Clues for the word "MAORI"
We've had 155 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 425 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Cryptic crossword on December 29, 2025.
Definition of maori
- n. - One of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand; also, the original language of New Zealand.
- a. - Of or pertaining to the Maoris or to their language.
Referring Clues
- Language of New Zealand
- New Zealand native
- Language from which "mako" comes
- New Zealand tribesman
- Austronesian language
- Polynesian language
- Native New Zealander
- Early New Zealander
- Language from which "kiwi" comes
- New Zealander
- About 10% of New Zealanders
- Language akin to Tahitian
- They greet each other by pressing their noses together
- In New Zealand, it means "normal"
- Natives encountered by explorer James Cook
- Language spoken in "The Piano"
- "The Piano" extra
- New Zealand aborigine
- Tiki carver of New Zealand
- New Zealand tongue
- Indigenous New Zealander
- Indigenous Kiwi
- Language that gave us the word "kiwi"
- Polynesian language of New Zealand
- Language related to Tahitian
- Language that gave us the words "mako" and "moa"
- I wander, backing New Zealander (5)
- Language related to Hawaiian
- "Whale Rider" people
- Polynesian native
- Kapa haka dancer
- Polynesian tongue
- "Whale Rider" extra
- Oceania language
- Certain New Zealander
- Language whose name means "normal"
- "Whale Rider" extra
- Indigenous New Zealanders
- Native from New Zealand
- A Polynesian language
- Non-European New Zealander
- Kiri Te Kanawa, for one
- New Zealander of Polynesian descent
- Polynesian people
- Native New Zealanders
- Haka dancers of New Zealand
- Indigenous people of New Zealand
- Language that gave us "kiwi"
- In New Zealand, it means normal
- Language whose name means "normal"
- Native encountered by Captain Cook
- "Once Were Warriors" people
- Language known to native speakers as "te reo"
- A language of New Zealand
- Natives of the land known as Aotearoa
- New Zealand language
- Native kiwi
- N.Z. native
- Much-tattooed people
- Soprano Kiri Te Kanawa, e.g.
- New Zealand official language
- Like the word "kiwi"
- Polynesian New Zealander
- Kiwi langage
- Native Cook Islanders
- New Zealand aboriginal
- Native Cook islanders
- Native Kiwis
- "Once Were Warriors" folk
- Hei-tiki wearers
- Indigenous people known for their tattoos
- One of New Zealand's official languages
- Most Cook Islanders
- Polynesian settlers of New Zealand
- Early New Zealand settler
- Official New Zealand language besides English
- Language that gives us "kiwi"
- Aucklander, perhaps
- Like about 15% of New Zealanders
- Language that gives us "mako"
- New Zealand natives
- Kiwi tongue?
- Like many people in "Whale Rider"
- Those who call New Zealand "Aotearoa"
- Some New Zealanders
- NZ
- New Zealand settler
- New Zealander, maybe
- I wander back to see a New Zealander
- Culture depicted in "Whale Rider"
- Native islander to wander around on island
- I roam (anag)
- Moira's arrangement with a New Zealander
- New Zealander who may start roaming
- Aboriginal New Zealander
- Polynesian aboriginal
- Start roaming around in New Zealand
- I travel to the North from South Island, perhaps
- Native of New Zealand and the Cook Islands
- I wander around as antipodean
- People whose language is the source of "kiwi"
- People who call New Zealand Aotearoa
- Native of New Zealand
- Aotearoa people
- Moira goes out with New Zealander
- I ramble when flipping over tongue
- Antipodean's choice between parent and setter?
- I ramble, rolling tongue
- Indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand
- I walk up to a New Zealander
- Native of Aotearoa
- Mum takes gold kiwi back from New Zealand
- Travel around, beginning to identify Polynesian language
- One with force reflected about love for language
- In New Zealand, they form only parts of the majority
- Heading north, wander with one New Zealander
- Moira becomes a New Zealander
- N. Zealander
- An official language of New Zealand
- New Zealand tongue experiencing a revival
- Wander over island, one in NZ
- Source of the word "kiwi"
- Auckland aborigine
- You could roam with one in New Zealand
- Haka dancers
- Language of Polynesia
- How Moira goes native
- Native inhabitant of New Zealand
- Disney's "Moana" was translated into it
- Cook Islands language
- New Zealand people
- Like the haka
- Like the haka dance, in origin
- Performers of the ceremonial haka dance
- He could start roaming in New Zealand
- Natives who apply ta moko
- Language in which "kia ora" is a greeting
- People who celebrate Matariki
- Like taonga puoro
- Like one in six New Zealanders, ethnically
- Like whakairo carvings
- Many a Cook Islander
- Like haka performers
- Language in which "hello" is "kia ora"
- Like ta moko and the haka
- One of the two official languages of New Zealand
- Haka dance performers
- Like powhiri ceremonies
- Language of a haka chant
- People who speak te reo
- Moira confused an islander
- People that call New Zealand "Aotearoa"
- Language in which "Kia ora" means "Hello"
- Source of the word "tiki"
- Language in which "maunga roa" means "long mountain"
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Cryptic - December 29, 2025
- New York Times - December 03, 2025
- New York Times - November 20, 2025
- LA Times - November 18, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - November 06, 2025
- Daily Quick - September 14, 2025
- Daily American - August 31, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 19, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - July 26, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - July 15, 2025
- Mirror Mini - June 25, 2025
- Daily American - June 05, 2025
- New York Times - May 21, 2025
- Daily Quick - May 19, 2025
- Mirror Mini - May 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - April 24, 2025
- Daily Quick - February 03, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - December 27, 2024
- LA Times - December 09, 2024
- Your Life Choices - December 06, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - November 25, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 15, 2024
- USA Today - November 09, 2024
- Daily Cryptic - November 06, 2024
- Daily American - October 26, 2024
- Daily American - September 19, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 18, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 16, 2024
- Daily Quick - September 16, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - September 13, 2024
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