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John Rutherford was an Englishman who arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand probably in the 1820s. Rutherford was adopted by Ngāpuhi and tattooed on his face and body. He learned to speak te reo Māori, married Māori women and fought with Ngāpuhi during the Musket Wars. He later returned to London. Pākehā–Māori like Rutherford were among the first bicultural New Zealanders.
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