2. (modifier) midwifery, giving birth, childbirth.
Hai ēnei wā kua akona a ia ki ngā tikanga mahi rongoā, tikanga whakawhānau tamariki me ētahi atu tikanga he mea whakahau e ngā tohunga o Maungapōhatu (TTR 2000:246). / At these times he was taught how to make medicine and to perform midwifery and other activities that the tohunga of Maungapōhatu dictated.
3. (noun) labour (birth), giving birth, childbirth.
Ka uaua nei te whakawhānau a te wahine i te tamaiti, haria tonutia atu ana ki a Te Pairi (TTR 1996:219). / When a woman had difficulty giving birth she would be taken straight to Te Pairi.
