Like other Polynesians, the Maori lacked metal, the wheel and writing. Their main raw materials were reeds, wood, cloth made out of pounded bark, and volcanic stone, but only from some of the islands.
Sounds primitive, right? But look at what they created:
Most interestingly to an American, the Maori creation myth has them arriving in New Zealand from an ancient homeland called Havaiki -- clearly the same place (mythical or real) for which our 50th state was named.
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