2. (verb) (-tia) to violate a woman, rape, sexually assault.
Ka haria ia ki te kōti i runga anō i te whakapae nāna tētahi wahine i pāwhera i te tau waru tekau mā whā, i Heretaunga. / He was taken to court because he was accused of raping a woman in '84 in Hastings.
3. (noun) dried fish.
Ka whakairia te pāwhera rā e Awanui ki roto i te whata (TWK 17:29). / Awanui hung the dried fish in the storehouse.
4. (noun) rape, sexual violation.
E whakaae ana ngā ngaio tikanga Māori ehara te kai whiore (ngau whiore rānei) me te pāwhera i te āhuatanga nō te ao Māori tūturu (Te Ara 2014). / Experts on Māori customs agree that incest and rape were not condoned in the traditional Māori world.
