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Story: Whānau – Māori and family

Whenuaroa whānau

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Whenuaroa whānau

The Whenuaroa whānau enjoy eating lunch together at home. This contemporary whānau holds to traditional ways and they all speak Māori when together.

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Tai Walker, Whānau – Māori and family – Description of whānau, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/30149/whenuaroa-whanau (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Tai Walker, published 3 May 2011, updated 1 June 2017.