title for this it would end badly... Are there no Kiwi's in London that could have helped you with this? Love this, and all your other vids. Take care

[@freddypedraza2066]

The British once told them about king Leonidas They replied 'never heard of her'

[@BXGUY73]

I doubt they would be able to defeat "her" - (King Leonidas). SPARTANS with their shields, spears and swords would have "waxed" (defeated) the Maori.

[@BXGUY73]

@Flesh AF Don't confuse time periods and battle tactics.

[@BXGUY73]

@Flesh AF Well you would have to consider the weaponry and tactics used by each when it comes to Spartans vs Maori because the Spartans/Greeks had shields, some body armor with swords & spears AGAINST the MAORI who have NO body armor and the best they can muster is a club. Not even a fair fight when you consider both Spartans & Maori were born and raised to fight. I'd pick the Spartans to win "8 days out of the week" against the Maori.

[@BXGUY73]

@Flesh AF What does that have to do with the Maori vs Spartans in one on one combat? Absolutely NOTHING! A Spartan with his shield spear, and sword, would "WAX" a Maori who has NO armor. It's not up for discussion so give it up.

[@andywatson611]

Not everyone had the facial tattoo's. They were only permitted to those who of distinction. About 10 years ago I was working in a small coastal town in the South Island when local council workers fixing footpaths dug up bones. The local archaelogist (yes there was one in the town) was called. On examination of the site and the bones he pointed out to me the remains of the cooking oven, he confirmed the bones as human and showed me the charring that had ocurred to them, most likely having been cannibalised he said.

[@flydiiqqiidy]

A+ for effort, B- for research though. I'm proud to be Maori, 1 of the most humble and fierce races you'll ever meet. We're very spiritual people that take pride in our ancestors koz family is important to us. I dunno about the killing of babies not every iwi (tribe) was the same. This is what I know as a male Maori from Te Arawa (Rotorua). Anybody feel free to extend or correct me. 1. Ta moko (tattoos) - is to show our whakapapa (family history), every line is to show who we represent. 2. Haka ("War dance") - was also used to greet guests, send off our dead and show respect to those who accomplish victories e.g win a rugby game. 3. Mere (meh-deh) - is correct but I bet a lot of kiwis probably cringed at the way you said it lol. 4. Dead reburied - That was the first time I've heard of that, I dunno if that's koz other iwi did this or I just didn't know. 5. War strategy - I could say was legit, we're pretty clever like that lol. 6. Head trophies - Was to show victory over rivals and to warn enemies. 7. Captain Cook - I fully doubt the Maori could have started this conflict unless James Cook disrespected that particular iwi. 8. Hongi Hika - You may have got right koz he saw the importance of technology and wanted to learn more to use against enemies. 9. Infanticide - Like I said before family is VERY important to us so I don't believe this was practiced. 10. Cannibalism - was correct except wairua means spirit. Eating the brain also helped gain enemies knowledge so the higher the ranked enemy the better. Well done for trying and apologies if MY research is wrong, this is what I was taught from my elders and research I have done about my culture. The rest of you kiwis hating chill tf out, at least he tried. "Oh but he got stuff wrong" STFU you go make a video about our culture then maybe people won't get information wrong.

[@michaelhead5386]

Fly DiiqqiiDY I myself am not Maori but I agree

[@jackmarino3651]

Fly DqqiiDY 4. Dead reburied - this was done when a warrior chief in particular was killed in battle and they were able to recover the body(tupapaku). The body was buried in a hidden cave or somewhere similar, a year later it was, well the remains were recovered by a tohunga, cleaned of any flesh or such like that may still be clinging to it and the bones reburied at a secret location. This was done so the bones would not be made into flutes, or worse still, basket hangers had that particular warrior's body not been recovered. 9. Infanticide - This may have been carried out, but is highly unlikely because the population of Maori could never really warrant it. Most tribes and haapu had low numbers, so if any woman of child bearing age, young girls, even young boys were captured in times of battle, or just taken (kidnapped), they more often than not were incorporated into the tribe that kidnapped them as one of their own. Remember, our ancestors name for the female gender was "Te Whare Tangata" for want of a better translation, "The House of Humanity', a perfect example of this is Te Arawa's own, Te Aokapurangi, of Ngaati Rangiwewehi, who was kidnapped by Nga Puhi as a child, and returned many years later, the wife of a Nga Puhi high chief, aroha, kei te wareware tana ingoa. So these are my reasoning's to doubt the case for infanticide, simply because of a lack of numbers, kaore taku whakaaro anake, aku koroua ke

[@flydiiqqiidy]

Jack Marino huh... I guess you learn something everyday lol cheers for that

[@azbgames6827]

Fly DiiqqiiDY humble? these comments say otherwise...

