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单词 papakainga
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Definition of papakainga in English:

papakainga

nounˌpɑːpəˈkɑːɪŋə
NZ
  • 1The ancestral home of a Maori kinship group.

    he was raised on his papakainga nestled beneath the Papamoa Hills
    Example sentencesExamples
    • 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. 1.1 A housing development for Maori on their ancestral land.
      the scheme provides bridging finance for papakainga and other rural developments
      as modifier a papakainga housing development
      Example sentencesExamples
      • 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'.

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