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mokopuna

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mokopuna [ˌməʊkəʊˈpuːnə]
n
NZ a grandchild or young person
[Maori]


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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Following entertainment by the kapa haka group from Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Nga Mokopuna, award winners at the recent Big Sing competition in Wellington and pictured above, a sit-down hakari was held in the whare kai.
In particular she feared her mokopuna (grandchild) might attempt suicide, as his grandfather was his significant male role model, and now they were unable to engage in the activities that they used to do together.
Jackson goes on to state: The parts of their heritage which might be English, Chinese or Samoan is never denied, but in Maori terms they are simply mokopuna because it is impossible to have only a "part grandchild".
 
 
 
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