The Maori people of New Zealand came from eastern Polynesia in waves of canoes sometime between 1250 and 1300 AD. Over the centuries, they developed a rich and complex society that included a fierce and terrifying warrior culture. Europeans described the Maori warriors as large men, although women could be warriors as well, who had extensive facial tattoos. While they looked fearsome, their intense physical appearance is only the start of what made these warriors so terrifying. →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 → → GET A T-SHIRT - http://www.toptenz.net/toptenz-t-shirts →Top 10 Objects That Were Clearly Invented Just to Annoy Physics: https://youtu.be/0MVGeRa-vLo Entertaining and educational top 10 lists from TopTenzNet! Brand new videos 7 days a week! Subscribe to our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TopTenz/ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theoriginaltoptenz/ Learn more about the host: →Simon's VLOG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqt8j7DfPmveJp3UOk9XTg Business inquiries to [email protected] Other TopTenz Videos: Top 10 Toughest VIKING WARRIORS https://youtu.be/dmsC4T7UiNY?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnKajPA6HFawry8Y3my_VX5Q Top 10 HORRIFYING Facts You Didn’t Know About KNIGHTS https://youtu.be/q1yvv9fHSw8?list=PLQ4d2-ByGhnKajPA6HFawry8Y3my_VX5Q Text version: http://www.toptenz.net/10-terrifying-facts-maori-warriors.php Coming up: 10. Their Tattoos Were Carved In 9. The War Dance 8. The Mere Club Was Used to Crack Skulls 7. The Dead Were Buried and Dug Back up Again and Then Reburied 6. The War Strategy 5. Heads of the Killed Were Taken as Trophies 4. Captain James Cook’s First Encounter Was Terrifying 3. Their Most Famous Warrior Hongi Hika 2. Infanticide 1. They Performed Cannibalism Source/Further reading: http://www.zealandtattoo.co.nz/tattoo-styles/maori-tattoos/ https://youtu.be/yiKFYTFJ_kw http://www.newzealand.com/int/feature/haka/ https://hakatours.com/blog/haka-meaning/ http://maorisource.com/Maori-Warriors.html http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/greenstone-patu http://www.anatomyzone.com/anatomy-feed/pterion/ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX19080611.2.9 http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Maori.aspx http://maorisource.com/Maori-Warriors.html http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-TeIMoko.html https://books.google.ca/books?id=nu3DAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA137&ots=-CbJJZxYA0&dq=Yates%20And%20where%20is%20your%20father%3F%20maori%20%20He%20is%20cooked.&pg=PA137#v=onepage&q&f=false http://www.badassoftheweek.com/hongihika.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/cook_tupaia_maori_01.shtml http://libweb5.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/pacific/cook3/cook3.html http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-TeIMoko.html http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10805452 http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10805452 https://books.google.ca/books?id=kO8yRHeDxVcC&lpg=PA30&ots=YtLu4tYyd6&dq=maori%20infanticide&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q=maori%20infanticide&f=false https://books.google.ca/books?id=60B8CgAAQBAJ&lpg=PT228&dq=maori%20patu&pg=PT234#v=onepage&q=maori%20patu&f=false http://www.nzherald.co.nz/cultures/news/article.cfm?c_id=105&objectid=10462390 https://books.google.ca/books?id=tUnu_oCaVBQC&lpg=PA62&ots=hnMrQunBAP&dq=cannibalism%20mana&pg=PA62#v=onepage&q&f=false