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Before the Europeans came to New Zealand, the Māori were the only people on the islands. The pre-European Māori were warriors, and it was common to find conflicts between tribes. Projectile weapons, such as spears or arrows, were almost never used.
The arrival of Europeans to New Zealand, starting in 1642 with Abel Tasman, brought enormous changes to the Māori, who were introduced to Western food, technology, weapons and culture by European settlers, especially from Britain.
To Māori, weapons were more than just implements of warfare — they were taonga (treasures), and handed down as precious heirlooms from generation to generation. Weapons were made of wood, stone and bone in a slow, painstaking process.
To Māori, weapons were taonga (treasures), and were often handed down to descendants. Weapons were made of wood, stone and bone, in a slow, painstaking process. Karakia (incantations) were sometimes said over weapons to imbue them with deities and make them tapu (sacred).
Rākau Māori (Māori weaponry) was designed for hand-to-hand combat. In battle it was common for toa (warriors) to take a long handled weapon such as a taiaha (long-handled fighting staff) and a short weapon such as a patu (club) tucked into a belt.
Māori Warfare & Weapons. Before the Europeans came to New Zealand, the Māori were the only people on the islands. The pre-European Māori were warriors, and it was common to find conflicts between tribes. Projectile weapons, such as spears or arrows, were almost never used.
not a Maori weapon, might have belonged to some pre-historic inhabitant. There seems to be a consensus of tradition that the Polynesian and Malayan islands were once peopled by races exter minated or driven inland by the present occupiers of the seaward positions. In New Zealand many scholars believe that the Maori
