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Pākehā Māori is a term used to describe some early European settlers in New Zealand (known as Pākehā in the Māori Language) who lived among the Māori. Some, the Māori kept as slaves, but others settled in Māori communities by choice. Among these, many were runaway seamen and escaped convicts. They were often welcomed by the Māori and took wives and were treated as Māori. Some even received the moko or facial tattoo. Some even achieved a degree of prestige among the Māori and fought in battle with their adopted tribe in the Māori Wars, sometimes even against European soldiers.
The early settler Frederick Edward Maning published two books under the pseudonym Pakeha Māori.
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
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