Kupapa
Encyclopedia
Kūpapa is a Māori-language
term used to describe Māori fighting for the Government in the New Zealand Land Wars
of the nineteenth century. Also described as Queenites (from Queen Victoria) or Loyal Māori, their motives for fighting against other Māori were often based on traditional tribal rivalry, old scores or a pragmatic decision to benefit from the trade provided by settlers.
The term has also an occasional modern usage in a derogatory sense to describe a Māori who is seen as being on the Pākehā
or Government side and acting against the interests of Māori.
Maori language
Māori or te reo Māori , commonly te reo , is the language of the indigenous population of New Zealand, the Māori. It has the status of an official language in New Zealand...
term used to describe Māori fighting for the Government in the New Zealand Land Wars
New Zealand land wars
The New Zealand Wars, sometimes called the Land Wars and also once called the Māori Wars, were a series of armed conflicts that took place in New Zealand between 1845 and 1872...
of the nineteenth century. Also described as Queenites (from Queen Victoria) or Loyal Māori, their motives for fighting against other Māori were often based on traditional tribal rivalry, old scores or a pragmatic decision to benefit from the trade provided by settlers.
The term has also an occasional modern usage in a derogatory sense to describe a Māori who is seen as being on the Pākehā
Pakeha
Pākehā is a Māori language word for New Zealanders who are "of European descent". 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...
or Government side and acting against the interests of Māori.