Pākehā Māori or Pakeha Maori were early

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History

Many Pākehā Māori were runaway seamen or escaped Australian convicts who settled in Māori communities by choice."Cultural go-betweens, Pākehā–Māori"
Te Ara A few Pākehā Māori such as James Caddell, John Rutherford"John Rutherford — The “White New Zealander”"
A.J. Waldie 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

* Kimball Bent * Barnet Burns * James Caddell *

Thomas Kendall Thomas Kendall (13 December 1778 – 6 August 1832) was a schoolmaster, an early missionary to Māori people in New Zealand, and a recorder of the Māori language. An evangelical Anglican, he and his family were in the first group of mission ...

* David MacNish * Frederick Edward Maning * Jacky Marmon * John Rutherford

Notes

References

*
Pakeha Maori: The extraordinary story of the Europeans who lived as Maori in early New Zealand
' by Trevor Bentley; published 1999
''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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Pakeha Maori Māori history *

History

Notable Pākehā Māori

See also

Similar people in other countries

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