Ngapuhin.
/ˈnapuːi/, /ˈnɑːpuːi/, U.S. /ˈnæpui/, /ˈnɑpui/, New Zealand English /ˈŋʌpuhi/, /ˈnɛpuːi/ New Zealand.
A member of a Maori people living in the Northland region of New Zealand.
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1820 S. Marsden Let. 27 July (1932) iv. 272 Kowhow..stated..the people of Kiperro..had been fighting for years with the Napooes..and the tribes in the Bay of Islands.
1885 T. W. Gudgeon Hist. Maoris xiii. 51 By the year 1822 Ngapuhi had succeeded in obtaining the much-desired weapons of the pakeha.
1930 J. Cowan Maori Yesterday & To-day ii. 28 Describing the Ngapuhi people.., he says, ‘Their colour is..like the people of Southern Europe.’
1966 Encycl. N.Z. II. 468/2 As early European settlement was mainly concentrated in the North Auckland area, Ngapuhi were thus well placed for the acquisition of muskets, and they were not backward in the use of these new weapons against their neighbours.
1984 Metro (Auckland) Mar. 38/1 Tom is a Ngapuhi, although he was born in Rotorua.
2003 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 14 Jan. The relationship between Ngapuhi and the Government had disintegrated due to the discord over the Ngawha prison.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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