Pākehā
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Pākehā or Pakeha is a Māori-language word used in English, particularly in New Zealand. It generally means a non-Polynesian New Zealander or more specifically a European New Zealander. It is not a leg
Māori and Pākehā boys at school swimming pool, Auckland, 1970
Drawing of a traditional waka showing Māori rowers facing forwards (1773)
European New Zealanders
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New Zealanders of European descent are mostly of British and Irish ancestry, with significantly smaller percentages of other European ancestries such as Germans, Poles, French, Dutch, Croats and other
Pākehā
…Pakeha is a Māori-language word used in English, particularly in New Zealand. It generally means a non-Polynesian New Zealander or more specifically a European New Zealander. It is not a legal term and has no definition under New Zealand law. Papa'a has a similar meaning in Cook Islands Māori. The etymology of the Māori…
Scottish Highland family preparing to embark for New Zealand in 1844
Plaque commemorating the first meeting of the Canterbury Association in Charing Cross, London. The association would go on to found Canterbury, New Zealand, in 1850.
James Busby.
The New Zealand flag is raised in the Bridge of Remembrance during an Anzac Day parade in Christchurch, New Zealand.