| NGAPUHI | The largest Maori tribe |
| TAINUI | Maori tribe that bought the Warriors in 1999 (6) |
| IWI | Maori tribe (NZ) |
| HAPU | A division of a Maori tribe (4) |
| WAITANGI | The Treaty of ___, 6 February 1840, between Britain and a number of Maori tribes, which effectively founded New Zealand (8) |
| RURU | What is the Maori name for the boobook owl whose call resembles the word mopoke? (4) |
| HAKA | Maori war chant used by the New Zealand rugby team, the All Blacks |
| UTU | Bruno Lawrence starred in this 1983 NZ movie which told of the Maori wars in the 1860s |
| RANGI | In Maori mythology, the creators of all things are Papa, the earth mother, and this sky father figur |
| EDDIELOW | In the 1970s, this Maori ballad singer was billed as the "voice in a million" (5,3) |
| MAORI | The Oceanic language spoken by the Maori people in New Zealand. |
| CLOUD | Maori name for their homeland of New Zealand, Aotearoa, means the Land of the Long White ... |
| WHENUA | Maori land at the time that returned to the French |
| ELLESMERE | The lake where Elizabeth initially could trade up the Maori club (9) |
| NGAIO | Associated with Maori legends, the New Zealand "mousehole tree" of coastal regions after which one of the "queens of crime" was named (5) |
| TRUMPETMAJOR | American president and UK PM hold the Maori back from the bandsman (7,5) |
| MOA | Bird once hunted by the Maori |
| TIKI | The first man, in Maori myth |
| TAPU | What is the Maori word for sacred? (4) |
| ZEAL | Spirit in the heart of Maori country (4) |
