1. (personal noun) tribal group of much of Northland - sometime written as one word, i.e. Ngāpuhi.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 42;)
I muri iho ko Te Tōtara ka mate i a Ngā Puhi (JPS 1946:28). / Just after that Te Tōtara pā was destroyed by the Ngā Puhi.
See also Ngāpuhi
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