New Maori Ancestry discovery in Aotearoa New Zealand 2012

According to some University of Otago researchers, Polynesian Ancestry in Aotearoa New Zealand now has a bit of evidence that the settlement of Aotearoa was settled by a variety of Polynesian Ancestral sources, inside Polynesia. This evidence of course already coincides with previous already notions of the Polynesian navigational waves into Aotearoa, but this slice of mitochondrial evidence also may mean that not all waves came from Eastern Polynesia, and also that waves in Later-Aotearoa may have less of a direct ancestral connection to other waves in Early-Aotearoa. Lisa Matisoo-Smith is said to be the study Director, and is quoted saying "We found that three of the four individuals had no recent maternal ancestor in common, indicating that these pioneers were not simply from one tight-knit kin group, but instead included families that were not directly maternally related".