hapu

/ (ˈhɑːpuː) /

NZ a subtribe

Word Origin for hapu

Māori

He was head of a strong family, or hapu, which mustered a considerable number of fighting men; all his near relations.

Old New Zealand: |'A Pakeha Maori' [Frederick Edwa [Maning]
If the warriors of the hapu had no guns they would soon be all killed by some tribe that had them.

The Book of the Bush |George Dunderdale
He was head of a strong family, or hapu, which mustered a considerable number of fighting men, all his near relations.

Old New Zealand |Earl of Pembroke.
But the chiefs of the Ngapuhi hapu said amongst themselves, "How long will the fire of the Maori burn before it is extinguished?"

Old New Zealand |Earl of Pembroke.

There was a gun in the hand of their every warrior, and solidarity in the ranks of their every hapu.

The Treaty of Waitangi |T. Lindsay Buick