Barnet Burns (c November 1805 – 26 December 1860) was an English sailor, trader, and showman who became one of the first Europeans to live as a Pākehā Māori and to receive the full Māori facial tattoo. He travelled to Australia and found employment as a trader of flax in New Zealand in the 1830s.

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  • 1860-12-26 (xsd:date)
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  • Barnet Burns (c November 1805 – 26 December 1860) was an English sailor, trader, and showman who became one of the first Europeans to live as a Pākehā Māori and to receive the full Māori facial tattoo. He travelled to Australia and found employment as a trader of flax in New Zealand in the 1830s. Burns returned to Europe in 1835 and spent most of his remaining years as a showman giving lectures, where he described the customs of the Māori, performed the haka, exhibited his Māori tattoos and recounted his adventures in New Zealand.
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  • Barnet Burns (from his book)
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  • Mokoraurangi Tauhinu Hori Waiti ? Henriette Burns
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  • 1805?
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  • 26 December 1860
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  • Eldad, East Stonehouse near Plymouth
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  • Barnet Burns
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  • Sailor, trader, showman
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  • George Burns? Anne Stewart?
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  • Te Amotawa Bridget Cain Anne Boval Mrs Rosina Crowther
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  • Barnet Burns (c November 1805 – 26 December 1860) was an English sailor, trader, and showman who became one of the first Europeans to live as a Pākehā Māori and to receive the full Māori facial tattoo. He travelled to Australia and found employment as a trader of flax in New Zealand in the 1830s.
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  • Barnet Burns
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  • Barnet Burns
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