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单词 Maori chief
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Definition of Maori chief in English:

Maori chief

noun
dated
  • A person of high status in a Maori community, especially an ariki or a rangatira.

    he led other Maori chiefs to sign treaties with the British authorities
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His forebears translated the meaning of British government to the Maori chiefs.
    • Previously the country had flown the United Tribes flag, which was chosen in 1834 to facilitate trade, as well as unify Maori chiefs.
    • We tend to think of all Maoris as being beneficiaries of billions of taxpayer dollars and land that had previously been purchased from Maori chiefs, being handed back to the tribes.
    • Waitangi Day marks the anniversary of the treaty of Waitangi, the treaty which signalled the handing over of Kiwi lands from the Maori chiefs to the British crown.
    • Waitangi Day commemorates the day, back in 1840, when representatives of the British Crown signed New Zealand's founding document with more than 500 Maori chiefs.
    • Te Whakaminenga (the gathering) was the name applied to Maori chiefs who assembled to sign He Whakaputanga, the 1835 New Zealand Declaration of Independence.
    • He glanced in, saw the plastic flowers, the two-seater couches, the portrait of a Maori chief looking sideways.
    • In 1835, a group of northern Maori chiefs signed a Declaration of Independence, establishing self-government.
    • A block of waterfront land in the Far North traded from Maori chiefs for muskets and gun powder almost two centuries ago has been placed on the market once again.
    • Aside from stunning native bush you'll also come face to face with Whatonga, an ancient Maori chief immortalised in a 6m-tall sculpture.
 
 
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