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hapu

/ ˈ³óɑ˱è³ÜË /

noun

  1. a subtribe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Origin of hapu1

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And Francois Tumahai, a spokesman for Ngati Waewae, the local hapu or subtribe, told the New Zealand news outlet Stuff that it had not authorized the people to take the fossil.

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Both firms were prompted by an urging by NgÄti WhÄtua ÅŒrÄkei – a hapu, or sub-tribe, in the city of Auckland – to “individually and collectively use the word ‘Aotearoa.’â€

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In two separate ceremonies with Maori groups, High Commissioner Laura Clarke made expressions of regret to both the Ngati Oneone hapu and Rongowhakaata iwi for the killings of nine of their ancestors during the first encounters with Captain Cook's crew.

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“It is you non-Igbo who are showing the enemy the way! Hapu m! It is you people that showed them the way to my hometown!â€

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Here is a woman in power who is hapu.

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