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Tangata Whenua: New Zealand’s Ultimate Membership Club

Tangata Whenua: New Zealand’s Ultimate Membership Club

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Tangata whenua, the term that’s been bandied about more than a rugby ball in a Bledisloe match. Traditionally, this phrase refers to Māori people as the original inhabitants of Aotearoa, those who’ve had the longest tenure on the land and can point to ancestral landmarks without relying on Google Maps. But hold the tiaha– should that term be expanded? F…

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