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“Inevitably it will happen,” said Mike Tavioni, who runs a carving and arts workshop dedicated to preserving Cook Islands Maori life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

As was the case six years ago, the response to the traditional Maori challenge was the prelude to a memorable win -- just England's ninth in 47 Tests against the All Blacks spanning 120 years.

From Barron's • Nov. 16, 2025

Townsend now has to prepare for Saturday's meeting with the Maori All Blacks without his 25-times capped first-choice scrum-half.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

White was given the news at the Scotland training camp in Whangarei, New Zealand, where he was preparing to face the Maori All Blacks, Fiji and Samoa this summer.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2025

An organized resistance by the Moriori could still then have defeated the Maori, who were outnumbered two to one.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond