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tangata whenua

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tangata whenua
NZ the indigenous Maori people of a particular area of New Zealand or of the country as a whole


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Similarly, whenua, or land, meant also the placenta, and the people were the tangata whenua, which term captured their view that they came from the earth's womb.
Restitution of land to New Zealand Maori: the role of social structure by Strong, Ann Louise / Pacific Affairs
Although I am only one sixteenth Maori, I feel in my bones a link with the tangata whenua (people of the land).
Maori deserve a more generous approach: despite governmental efforts ... by Nigel Cooper / For A Change
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