Inhabitants of New Zealand before Maori's?

Andrew Purcell (apurcell@ozemail.com.au)
Thu, 12 Dec 1996 23:29:29 +1100

A friend of mine was talking to a guy the other day who mentioned that
there was an indigenous people in New Zealand prior to the arrival of
polynesians.

Does anyone know of this or can point me to somewhere that I might
establish the validity of this claim?

cheers,

Andrew