With you on this one.
The 'unmentioned name' differs somewhat from iwi to iwi. As it now stands Europeans associate the 'unmentioned' name to that of a Caucasian of European descent. From this perspective the name has changed it's meaning from the original Maori. This was in reference to that of the 'smell' of a pig. bearing in mind that the first contact that maori had of Europeans were the sealers. You don't have to imagine very hard what these guys smelt like after months at sea where personal hygene did not exist. Pakeha is a reference to the smell of a pig or to one that acts as a pig; dirty and unclean.
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