māori
1. (stative) be native, indigenous, normal, usual, natural, common, fresh (of water), belonging to Aotearoa/New Zealand, freely, without restraint, without ceremony, clear, intelligible.2. (noun) aboriginal inhabitant.
According to my knowledge and expertise in Te Reo Māori, the word "māori" was a word used to describe the indigenous group of New Zealand or Aotearoa, however the original and correct use or definition of the word is natural, normal or usual. Thus, the word was used to describe the indigenous people or tangata whenua/people of the land because when the European or the White man arrived, it was a way to distinguish the "normal" people or those who looked the same and those who didn't. Hei tauira/Example: He waimāori = Fresh water/ pure water/ normal water.
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