Oil on canvas 1885 painting 'Early Maori orators' by Sam Stuart.
Rights: Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki, Reference: 1923/3, Oil on canvas by Sam Stuart Published 18 August 2014 Size: 300 KB Referencing Hub media

Early Māori had a culture based on oral lore. Māori knowledge was passed on in this way from one generation to the next.

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