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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.
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Page 3 – Maori intermediaries: Ruatara
In 1805 the Ngāpuhi chief Ruatara left New Zealand on the whaling ship Argo with the intention of meeting King George III.
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Page 4 – The first woman settler?
Charlotte lived with a Ngāpuhi chief and refused to be 'rescued' on at least two occasions, before disappearing from the record.
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Page 5 – Further information
Publications and links relating to Pakeha-Maori and Maori-Pakeha in the pre-1840 period