whakawāwāhi
1. (verb) (-a) to break up, divide up, split up.
Ahakoa i mate a ia i te ongaonga, ka whakaae a Pana-kareao kia tukuna te kōmihana hoko whenua, a Kānara E. L. Godfrey, kia whakawāwāhia ngā whenua, kia kaua hoki e whakapōreareangia (TTR 1990:97). / Although he was angry, Pana-kareao agreed to allow the the land commissioner, Colonel E. L. Godfrey, to divide up the lands without interference.
