The word 'māori' crops up regularly in Hare Pota me te Whatu Manapou (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone). From the first sentence, in fact:
. . . ki te kī he tino māori noa iho nei rāua . . .
and then:
Heoi anō, e māori noa iho ana te ata-ruru-kore ki a Mita tūhiri.
He whanonga māori rānei tēnei nō te ngeru, te taute a Mita Tūhiri.
Pai ana, māori ana te rā ki a Miha Tūhiri.
The word 'māori' means normal. Originally, there was no need for Māori to describe themselves as such until the visibly 'abnormal' Europeans arrived in New Zealand.
Maybe the definition of the term 'māori' needs to be expanded to become more inclusive?
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