auwaha
1. (verb) to meddle, interfere.
Ka haere te wā ka pupū ake te māngeongeo ki ngā hapū nō rātou ngā whenua i raupatutia rā e te kāwanatanga. Ko tō rātou huringa atu tēnā ki te auwaha i ngā tāngata rūri a te kāwanatanga (TTR 1990:363). / After a while the hapū who owned the lands became irritated by land confiscation by the government. They began to interfere with the government surveyors.