Intermediaries
Articles
Go-betweens
An important feature of early cross-cultural contact in New Zealand was the role of intermediaries (kaiwhakarite) who acted as go-betweens – people from one culture who lived within the other culture and helped bridge the gap between the two. Read the full article
Page 2 - Pākehā-Māori
Europeans who settled in Māori communities and adopted a Māori lifestyle were described as 'Pākehā-Māori'
Page 3 - Māori intermediaries: Ruatara
In 1805 the Ngāpuhi chief Ruatara left New Zealand on the whaling ship Argo with the intention of meeting King George
Page 4 - The first woman settler?
Charlotte Badger is believed to have been one of the first two European women to live (albeit briefly) in New
Page 5 - Further information
Publications and links relating to Pakeha-Maori and Maori-Pakeha in the pre-1840 period