wheta
1. (verb) to struggle with, make an effort.
Tērā atu anō ētahi kaiwhakaatu o Ngāti Tama me Ngāti Maniapoto i kī, atu ki te whitu tau a Ngāti Tama e noho ana i reira, e wheta tonu ana i te whenua, ā, nō te tau tata nei o 1879, e ahu whenua tonu ana rātou i ngā māra (TTR 1994:201). / Other witnesses of Ngāti Tama and Ngāti Maniapoto said that Ngāti Tama had been living there for as many as seven years, and had made continual efforts with the land, continuing to cultivate their gardens as recently as 1879.
2. (verb) to move rapidly to avoid a blow, feint, doge, sidestep.
3. (verb) to arrive at, occupy (a place).
I tūmanako rātou kia wheta i taua tāone me te whakakotahi ki raro i te maru o Yugoslavia i muri i te pakanga (OTM 2017). / They hoped to occupy the city and incorporate it into Yugoslavia after the war.
