2. (noun) taking for oneself.
Kātahi ka whakauru atu a Te Rohu, ka kī atu ki a Kawepō, haere ake nei, ka whakamutua tā rātau tauapo i ana whenua (TTR 1990:309). / Te Rohu then intervened, telling Kawepo that from then on they would cease taking his land.
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