http://www.playpoi.com/taxonomy/term/49/0 articles about the history of poi dancing and the maori people of Aotearoa (aka New Zealanda). en http://www.playpoi.com/maori_poi_history <!-- google_ad_section_start --> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/playpoi/107950121/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/35/107950121_188f636f98_t.jpg" width="100" height="67" align="right" title="migato with traditional maori poi" alt="migoto_with_poi.png" /></a>There is much debate about the dates and circumstances of the arrival of the Maori people on the island they call Aotearoa (aka New Zealand). Legend says the Maori arrived from the mythical homeland of Hawaiiki, and was discovered by the mythical figure Toi. Many scholars believe that the Maori began to show up from the eastern Pacific about 1,000 years ago, give or take several hundred years... </p> <!-- google_ad_section_end --> <p><a href="http://www.playpoi.com/maori_poi_history">read more</a></p> about poi poi history/maori Sat, 18 Mar 2006 18:29:23 -0800 nick 100 at http://www.playpoi.com