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Definition of "whanau" []

  • An extended family. (noun)

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Use "whanau" in a sentence
  • ""I honestly thought it was a whanau thing so I asked which family they belonged to, but they wouldn't say.""
  • "Somewhere you will find articles in which Maori speakers complain that terms like iwi, hapu and whanau all tribal/kinship terms are being misused as the straitjacket of the law imposes narrower, more Anglosaxon boundaries on their usage."
  • ""Many whanau and friends were able to farewell Carmen in Sydney and this is an opportunity for people in New Zealand to do the same," he told Stuff.co.nz."