This Paper Attempts to Explore the Long-Forgotten History of the Maori Tribe That Alan Duff Highlights In the Novel Once Were Warriors. Maoris Are the Indigenous People of New Zealand Who Settled on the Coastal Areas of New Zealand Around 1300 A.D.Alan Duff's Emphasis on the Idea That the Maori Are the People Who Once Were Warriors, All Through the Novel, Has Constructive and Destructive Inferences For Contemporary Maori Society. However, It Gives Them the Power to Fight the Present Struggles. Revisiting the Past Serves As a Means of Encouraging Maoris to Look Back to Their Ancestors and Seek Strength from Their Glorious Past to Fight Against the Modern Problems.