Pākehā (or Pakeha without macrons; /ˈpɑːkɛhɑː, -kiːhɑː, -kiːə/; Māori pronunciation: [ˈpaːkɛhaː]) is a Māori-language term for New Zealanders primarily of European descent.
/ (ˈpɑːkɪˌhɑː) / noun. (in New Zealand) a person who is not of Māori ancestry, esp a White person.
Historians and language experts agree that the original meaning of the word Pākehā is most likely to be 'pale, imaginary beings resembling men', referring to a sea-dwelling, godlike people in Māori mythology. It has been used to describe Europeans, and then New Zealanders of European descent since before 1815.
European New Zealanders (Pākehā) are a European ethnic group. It includes New Zealanders of European descent, European peoples (e.g. British, Dutch, German, Russian), and other peoples of indirect European descent (e.g. Americans, Canadians, South Africans and Australians).
Hori is an ethnic slur used against people of Māori descent. The term comes from a Māori-language approximation of George, an English name that was very popular during the early years of European colonisation of New Zealand.
Bogan (/ˈboʊɡən/ BOHG-ən) is Australian and New Zealand slang for a person whose speech, clothing, attitude and behaviour are considered unrefined or unsophisticated. Depending on the context, the term can be pejorative or self-deprecating.
"Kiwi" (/ˈkiːwi/ KEE-wee) is a common self-reference used by New Zealanders, though it is also used internationally. Unlike many demographic labels, its usage is not considered offensive; rather, it is generally viewed as a symbol of pride and affection for most people of New Zealand.
Pakeha-Maori
Pakeha, which is a Maori term for the white inhabitants of New Zealand, was in vogue even prior to 1815.
The Māori used the term Māori to describe themselves in a pan-tribal sense. Māori people often use the term tangata whenua (literally, "people of the land") to identify in a way that expresses their relationship with a particular area of land; a tribe may be the tangata whenua in one area, but not in another.
Māori have always called European New Zealanders 'Pākehā', but they are also sometimes colonialists, imperialists and tauiwi (strangers).
In Māori culture the head is sacred (tapu) and food is used to remove tapu. If food is touches the head, it becomes sacred and can not be eaten. Having an image of a head on a food or beverage container is offensive and implies that the food or beverage is polluted.
Looking at this great white shark, with jaws bared, it is no wonder that these creatures were traditionally linked with taniwha. The great white's Māori name was Makō (or Mangō) taniwha.
Some of us are dark skinned, with dark hair, while some are blonde with blue eyes. Being Māori is not a dichotomy – we cannot categorise Maori into 'black' or 'white' because Kiwi identities are complex, and being Māori is about more than a skin colour.
This uneasy truce disintegrated in the late 1850s and war broke out in Taranaki in early 1860, then elsewhere in the North Island. Māori fought alongside, as well as against, Pākehā, and warm friendships developed between the British and settler troops and their 'friendly Māori' allies.
The governments of these countries wanted to own more land and have more power in the world, and they wanted to find new people to trade with. When people from these countries went to a new land they wanted to change it to make it like the place they had come from.
Nickname. During the qualification for the 1982 FIFA World Cup, the team appeared for the first time in an all white uniform against Taiwan in 1981. This led a commentator to dub them the "All Whites", a play on the traditional name "All Blacks" used for the national rugby team.
During the First World War, New Zealand soldiers were referred to as 'kiwis', and the nickname stuck. Eventually, the term Kiwi was attributed to all New Zealanders, who proudly embraced the moniker.
Known as the indigenous Polynesian population of New Zealand, the Māori people's long history originated when they arrived in the early- to mid-1300s. Hundreds of years later, the Māori culture, rich with arts and tradition, is still a big part of New Zealand's identity.
'Pākehā–Māori' was the 19th-century term for Europeans who chose to live among Māori as part of the tribe. Some were traders, whalers and sealers looking to make money in New Zealand, and others were runaway seamen and escaped convicts from Australia.
general informal greeting) Morena- (Good) morning! Nau mai - Welcome!
The Māori All Blacks, previously called the New Zealand Maori, New Zealand Maoris and New Zealand Natives, are a rugby union team from New Zealand. They are a representative team of the New Zealand Rugby Union, and a prerequisite for playing is that the player has Māori whakapapa (genealogy).
As it turned out, the top pet name in NZ is 'babe' or 'baby' – 21% of us opt for this when in need of a cute nickname. Babe did have some fierce rivalry however, notably from 'honey' which took 20% of the vote and from 'darling,' which earned 19%.
10/03/2023. Three things immediately come to mind when you hear the term “kiwi”: a hairy, flightless bird; a brown, fuzzy fruit with a green interior; and a native of New Zealand. However, just two of those pictures were genuinely taken on the Australian island that gave such names.
Out of a melting-pot of English, Irish and Scottish immigrants, with a healthy dose of Australians, and the distinctive vowel sounds of te reo Māori, emerged something approaching what we hear today. The lone regional variant identified by linguists is the Southland accent, often described as a 'burr'.