Pākehā topic

Pākehā are New Zealanders of predominantly European ancestry. They are mostly descended from British and to a lesser extent Irish settlers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, although some Pākehā have Dutch, Scandinavian, German, Yugoslav or other ancestry. The word Pākehā is also sometimes used to refer to any non-Māori person. Pākehā is a Māori term, the origins of which are unclear, but which was in use by the late 18th century. Controversy has arisen among some people who consider... full article at wikipedia