hapun.
/ˈhɑːpuː/, /ˈhapuː/, U.S. /ˈhɑˌpu/, /ˈhæˌpu/, New Zealand English /hʌˈpuː/, /ˈhʌːpuː/, /ˈhʌpuː/ New Zealand.
A subdivision of a Maori tribe; a Maori subtribe or extended family group.
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1843 E. Dieffenbach Trav. N.Z. II. iii. ix. 361/2 Hapu—tribe, family.
1843 E. Shortland Let. in Trad. & Superstitions New Zealanders (1856) App. 305 At the present day, these Waka are divided into many distinct Iwi; each of which is subdivided again into Hapu, or smaller communities.
1873 Jrnls. House of Representatives N.Z. 3 App. G. vii. 87 Were not all your hapu present when the money was paid?
1891 Rep. Australasian Assoc. Advancem. Sci. III. G. 378 Tribes or nations, each of which was divided into hapus, and the hapus into families.
1921 H. Guthrie-Smith Tutira viii. 52 In sympathy with this hapu or sub-tribe and its old-world ways.
1960 N. Hilliard in C. K. Stead N.Z. Short Stories (1966) 2nd Ser. 241 He's East Coast, he don't know the hapus up our way.
2012 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 8 June 3 The deal to redress the historical claims of the 13 iwi and hapu that make up the Tamaki Collective was signed at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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