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A Maori house or other building.
The dwellings of the chiefs are surrounded with enclosures of pole-fences; and the Whares and Wharepunis, some of them exhibiting very fine specimens of the Maori order of architecture, are ornamented with grotesque wood-carvings.
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(now, historical) A rough shack or hut built (by Europeans) using traditional Maori techniques; a workman's shack.
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(NZ) A large building in Maori communities for communal sleeping or for group meetings; a meeting house.
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