huis

Noun

hui (plural hui or huis)

1. (New Zealand) A Māori social gathering or assembly.
   • […] accounts of the proceedings of important huis at which Maori leaders took the initiative in discussing their educational and vocational needs […].1962, Education, volume 11, page 56
2. (New Zealand, broadly) A meeting to discuss plans held by an organization, especially one that considers itself progressive.
   • Shelley's document hadn't mentioned the billionaire at all, and although Mira had said at the hui that Lemoine used the airstrip frequently, she'd seemed to suggest that the farm was his destination, not his point of departure, which would imply that he was living somewhere else.2023, Eleanor Catton, Birnam Wood, page 154

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