Kāinga
Unfortified Māori village / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the locality, see Kainga, New Zealand.
For the island, see Te Kainga.
A kāinga (Southern Māori kaika or kaik) is the traditional form of village habitation of pre-European Māori in New Zealand. It was unfortified or only lightly fortified, and over time became less important to the well-defended pā.