pena
1. (verb) (-hia,-tia) to take care of, attend to, cherish, husband, look after, invest.
Ko ia tonu te tiamana o te hui nui i Te Hauke i te tau 1920, nā rātou i tautoko te tikanga a Ngata ki te pena atu i ngā moni o te Tahua Hōia Māori (TTR 1998:232). / In 1920 he was chairman of a general meeting at Te Hauke which endorsed Ngata's plan for the investment of the money of the Māori Soldiers' Fund.
