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Were Maori Really Great Navigators?

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How believable is the story of Maori leaving their country of origin Hawaiki and using the stars as a navigational guide to take them to New Zealand? If they were great navigators then why did they never navigate back to their home country?

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“In a time where these stories are more relevant than ever, with what’s going on around the world in terms of conflict, it really is one of our missions to keep this story alive and to learn from it for the future,” museum project manager Jacob Siermans said.

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The word for today is… comity (noun) - 1a: friendly social atmosphere : social harmony b: a loose widespread community based on common social institutions c: comity of nations d: the informal and voluntary recognition by courts of one jurisdiction of the laws and judicial decisions of another 2: avoidance of

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