Kindred links felt in pōwhiri for Native American manuhiri 

Or we can put on a great feast of cultures

Sort of but we are East Asian racial stock, Maori are Polynesians.

Both groups have links to ancient aboriginal East Asia (Taiwan for Poly's) at least thats what is highly theorized, but that was thousands of years ago and both groups have evolved into their own separate groups. Polynesians as with other Nesians are their own people (Pasifika) and same for Native Americans

@@navimana i think both groups originally migrated from the coastal regions of China the Native Americans went north towards Siberia and crossed the land bridge into Alaska and spread throughout the Americas. The Polynesians went south to Taiwan and spread from there to the Philippines and Indonesia and so forth. But yes they are all part of the same family so to speak. ☺

They look alike because they are alike

Polynesians left Asia to voyage across the Pacific Ocean on canoes and wooden boats which they found their own islands and developed into their own cultures

Oath, even the great kaiwhaikorero relish in their speeches for maybe a bit too long - wouldnt be a problem with a chair for the ol' kaumatua though!

True dat!