New Zealand

Noam, a man living in New Zealand accepted to answer our question on Maori culture the traditonal civilizations their lifestyle, thier costoms, their food ....

Noam, What are the origins of the Maori ?

The Maori civilizations arrived in New Zealand to 900-1000. The story of the  « people on earth » register in the myths of the foundation, formed in the long genealogy of ancestors. Hay 79 traditional tribes (iwi) divided into sud tribe (hapu) and family (whanau)...

What are the custom of the Maori ? Their lifestyle ?

The Maori believe in gods, the life force (mauri)...                                                                                              Tangaroa represents the element of water ( fish, ocean ...). Tane represents the element of forest, the birds...and Rongo represents the element of earth (agriculture, plants...).                                                                                                   The Maori are very close to nature, they believe the spiritual power ( tapu, mana). However with the strong urbanization, the Maori became a minority.

What is the typical food in New-Zealand ?

The eel was a staple food for the Maori people. The cheese is also very typical of New Zealand, the most typical are the double cream, blue,chaddar and the camembert with apricot. Kiwi rest a symbol of New Zealand, it’s very delicious.                That is the main food of New Zealand.

Okay thank you very much for your help 

 This is itinerary a stay in New-Zealand. Thanks to this map, you know the ideal   way to do if you go in New-Zealand. This trip you allows to discover all the island. You start from the Auckland city in North Island for then go in Rotorua.

For me, Rotorua is very very very amazing and there are many traditional civilizations that allows us to understand their lifestyle, their costums ...

You continue the road towards the capital of the New-Zealand : Wellington. You go along the seafront to Christchurche  (« the garden city »). After you cross island for to go Greymouth. Once arrived headinf south for see two glaciers : Franz Joseph and fox glaciers .

The landscape is very beautiful and especially large , I think  it’s the most beautiful places in the world.

Finally for your last day,you finish your trip of uphill in Christchurche .

Haka :

My favorite team is the New-Zealand, the « all black ». My team is very very very strong  and he plays really well. The particularity of my team, that they have a Maori dance «  haka ». It’s very impresive to see a rugby player dancing but it’s also very scary !                                                                                                    The players stamping of the feet, poking out of the tongue, eye bulging, grunt and cries, slap the hands...                                                                                                                  They do the haka before game, always. The haka it’s very typical of New Zealand .

The team of the New Zealand will participate in the Rugby World Cup 2011 .                    She will play in Pool A  versus Tonga for the first match at 20:30 Friday September 9. She will play versus Japan for the second match at 20 :00 Friday September 16, she will play versus France at 20 :30 Saterday September 24 and she will play versus Canada for the last match at 15 :30 Saterday October 1.

I think the all-black will win the cup is the best team in the world 

Tatoos :

According to Maori mythology, the tatoo begin with a love story between a young man named Mataora and a young woman in the world of darkness called Niweraka…

In the past, the tattoos were reserved for important person, often for the warrior. In addition, the tattoos made the men attractive, manly for the women. Those who did not were considered as persons without social status.

However, getting tattoos were very painful and very long. For these persons during the healing time, it was often impossible to eat because of swelling of the face. Often, they placed the leaves of native tree for to accelerate healing and they played of the flute for to relieve pain. The processes for making tattoos were very rustic. The instruments used for tattooing were a chisel bone, with a straight edge and sharp.

Eventually, these people put a lot of time for to heal and be able to eat normally again

Welcome, this is my blog about New Zealand and the Maori culture