tahawhenua
1. (verb) to roam, wander, move about.
I a ia e taitamariki ana, ka neke tōna whānau ki Waikanae, ā, e ai anō ki tētehi kōrero, i tahawhenua haere i te tonga o Taranaki, kia hipa ai i ngā pū okaoka a Waikato (TTR 1994:181). / When he was young his family moved to Waikanae and, according to one version, moved around southern Taranaki to avoid Waikato's muskets.
Synonyms: nekeneke, taka, whakatakataka, whēkoi, nukunuku, maewa, kaea, kaipaoe, kōkewa, āmio, hāereere, ātiutiu, amio, kaewa, hākoke, kāewaewa, atiti, ngau, kaipāwe
