Maoris

10200 is an English-speaking country, but the Marori language is another language in this country. The English sailors began to visit 010200 after 1770. They found some dark-skinned people living there. These were the Maoris, who had come from hot island in the Pacific in the 00 400 years before.02br
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00Later more and more English settlers came to 010200 and lived there. The Maoris were friendly to the first settlers. But soon the new settlers wanted their land. So in 1844 there was fighting between them. This was the first of several wars between the Maoris and the English setters. The next fifty years were very bad for the Maoris. Many were killed in the wars. Many more died from new disease that was brought by the English. In 1840 there were perhaps 200,000 Maoris. By 1859 this number had fallen to 42,000.02br
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00However, since last century the Maoris and the English setters have lived in peace. For many years the “English” New Zealanders looked down upon the Maoris. But in recent years, they have had equal rights, and the Maoris language is one of the languages of the country with English. Today there are about three hundred thousand Maoris, that is, about 9% of the population. 0-