Whānau (ˈfaːnaʉ) is a Māori-language word for extended family, now increasingly entering New Zealand English, particularly in official publications. In Māori society, the whānau is also a political unit, below the level of hapū and iwi, and the word itself also has other meanings: as a verb meaning to be born or give birth. ==Early Māori ...
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(from the article `Polynesian culture`) ...of a given ancestor, usually sited in a particular village and controlling the farming land around the village. The hapu had a chief responsible ...
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