kura kaupapa Māori

/ (kuːrə kɑːuːpɑːpɑː) /

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noun plural kura kaupapa Māori

NZ a primary school where teaching is based on Māori language and culture

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Word Origin for kura kaupapa Māori

Māori

Words nearby kura kaupapa Māori

Kuo-yü, Kupffer cell, Kuprin, Kur, Kura, kura kaupapa Māori, Kurashiki, kurbash, Kurchatov, kurchatovium, Kurd

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How to use kura kaupapa Māori in a sentence

The Haka, a traditional Maori dance, is best known as the pregame ritual of the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team.
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However one Maori king has refused to meet the royals saying the 45-minute window he was allotted was not sufficiently respectful.
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Named after the Maori forest god, the largest living kauri has stretched to 167 feet in height in its 1200-plus years.
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Sollecito confesses his disdain and distrust of his Pugliese lawyer Tiziano Tedeschi and his Perugian lawyer Luca Maori.
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Garnish with purple Maori potato, vegetables and lightly fried kawakawa leaves.
The Maori Star Chef Rocking the South Pacific|Lea Lane Stern|April 2, 2011|DAILY BEAST
(For the purpose of these figures "Maori" means of the half-blood or more).
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents|Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.
During this same period there were 1,433 non-Maori offenders, or 72 per cent of those delinquents.
Report of the Special Committee on Moral Delinquency in Children and Adolescents|Oswald Chettle Mazengarb et al.
She was down in the school registers as Sarah Moses, Maori, 16 years and three months.
Over the Sliprails|Henry Lawson
He saw the Maori come out strong in her face, and he knew the Maori had got the better of everything, husband and friends and all.
Stories by English Authors: Orient|Various
As in the Maori myth, one of the children of Heaven stood apart and did not consent to the deed.
Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1|Andrew Lang