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pakeha|ˈpɑːkehɑː| Also 9 packeah. The Maori word used in New Zealand for a white man.
1817J. L. Nicholas Narr. Voyage to N.Z. I. v. 139 Many of them had never before..beheld an European, and to see packaka kiki (the white man eat,) was a novelty. [1820Gram. & Vocab. Lang. N.Z. (Ch. Miss. Soc.) 187 (Morris) Pakeha, an European; a white man.] 1832A. Earle 9 Months' Resid. N.Z. 146 The white taboo'd day, when the packeahs (or white men) put on clean clothes and leave off work. 1838J. S. Polack New Zealand II. iii. 102 He [sc. the chief] said I was a pákeha maori or native white man. 1845E. J. Wakefield Adv. N.Z. I. 73 We do not want the missionaries from the Bay of Islands, they are pakeha maori, or whites who have become natives. 1854Golder Pigeons Parlt. iii. 44 Aiding some vile pakehas In deeds subversive of the laws. 1859[see beach-comber]. 1933Bulletin (Sydney) 13 Sept. 8/4 The first pakehas were not at all ethical— rough whalers and adventurers. 1938[see half-pie a.]. 1938R. Finlayson Brown Man's Burden 1 Rua came from Taupo to the coastal district to work on the farm of a Pakeha. 1959G. Slatter Gun in my Hand xxii. 224 The Maori must smile at the pakeha going all Maori when he's overseas. People on the ship to England wearing tikis and saying good kai this morning. 1960Guardian 23 Sept. 13/1 Race relations in New Zealand..had been based on the absolute equality of Maori and Pakeha (European). 1963Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 25 July, Co⁓existence between Maoris and Pakehas had seriously affected Maori culture. 1978Islands (N.Z.) Aug. 20 The pakehas' faces floated like white disks in a sea of brown.
Add: N.Z. [Maori.] B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or designating a fair-skinned non-Maori, esp. a New Zealander. pakeha Maori, a white man who has adopted a Maori lifestyle (now rare).
1838J. S. Polack New Zealand II. iii. 102 He [sc. the chief] said I was a pákeha maori or native white man. 1845E. J. Wakefield Adv. N.Z. I. 73 We do not want the missionaries from the Bay of Islands, they are pakeha maori, or whites who have become natives. 1859[see beach-comber s.v. beach n. 4]. 1882W. D. Hay Brighter Britain! II. v. 171 Human nature triumphed over Pakeha morality. 1940H. Belshaw in I. L. G. Sutherland Maori People Today vi. 224 The..primary stage..often represents the first experience of pakeha civilization. 1957Jrnl. Polynesian Soc. LXVI. 351 A group of Maori and pakeha students in a District High School east of Rotorua. 1961D. P. Ausubel Maori Youth iii. 54 Pakeha pupils lived in a more urban environment. 1985M. King (title) Being Pakeha. 1985National Education (N.Z.) Nov. 216 We retrace the first Maori and Pakeha contacts. |