tāwhawhe
1. (verb) to surround, enclose, encircle.
I te matenga o te taua a te kāwanatanga i Te Ngutu-o-te-manu, me Moturoa, i ngā marama o Hepetema-Noema 1868, anea ana te taiao e tāwhawhe ana i Whanganui (TTR 1990:263). / With the defeat of government forces at Te Ngutu-o-te-manu and Moturoa in September-November 1868, the countryside surrounding Whanganui was devastated.