Maoritangan.

1843 J. K. E. Dieffenbach Trav. in N.Z. II. 370 Maoritanga—native custom, natural use.

1933 in M. P. K. Sorrenson Na To Hoa Aroha (1988) III. 85 What impressed the Tokerau delegates last year when they visited those districts was the ‘maoritanga’ of the tribes inhabiting that part of the Eastern Maori electorate.

1940 I. L. Sutherland Maori People Today v. 176 What then..is meant by Maoritanga? It means an emphasis on the continuing individuality of the Maori people, the maintenance of such Maori characteristics and such features of Maori culture as present day circumstances will permit.

1948 N. Smith Maori People & Us ii. 37 He [sc. the Maori] is very sensitive about the honour and standing of his tribe, his ancestry, and his Maoritanga.

1968 B. Biggs in E. Schwimmer Maori People in Nineteen-Sixties 76 Maori are remaining distinctively Maori without their language, often regarded as the sine qua non of Maoritanga.

1974 N.Z. Listener 20 July 10/4 It gave me considerable pleasure to hear these men, these korouas, steeped in their Maoritanga, steeped in the tribal values and tradition of Tuhoe.

1984 Metro (Auckland) Mar. 122/2 These activists..rang out a new warcry—‘if you want me to play Pakehas, then it's not going to be at the expense of my Maoritanga!’