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  • There are some underlying metaphors in Maori that are very striking in this way, eg "whenua" is both "land" and "placenta".

    languagehat.com: GOOGLE DEFINITIONS. 2005

  • The Maori word "whenua" means land/earth and umbilical cord, and whanau, derived from whenua, means biradri or extended family from common ancestry.

    Countercurrents.org 2010

  • The Maori word "whenua" means land/earth and umbilical cord, and whanau, derived from whenua, means biradri or extended family from common ancestry.

    Countercurrents.org 2010

  • The Maori word "whenua" means land/earth and umbilical cord, and whanau, derived from whenua, means biradri or extended family from common ancestry.

    Countercurrents.org 2010

  • The Maori word "whenua" means land/earth and umbilical cord, and whanau, derived from whenua, means biradri or extended family from common ancestry.

    Countercurrents.org 2010

  • UPDATE: (October 11) And here is mana tangata whenua, the power of the Maori struggles for tino-rangatiratanga ("self-determination" being the imperfect translation).

    Archive 2007-10-01 2007

  • The native inhabitants of a particular region are "tangata whenua" - both the people of the land, and the people born to the land.

    languagehat.com: GOOGLE DEFINITIONS. 2005

  • The doctor gave up when he learned that there was no apparent motive for murder, but I kept on wondering about it, thinking about a saying that our people have: Ko nga take whawhai, he whenua, he wahine -- for the causes of trouble, look at land, look at women.

    Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004

  • Above all, the meeting of an imported culture based on printing with the oral culture of the tangata whenua forms a special and fascinating part of our island story.

    Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885

  • Mäori, the language of the tangata whenua and the oldest such language, has been considered in the preceding chapters, as has New Zealand English, the language of wider communication.

    Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in New Zealand Penny Griffith 1885

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