1. (verb) (-hia,-ngia,-tia) to save alive, rescue.
Nō te pāhorotanga ka whakamātau a Te Mea ki te rauora i a Hine-i-tūrama i ngā pēneti a ngā hōia Pākehā (TTR 1991:14). / When the pā was stormed, William Mair attempted to save Hine-i-tūrama from the bayonets of the Pākehā soldiers.
Synonyms: whakarauora, whakaoranga, whakaora, whakaputa i te ihu
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