1. (noun) tribal group from Maraenui to Tihirau on the East Coast, who descend from Apanui-waipapa.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 42;)
Hei tamāhine tēnei mā te tohunga rā, mā Hōri Kēti o Te Whānau-a-Apanui (TTR 1994:6). / She was daughter to the renowned tohunga of Te Whānau-a-Apanui, George Gage.
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