pūaroha
1. (stative) be sympathetic, pro, pro-.
I te whakaekenga o Te Kooti mā ki Tūranganui-a-Rua i te marama o Hūrae 1868, i patua ngā āpiha a te kāwanatanga, ngā tāngata whai, me ngā Māori (ki tō rātau whakaaro) e pūaroha ana ki te kāwanatanga (TTR 1994:84). / When Te Kooti and his forces occupied Poverty Bay in July 1868, officials, settlers and Māori whom they considered pro-government, were killed.
2. (noun) sympathy, concern, yearning.
Heoti, mēnā ki te whakaaro o te rangatahi i ētehi wā he wahine pākaha a Te Puea, i mōhio anō hoki rātou ki te hōhonu o tōna pūaroha ki a rātou katoa (TTR 1996:52). / However, if the young people in these times thought that Te Puea was a strict woman, they also knew the depth of her concern for them all.
