pūrahorua
1. (noun) spy, scout, messenger (to summon assistance).
I Ōpōtiki a ia i te marama o Maehe 1865, i te whakawātanga a Te Whakatōhea, i roto hoki i ngā ākinga a Kereopa Te Rau, i a Te Wākana, he Mihingare i whakapaea he pūrahorua ia nā te kāwanatanga (TTR 1994:1). / He was at Ōpōtiki in March 1865 when Te Whakatōhea, with the encouragement of Kereopa Te Rau, decided the fate of Carl Völkner, an Anglican missionary, who had been accused of being a spy for the government.
Synonyms: kaiwaewae, karere, torotoro, ārohi, hunuhunu, hūhunu, tāpae, tūtai, tūtei, toro
