kainga

/ ˈkaɪŋə /

noun

1. Also called (on South Island): kaik. (in New Zealand) a Māori village or small settlement

Word History and Origins

Origin of kainga¹

Māori

Example Sentences

Mr Mohsin moved to New Zealand with Ms David to work for a government housing agency, Kainga Ora.

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That evening we stop at the Maori settlement of Tieke Kainga, where we’re to sleep in the community’s marae, or meeting house.

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Some Rapanui contend that their last king, Simeón Riro Kainga, was poisoned in 1898 during a visit to Chile’s coast.

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Twenty years ago a hapu, in number just forty persons, removed their kainga from a dry, healthy position, to the edge of a raupo swamp.

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I would give him a piece quite close to the kainga, where I would always have him close to me; I hope he may take the land; then I should have two pakehas, him and ——.

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