2. (modifier) secluded, hidden, concealed, safe.
Ka rongona ana he raruraru wetiweti kai te whakatata mai, ka amohia ki tētahi wāhi punanga (TTR 1990:15). / When it was heard that danger threatened, she was carried to a safe place.
Synonyms: haumaru, marutau, ora, whakaruruhau
3. (noun) place of refuge in troubled times.
I tino mōhio ia ki ō rātou punanga i Ruahine, i ngā hikuawa o Ngaruroro (TTR 1994:135). / He knew intimately their secluded places in the Ruahine Range and the upper reaches of the Ngaruroro river.
Synonyms: ruruhau, tuohunga, whakamaurutanga, piringa
