In the early nineteenth century several thousand pakeha chose to live as Maori, speaking their language and adopting their customs. Most of these were sailors w
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Pākehā-Māori narratives is a collection of 20 first-hand accounts written or dictated by European men who voluntarily crossed cultures to live and trade amon