whakawhere
1. (verb) (-a,-hia,-ngia) to induce, prevail upon, persuade, press, appease, propitiate, convince.
I taea e ia te whakawhere a Ngāti Tama rāua ko Ngāti Rangatahi kia whakatahi, otirā, i kī a ia, nā te hunga Pākehā tūtūā: i mūrei ngā kāinga me ngā mahinga kai, i maoho te whare karakia, i taumanu ō rātou waka (TTR 1990:203). / He managed to persuade Ngāti Tama and Ngāti Rangatahi to withdraw, but reported that 'low Europeans' had plundered the homes and cultivations, broken into the chapel and stolen canoes.
Synonyms: whakawherewhere, whakawaiwai, whakaturi, whakamārie, whakamāria, whakawai, whakamārire, whakapakepake, whakakīkī
2. (noun) persuasion, influence, convinction.
He mahi uaua rawa atu ki a Wī Repa te whakawhere i ngā kaiwhakahāwea ki te painga o te whakatika ake i ngā rerenga parukore, kia taea ai te ārai ngā urutā o te tahumaero, pērā i te mate kohi me te mate taipō piwa (TTR 1996:278). / Wī Repa found it difficult to convince sceptics of the need to improve sanitation in order to prevent outbreaks of diseases such as tuberculosis and typhoid fever (DNZB 1996:564).
Synonyms: whakakīkī, whakapakepake
