The Maori's are the indigenous people of New Zealand. They first immigrated from the eastern Polynesia in 950. The immigration is said to happened in three waves. First in 950, 1150 and 1350. They brought with them their own plants and animals. There is no animal on New Zealand that has its origin from New Zealand, except the bat.
In their new land, the Maori's developed their own culture, where they lived in small villages. The villages was actually very nice. Despite that the Maori's did not know about any form for metall, they still had houses made out of big wooden pieces, and with nice carvings.
Since there often occurred conflicts between the different tribes, the villages was often equpied with defence materials, such as walls, traps etc...
Good blog posts both about the Maoris and about America. The information you have included is relevant and your pictures are good illustrations.
SvarSlett