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Pākehā (or Pakeha; / ˈ p ɑː k ɛ h ɑː,-k iː h ɑː,-k iː ə /; [1] Māori pronunciation: [ˈpaːkɛhaː]) is a Māori-language word used in English, particularly in New Zealand. It generally means a non-Polynesian New Zealander or more specifically a European New Zealander. [2] [3] It is not a legal term and has no definition under New ...
A fish market in Sylhet. Bangladesh is a country with thousands of rivers and ponds, and is notable as a fish-loving nation, acquiring the name machh-e bhat-e Bangali (which means, "Bengali by fish and rice"). [1] [2] [3] Ilish is the national fish of the country, and contributes 13% of country's total fish production. Fish are both caught from ...
In Māori and many other Polynesian languages, iwi literally means ' bone ', [8] derived from Proto-Oceanic *suRi₁, meaning ' thorn, splinter, fish bone '. [9] Māori may refer to returning home after travelling or living elsewhere as "going back to the bones" – literally to the burial areas of the ancestors.
Pakeha Maori: The extraordinary story of the Europeans who lived as Maori in early New Zealand by Trevor Bentley; published 1999 ISBN 0-14-028540-7; Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times by 'A Pakeha Maori' (Frederick Edward Maning) Gutenberg ebook, originally published 1863
10 Best Canned Tunas, Ranked. This list is based on conversations with the expert dietitians we consulted for this article. The tunas are ranked based on fat and sodium with additional tasting ...
The term Pākehā (or Pakeha), the etymology of which is unclear, [37] is used interchangeably with European New Zealanders. The 1996 census used the wording "New Zealand European (Pākehā)" in the ethnicity question, however the word Pākehā was subsequently removed after what Statistics New Zealand called a "significant adverse reaction" to ...
The Indian mackerel is found in warm shallow waters along the coasts of the Indian and Western Pacific oceans. Its range extends from the Red Sea and East Africa in the west to Indonesia in the east, and from China and the Ryukyu Islands in the north to Australia, Melanesia and Samoa in the south. [3]
The article was kind of contradictory. On the one hand it asserted (wrongly) that in pre-European times iwi = nation, and while it may be true that to some extent today iwi might at times be thought of as a superlarge collection of tribes, I wonder how much it is true to call it the largest 'everyday social grouping' without mentioning that such 'groupings' are pretty much symbolic rather than ...