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Maoritanga
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Māoritanga
English
Alternative forms
en Māoritanga
Etymology
Borrowed from en mi Māoritanga.
Noun
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en NZ Māori culture, traditions, and way of life; Maoriness. from 19th c.
en 1983 Keri Hulme The Bone People Penguin 1986 62 ‘But I'm Maori. And that's the way I feel too, the way you said, that that the Maoritanga has got lost in the way I live.’
en New Zealand Culture