2. (modifier) exhausting, wearying.
Ahakoa ngā pakanga taiaroa i waenganui i a Ngāti Hako rātou ko ngā iwi o Marutūahu, kīhai i tineia rawatia ō rātou ahi ki Hauraki, ā, tatū rawa ki ēnei rā (Te Ara 2013). / Despite the exhausting battles between Ngāti Hako and the Marutūahu peoples, their fires were never completely extinguished in Hauraki, right up to today.
