In such cases it can be used to mean the subdivision of a tribe governed by that council.
[2] It is also used for non tribal affiliations as with the CTU Runanga a sub union for Māori workers.
The system was never fully implemented and was cancelled due to the New Zealand Wars.
Māori groups and councils debate and discuss issues in a vast array of different ways which, while informed by the past, have changed greatly over the last century.
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