> Maori Men And Women From Different Homelands
Very plausible: if you’re a member of a raiding war party, why not pick up some women along the way?
Although if you read Te Arawa’s history (which was originally oral by nature) at least that Maori Iwi brought women with them. They settled in and around Rotorua and Whakatane.
I find it fascinating that scientists insist that Maori came from Taiwan. Frankly I don’t believe it for a moment. If you ask Maori where they came from, they will tell you “Hawaiki”.
Now, scientists insist that “Hawaiki” isn’t Hawaii. Yet if you travel to Hawaii and hear Hawaiian as it is spoken, it is quite understandable if you can also speak Maori: the words are very, very close, as is the grammar.
Tahitians are Maori: I have a mate who is the local chief here in West Auckland. He is also a chief — by blood — in Tahiti.
Cook Islanders also speak a language so similar to Maori that it can be easily understood.
If I had to guess, I’d say that Maori migrated East to West, and if there are any genes in Taiwan similar to theirs, it is probable that THEY colonized Taiwan and Indonesia — not the other way around.
Maori and Samoans and Tongans and other Pacific Islanders used the Pacific currents as frequently and as reliably as we use Interstate Hiways. They were great maritime powers, in their time. I have yet to hear of any real maritime exploits from Taiwan.