[@vivienneyeki3894]

After an exact year, the head was buried separately from the body, in a 'box' of its own in preparation for the journey to 'heaven' .

[@lunasky1819]

I find the Maori are very proud people, and rightly so I also think the markings on their face to be very significant to the Maori, and also very beautiful.

[@giovannip.1433]

The 'Mere' is pronounced 'Meh reh' ... Some of those 'misunderstandings' include using some of the natives as 'target practice' - to the surprise of the imported militia the 'natives' got aggressive. Since the interaction of Europeans seeking to gain resources and dominate the region sales of weapons, disruption of trade, biological warfare, the culture has adapted and changed. Prior to the 1600's the indigenous population traded and wed between tribes and nations. As did the Aborigines of Australia- they were not 'a bunch of nomadic hunter gatherers' but were farmers, trading nationally vast amounts of unprocessed and processed products- including flour. Trench warfare was developed by the indigenous 'New Zealanders' in resistance to bombardment of cannon because they wouldn't move off the land they and their ancestors had lived on for- depending on which tribe- some over a thousand years. They developed it and the British refined it in the Boer wars and later. Sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. Have a look at some of the Ted X tutorials.

[@communistsinthegazebo4457]

Best scientific estimates place Maori colonizing New Zealand as early as 1200 AD or as late as 1300 AD they had not been on this land for thousands of years ( Aboriginal Australians and Torres strait peopled had).

[@manaiaparata157]

@@communistsinthegazebo4457 gtfo

[@communistsinthegazebo4457]

I appreciate your well thought out and informed rebuttal. A worthy academic adversary indeed.

[@Sarah-jane-pz3sl]

Kia Ora😊

[@donaldmac1250]

know lots of Maori people....friendly....polite and peaceful people....none have ever expressed an interest in eating me.

[@geraldstewart1531]

Most are as you say, It's the filthy ELITE few that should be DEALT with, only about 1%.--- Bottom feeders with all four hooves and their snouts in the tax payers trough.

[@Straun30]

The facial "tatoo" is called a Ta Moko, Maoris commonly refer to it as simply moko. Saying the lines showed bravery and strength oversimplifies the moko. Each symbol has a meaning, and they also can display skills like a weapons master, they also from whet I understand are highly specific to the tribe and one side is from one side of the family and the other side is from the other, and thus sometimes you see a half face Moko, and a clean dividing line down the centre. The Haka as well is used in ritual, not even primarily war. I was at a home on my mission where 5 boys father just passed, and as he lay in the corner on the first of 3 days, the kids ripped off their shirts and all did a haka sending their father off. There are a lot of times its used tribally.

[@1leech]

Gunga galunga....

[@whasudr]

pronounced maori / maa-or-e , hapu / haa-pu, haka / ha-ka not haa-ka, & hongi / is hong-ee.

[@whasudr]

Marten Dekker far from it

[@space1778]

max payne 1 character 2 awe you must of got beaten up. lol

[@GeekGamer666]

Actually it's factually incorrect as well as incorrectly pronounced. Edited: I realised he briefly mentioned the Dutch arriving in NZ before moving on to talking about Cook. For those of you who also didn't realise right away: Abel Tasman was the leader of the first group of Europeans who came to NZ, over 100 years prior to Cook. I feel like the gap in time is relevant to the retelling since even if they landed in the exact same spot they'd be encountering different Maori.

[@siyandajola585]

5:20.. "Cook wanted to interact with the Maori's peacefully" - wtf?! How do you know? That's Cooks version of the story. What was Cook doing in their land to begin with? There's no "misunderstanding", Cook and his people wanted to colonize. If you going to tell a story, make sure your perspective and motives are clear😒

[@captaincracker8980]

Siyanda Jola it’s been historically proven he was peaceful, even after being attacked and some of his crew eaten.

[@rongo1741]

you preach girl

[@siyandajola585]

captain Cracker if you can tell me who wrote that "history", there you'll find the truth..

[@snoozyq9576]

With that logic, how could you know? Follow your own logic before you criticise pls...

[@SakuCzads682]

@@captaincracker8980 he wasnt peaceful. You should learn the maoris version of this because you are wrong

[@grantthompson9131]

Cannibalism was a routine funerary practice in Europe about 15,000 years ago, with people eating their dead not out of necessity but rather as part of their culture.