2. (noun) problem, trouble, difficulty, predicament.
I te hokinga mai o Parāone, kāore i rerekē ake ki a ia ngā pōraruraru o te hunga kāinga i ngā pōraruraru o ngā tāngata katoa o te ao (TTR 2000:169). / Brownie returned home knowing that people’s problems were no different from the problems elsewhere in the world.
Synonyms: matawaenga, mōrearea, harapuka, kūrakuraku, pōrahurahu, uaua, whakararuraru, whakararu, māniania, hara, rararu, raruraru, raru, mate
