2. (noun) prisoner, captive, accused.
Ā ko ngā tākuta kua kore i kaha ki te noho roa i ngā puni o ngā herehere (TKO 15/10/1916:7). / And the doctors could not stay long in the camps of the prisoners.
Synonyms: whakatuaki, mauhere, mouhere, mauherehere
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