wahine
/wɑːˈhiːni
/noun NZ
A Maori woman or wife.We want to show an example to our young ones, like the wahine from Tikipunga who are here today....
- When a few hundred cult Christians who do not recognise wahine or whenua and who do not vote here in NZ can turn an election on its ear then we are already drinking from the Texas teapot of Hori Ngahere.
- On the back of the cards was a picture of a Maori wahine, or a ‘questionable mass-produced image of Kiwiana kitsch’.
Origin
Maori.