rapunga
1. (noun) search, hunt, inquiry, investigation.
Auināke i te ata ka tonoa a Tomoana me tētahi ope iti ki te whakataki i āna paparahi. E rua rawa ngā rapunga kīhai i kitea (TTR 1994:190). / The following morning Tomoana was sent off with a small force to track him. After two searches he was not found.