toro
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-na) to visit, go to see, pay a visit, call on, survey, reconnoitre, probe, explore.
Nō te tau 1864, ka haere atu a Hine-i-tūrama i Whakatāne ki Waikato ki te toro i tana tamāhine, i a Ewa, ā, ki te whakamōhou hoki i ōna hononga ki a Ngāti Maniapoto (TTR 1990:14). / In 1864 Hine-i-tūrama travelled from Whakatāne to Waikato to visit her daughter, Ewa, and to renew her relationship with Ngāti Maniapoto.
2. (verb) (-a,-hia,-na,-ngia) to stretch forth, stretch out, extend.
Ka toro mai te ringa o te wahine nei, ka raraku (NM 1928:165). / This woman stretched out her hand and scratched him affectionately.
3. (noun) extension, stretching.
Pai noa iho te toro o te kupenga e rua tekau mā rima iāri ki tērā taha o te awa, hai hopu kanae i ngā pō (HP 1991:17). / Stretching the net twenty-five yards to the other side of the river to catch mullet at night was quite easy.
5. (noun) probe.
Synonyms: haurapa, toromoka, tūhuratanga, pākiki, hurahura
whakatewhatewha
1. (verb) (-ngia,-tia) to investigate, examine, explore, study, enquire into, look into.
Ka whakatewhatewha ngā ākonga i ngā huatau me ngā pānga o te ture, ngā kāwanatanga, ngā pūnaha manapori, ngā take ahurea me ngā tikanga o te tangata whenua me ngā manene o Aotearoa (Tikanga 1997:23). / The students will investigate the ideas and the influences of the law, the government, the democratic systems, cultural matters and the customs of the indigenous people and the immigrants of New Zealand.
2. (modifier) invading, ambushing, sneaking.
Tēnei hoki a Atareiria te noho wehi nei kei haere torohē mai te mate nei ki a rātou (MM.TKM 18/5/1859:5). / Also Australia is afraid lest this disease steal in and affect them.
3. (noun) marauding party, raiding party.
Nā i haere atu ngā torohē a ngā Hiriani, ā riro parau ana mai i a rātou tētahi kōtiro iti i te whenua o Iharaira (PT Kingi 2 5:2). / And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid.
Synonyms: marau
2. (noun) sightseeing, exploration.
E ora ai ia, ka tahuri te kaumoana ki te raupapa i te āhua o tana hōpara (Te Ara 2013). / In order to survive mariners used strategies in their exploration.
tūhura
1. (verb) (-hia,-ina,-tia) to discover, disclose, bring to light, unearth, open up, explore, investigate.
Nā Kiwa te rohe nei i taunaha; nā Pāoa ngā whenua o te tuawhenua i tūhura (Te Ara 2013). / Kiwa claimed this region; Pāoa explored the hinterland.
Synonyms: matapihipihi
Kāpene Kuki
1. (loan) (personal name) Captain James Cook (1728-1779) English explorer who explored the Pacific and made three visits to Aotearoa/New Zealand.
(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 134-139;)
E tamariki ana anō a Patuone, ka tae mai a Kāpene Kuki i te takiwā ki Rākaumangamanga (TTR 1990:107). / Patuone was a child when Captain Cook arrived in the Cape Brett area.
See also Pene Kuki
2. (loan) (noun) Captain Cooker, razor-backed pig - a wild pig descended from domestic pigs released by James Cook.
Kerei, Hōri
1. (loan) (location) Sir George Grey (1812-1898) Soldier, explorer, colonial governor (1845-1853, 1861-1868), politician, premier, scholar.
E kī atu ana ki te Hīti o te Wēta o Ākarana, kia whakatūria a Tā Hōri Kerei, mō te tūranga o Te Kirihi, me te whakapuaki, kāore te Kāwanatanga, e wehi i tēnei ki a Tā Hōri (TW 12/2/1875:9). / It advises Auckland City West to elect Sir George Grey instead of Mr Gillies, and declares that the Government do not in the least fear Sir George.
Tāhimana
1. (loan) (personal name) Tasman, Abel Janszoon Tasman (1602-1659); mariner, explorer, trader, landowner who visited Aotearoa/New Zealand in 1642-1643.
Ko te Pākehā tuatahi nāna i kite ēnei moutere ko Tāhimana he Dutch tōna iwi (TTT 12/12/1921:2). / The first foreigner to discover these islands was Tasman, who was a Dutchman.
