Barnet Burns in Māori clothing, image from National Library of Australia
Pākehā Māori were early European settlers (known as Pākehā in the Māori language) who lived among the Māori in New Zealand.
History
Many Pākehā Māori were runaway seamen or escaped Australian convicts who settled in Māori communities by choice.[1]
A few Pākehā Māori such as James Caddell, John Rutherford[2] and Barnet Burns even received moko (facial tattoos).
In 1862 and 1863, the early settler Frederick Edward Maning published two books under the pseudonym "A Pakeha Maori" in which he describes how they lived.
Notable Pākehā Māori
See also
Similar people in other countries
Notes
- ↑ "Cultural go-betweens, Pākehā–Māori", Te Ara
- 1 2 "John Rutherford — The “White New Zealander”", A.J. Waldie
References
- Pakeha Maori: The extraordinary story of the Europeans who lived as Maori in early New Zealand by Trevor Bentley; published 1999 ISBN 0-14-028540-7
- Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times by 'A Pakeha Maori' (Frederick Edward Maning) Gutenberg ebook, originally published 1863
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