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Definition of hapu in English: hapunoun ˈhɑːpuː NZ A division of a Maori people or community. Example sentencesExamples - While Rawiri Waiaua, chief of the Hua division of the Puketapu hapu was happy to sell land to the Pakeha, chief Katatore was not.
- This model does not give fisheries to the Maori hapu and iwi that had them.
- New Zealand First recommends to the Committee that the bill be fully supported, so that Ngati Ruanui - and I am sure that some of their members are here - will go back to their hapus and their iwis and say: ‘Let's prepare now for the future.’
- He had formed an easy alliance with Rawiri Waiaua, chief of the Hua division of the Puketapu hapu, whom he considered a great friend.
- Soon afterwards, at a hui at Paeroa, Maori declared that ‘the foreshore and seabed belong to the hapu and iwi’.
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