whakamaurutanga
1. (noun) shelter, haven, refuge, sanctuary.
Ko ngā whare katoa i Te Wairoa ngakongako katoa i te ākinga a te kōhatu e ngiha tonu nei, e rua rawa anō ngā mea i tū. He mea whakatete a roto o aua whare ki te rākau, ka whai whakamaurutanga ngā mōrehu o Tūhourangi i ora (KO 24/8/1886:7). / All the houses at Te Wairoa were smashed to pieces from the pounding of the rocks that were still burning, and only two were left standing. Timber was used inside those houses to prop them up so that the Tūhourangi survivors would have somewhere to shelter and be saved.
Synonyms: rāhui, punanga, tuohunga, piringa, ruruhau, pātūtū, whakaruru, taumarumaru, whakamauru, whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, maru, tāwharau, tīhokahoka, whakahau, whakamaru, taumaru, pātakitaki, pāruru, tūrutu
