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Māori

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• Haahi Ratana : the official website of the Ratana Established Church of New Zealand
  Covers the history of the church and its beliefs. Biographical information about the founder, Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana.
  
  
• Māori (New Zealand Māori)
  Presents three versions of "The Lord's prayer", E to matou Matua i te rangi and two versions of "Ave Maria", Awe, e Maria, in Māori.
  
  
• Māori as he was : a brief account of Māori life as it was in pre-European days
  By Elsdon Best. E-book. Original published 1934. A critique of this work by Philip Steer is also available.
  
  
• Māori Bible : HTML Bible index
  Provides access to a Māori language version of the Bible, by book and chapter.
  
  
• Māori theology / by Michael Shirres
  Provides information on Māori theology. Includes information on the Māori views of violence, dying, and Christianity. Notes that the Māori are the indigenous people of Aotearoa and New Zealand. Offers information on inculturation and the beliefs of the Māori. Lists related publications.
  
  
• Māori. Volume 1 / by Elsdon Best
  E-book. Original published 1924. A study representing the most complete survey of Māori culture of that time.
  
  
• Pacific Islander religions
  Historical texts relating to religion and mythology of the indigenous cultures of the Pacific Islands. Includes George Grey's 'Polynesian mythology', Edward Shortland's 'Māori religion and mythology', S. Percy Smith's 'Lore of the Whare-wānanga'.
  
  
• Rangiātea
  Bilingual site. Captures some of the history of Rangiātea the oldest surviving Anglican Maori Church in Otaki, New Zealand, destroyed by fire in 1995, will document the rebuilding.
  
  
• Ruia
  Online community for the rangatahi (youth) leaders of Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa (the Māori Anglican Church)
  
  
• Some aspects of Māori myth and religion : illustrating the mentality of the Māori and his mythopoetic concepts / by Elsdon Best
  E-Book created by the Knowledge Basket. Reviews Māori religious beliefs.
  
  
• Taatai arorangi = Māori astronomy
  Information about Māori astronomy and related folklore.
  
  
• Te Māra Rangatahi Ministry School
  Te Māra is the official Rangatahi Ministry School of Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa (the Māori Anglican Church)