2. (verb) (-tia) relieve, help, save.
Kātahi a Rāpata ka whanatu ki te whakaoraora i Te Māwhai, te pā i hangaia e Hēnare Pōtae ki Tokomaru (TTR 1990:382). / Then Rāpata went to relieve Te Māwhai, the pā built by Hēnare Pōtae at Tokomaru Bay.
Synonyms: whakahirihiri, whakamāmā, whakaokioki, karokaro, karo, whakarauora, whakaora, penapena, whakaputa i te ihu
3. (modifier) healing, curative, therapeutic.
Nō te Hūrae o 1908, ka puta te whakapae a te tiamana o te Kaunihera o Rongokako me te āpiha tirotiro i te ora ā-rohe, a Taiāwhio Te Tau, arā, tokotoru ngā tāngata i mate i ngā mahi whakaoraora a Hikapuhi (TTR 1996:54). / In July 1908 the chairman of the Rongokako Māori Council, Taiāwhio Te Tau, and the district health inspector, made allegations that three people had died from the ministrations of Hikapuhi.
4. (noun) healing, curing.
Ko tētahi wāhi hirahira anō o te Paetiuihou ko te whakaoraora tūroro (TTR 1994:145). / Another important aspect of Paetiuihou was healing the sick.
