he was raised on his papakainga nestled beneath the Papamoa Hills
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It ran a sewer pipe across the papakainga, turning it into a swamp.
Maori people returning to their papakainga will be subject to the new provisions of the remote areas policy.
The papakainga of the Ngati Whatua people at Okahu Bay in Auckland is a place where the people and the land are so inseparable that each defines the other.
About the same time the papakainga had come into the purview of the Auckland City Council who wanted to compulsorily acquire the settlement.
Will Maori be asked to relocate from papakainga?.
It is principally for Maori communities occupying their papakainga.
1.1A housing development for Maori on their ancestral land.
the scheme provides bridging finance for papakainga and other rural developments
as modifiera papakainga housing development
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The Maori social housing provider endorses building papakainga for families in need.
The project identified processes for both the design and planning of papakainga.
The councils are particularly proactive in making provisions for papakainga in their annual plans.
That land was now considered a marae reserve, which it was hoping to develop into a papakainga.
The Mangatawa Papakainga is a housing project designed specifically for our Kuia and Kaumatua shareholders.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Maori papa 'house site' + kainga 'village'.