Yes mogga so i believe, one of my ancestors captained a ship from NZ and traded with the islanders and the Maori he had many stories in his diaries of such activities none of which stopped him trading guns and rum which I gather was rather frowned upon by the British authorities of the time most of his sons and grandchildren married into a couple of the tribes he traded with which I gather led to their huge land holdings what a shame they neglected to pay their taxes life may have been very different for their descendants.
