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- noun An
ornamental Maori meeting house representing the body of atupuna , forming part of the largermarae complex.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Warning that there is always a danger that ethnic minorities will become isolated, Jansen says, "There are also people in this project like Tariq Ashraf who so integrates his New Zealand life and his faith that he talks about how the design of mosques in New Zealand could show the influence of the Pacific fale (house) or the Maori wharenui (meeting house)."
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Warning that there is always a danger that ethnic minorities will become isolated, Jansen says, "There are also people in this project like Tariq Ashraf who so integrates his New Zealand life and his faith that he talks about how the design of mosques in New Zealand could show the influence of the Pacific fale (house) or the Maori wharenui (meeting house)."
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If you look at the carvings inside the wharenui at Rehua, we can see all the waka represented.
ScreenTalk 2009
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The Co-Leaders were welcomed on to the kura wharenui with a powhiri.
frogblog 2009
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Around 10am, the hearse stopped on the marae forecourt and family members carried the casket into Tamatekapua, the premier speaking house of the Te Arawa tribe, at Te Tepapaiouru Marae, on the shores of Lake Rotorua, Maori Party MP Te Ururoa Flavell spoke during proceedings in the wharenui.
Stuff.co.nz - Stuff By KERI WELHAM, at Ohinemutu 2009
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