whakahaumaru
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to safeguard, protect.
Ko te tino take hei mahi mā Te Hopihana ko te whakatū ‘i tētahi kāwanatanga’ me te whai whakaaetanga o te Māori. Mā tēnei hei whakahaumaru te iwi Māori kei tūkinotia e ngā Pākehā noho ture-kore (Te Ara 2017). / The main task for Hobson to do was to establish ‘a settled form of civil Government’, with the agreement of Māori. This would protect the Māori people from lawless Pākehā.
Synonyms: whakamarumaru, whakaruruhau, rauhī, parahau, araarai, whakahau, whakangungu, whakamaru, pare, taumaru, whakaruru, rī, manaaki, tiaki
2. (modifier) protecting, safeguarding, security.
Kāore te ture i whai whakaaro ki ngā mahi e mahia ana i roto i ngā hapori i ēnei rā, pērā i te tiaki i ngā tamariki karore, te matapopore ki te hunga tūmatanui, te mahi whakahaumaru, te mahi kōti taiohi, tae atu ki te hīkoi i ngā marae (Te Ara 2017). / The act did not consider the tasks being done in the community today, such as looking after truant children, watching over the public, security work, youth court work, and patrolling on marae.
3. (noun) protection, safeguard.
Mō tā rātou whakahaumaru i te tāone o Whanganui i ngā taua marau i te tekau tau 1860, ka takohatia tētahi haki ki ērā iwi o Whanganui i tū mō te Karauna (Te Ara 2017). / For their protection of the town of Whanganui from the raiding parties in the 1860s, a flag was gifted to those tribes of Whanganui who stood for the Crown.
Synonyms: maru, tiaki, tiakitanga, papare, whakangungu rākau, waonga, amarara, hamarara, parahau, whakahau, whakangungu, pare, puapua, tiakanga, whakamaru, taumarumaru, pātūtū, taumaru, kaikaro
