Pakeha Maori

English

Alternative forms

  • Pākehā Māori

Etymology

Borrowed from Maori pākehā Māori, itself made of pākehā (“a foreigner, a European”) and Māori.

Noun

Pakeha Maori (plural Pakeha Maoris or Pakeha Maori)

  1. (New Zealand, now historical) Someone of European descent who has adopted a Maori way of life. [from 19th c.]
    • 2003, Michael King, The Penguin History of Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin, published 2023, page 105:
      Of the original Pākehā Māori, Thomas Taylor was one of four crew members who ran away from the Sydney-based vessel Hunter in the course of a timber-gathering expedition up the Waihou River in 1798.
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