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East of Australia
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Twelve hundred miles east of Australia [blank] the islands of New Zealand. Long before they were [blank] by Europeans, a Polynesian race of warriors, the Maoris, had sailed across the Pacific from the northeast and established a civilization [blank] for the brilliance of its art and the strength of its military [blank] . When Captain Cook visited these islands towards the end of the 18th century, he judged that they [blank] about a hundred thousand.
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Twelve hundred miles east of Australia lie the islands of New Zealand. Long before they were discovered by Europeans, a Polynesian race of warriors, the Maoris, had sailed across the Pacific from the northeast and established a civilization notable for the brilliance of its art and the strength of its military system . When Captain Cook visited these islands towards the end of the 18th century, he judged that they numbered about a hundred thousand.
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