New Zealand, the Maori Heritage | SLICE | FULL DOCUMENTARY

I'm SA of Russian & German heritage & I've had the privilege of travelling to NZ twice & have enjoyed the hospitality of both the Maori & white NZ's . Both warm & welcoming indeed ... Mind blowing naturally beauty of this land , lived on both North & South Island. I admire & respect the Maori for their desire to go back to their roots.. I've studied Anthropology & believe a nation is only strong once it shows pride in it's identity... The wise words spoken in the beginning illustrate this ...

Beautiful. A powerful people with a powerful culture. Much love from Indigenous Australia

Firstly this has got to be my favourite channel. Love the way you celebrate & share all these beautiful & amazing cultures with the rest of us. It's so important to document & try not lose the riches of all the diverse peoples of this world, now & before. This one was brilliant. The world governments need to take leaf out of NZ's books & start granting our natural wonders the same rights to life as we human have & we may start actually helping the climate. Just love the deep spirituality the Maouri people have with nature, their art, their ancestors & one another. (forgive me if i butchered the spelling)... They take community & togetherness so seriously & poignantly & i think it really highlights what we need so much more of in this world. I believe it's healing powers are immense & of great use to us all. Cannot praise the channel & its excellent content enough. LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!!!! MORE MORE MORE PLEASE!!!!!

Blessings and this was a beautiful videos I loved it thank you

What a treat to watch this documentary about a beautiful culture and its people and the majestic landscapes, If I am to come back to the earth I will choose to be born in New Zealand 😍

The subtitles make us sound like penicillin mouldy

Beautiful!❤❤❤

Beautiful! Welcome home.

I wonder how Slice got the rights to this documentary.

Brilliant Doco😂😂😂Mauri Ora - Mana Māori Motuhake🔥🔥🔥i had the honour of having my shoulders done by Inia!!!

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When will you stop the helicopters and poachers illegally selling to the chinese ? , amazing documentary thanks for soreading the love ,

English language commentary

WHY DOESN'T ANYBODY DO A DOCUMENTARY ON OLD ZEALAND ?

The Māori raise a lot of interesting questions about what it means to be "native". They were only there a couple of hundred years before white people (300 years at the longest estimates), and there are parts of New Zealand that they never reached that white people settled. It's now been more than 300 years since white people arrived, so it makes you wonder - are white people now native to New Zealand? Not only have they been there longer than the Māori were, but they were also the first in some areas. It's an interesting situation, it's fascinating to see people have such a strong connection to a place they've never been before that their ancestors only recently inhabited. It reminds me of the sacred mountain that was carved up to make Mount Rushmore - it was only sacred for about 20 years, because the Native American tribe that decided it was sacred only just moved to that area. The guy who decided the mountain was sacred was even still alive! I think it shows just how quickly people form an attachment to places, and that we should rethink enshrinement of native people as being prioritised over "non-natives" as the entire situation is very xenophobic and anti-immigration.

The sad thing about the Māori is that some of there culture was lost! From stories from old to young!! And even sadder is that the young generation are making some up as they go along!! You all need to listen to your elders not just come up with things in your own head!!

Haka is the most cringe ass thing on the whole internet.

Awesome...loved every bit of this, I am Pakeha originally from Taumarunui. I too have an affiliation with the ONCE GREAT MIGHTY Whanganui River. We swam in it daily in the summer, picnicked alongside its banks, fished for eels, and skidded the papa rocks. Nearly many times the river took my life due to what was then huge rapids, sadly not today, it's a mere stream in Taumarunui these days. QUESTION... bringing Maori tanga back is all important and I totally back you, but there is so much MORE DNA running through MAORI today. I wish to know that bloodlines from non-indigenous ancestors, that run throughout ALL our veins,.... will be accepted, honored, and respected as well. Please keyboard critics, don't read more into this than a simple but genuine question.

SLICE, You're awesome! Let's be friends, okay?