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whakaoraora

1. (verb) (-tia) to heal, cure.

Haria atu ngā rongoā e rite ana hei whakaoraora ake i ngā mate o te taha wairua (TKO 1/11/1917:5). / Take the appropriate remedies to heal the illnesses of the spiritual side.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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