What does whānau mean?

whānau

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

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noun

New Zealand usage; Uncountable

"It was the 1880s, so timber houses also featured, but here the whānau were travelling to tribal lands and building makeshift whare to camp in."
"“It is with immense sadness that the whānau of Sam Neill share the news of his passing on Monday 13th July, in Sydney Australia. Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his whole life."

whānaus (plural)

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