maori pai

spiritual beliefs have long been central to Māori culture. In the 19th century Christianity offered Māori new beliefs. Some Māori adopted Christian forms of worship. Others merged traditional and Christian practices into entirely new systems of belief. In 1862 a new religious faith, Pai Mārire grew out of the conflict over land in Taranaki. It influenced the development of other Māori religious movements, some of which survived into the 21st century.