2. (noun) stopwork, strike (industrial).
Ka tū he auporo ki te tāone keri koura o Waihī i te tau 1912, ā, i te tau 1913 ka tū te auporo a ngā kaimahi wāpu. Ka tāmia ngā auporo, ka tahuri ngā kaimahi ki te ara tōrangapū (Te Ara 2015). / A strike was held in the gold-mining town of Waihī in 1912, and in 1913 was the strike of the wharf-labourers. The strikes were crushed, and the workers turned their attention to the political route.