what are maori religion
MÄori Christian church in Akaroa. Christianity was adopted by MÄori across New Zealand during the 19th century. MÄori religion is the religious beliefs and practice of the MÄori, the Polynesian indigenous people of New Zealand.he proportion of MÄori followers of Islam is low. Although the number of MÄori Muslims grew rapidly at the end of the 20th century to 1074 at the 2006 census, the total number of New Zealanders identifying as MÄori was 565,329. Thus, the total number of identified MÄori Muslims was 0.19 percent of the MÄori population.