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tangata whenua

This term denotes the first inhabitants of an area and their descendants. After the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840 it became increasingly used to define rights to customary territories. TM Source: Te Matapunenga

  1. indigenous people

    Tētahi mea tika me whakatū he Komiti Māori hei kaiwhakahaere mō ā rātou whenua erangi e kore e whaimana me matua whakaae te tangata whenua ko ana Komiti e whaipānga tahi ana ki te oneone.[S241881]

    See also iwi taketake,

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  • hist Historical: pre-1910

  • mid Middle: between 1910-1969

  • cont Contemporary: post-1970

    • No marker: term appears throughout all time periods of the Corpus