taurewa
1. (verb) to be unpaid, unrequited, not paid for, on loan.
Ki te whakaaro o Heke ko ia tonu te uri heipū o Niniwa me tōna mana, me ngā kura ā-iwi anō hoki, ko ētahi rā he mea taurewa noa e ngā whānau rangatira o Te Tai Hauāuru (TTR 2000:26). / Heke considered herself the proper heir to Niniwa and her authority, and especially to tribal heirlooms, some of which were loaned by chiefly families from the West Coast.
2. (modifier) as a refugee, as a fugitive, as an exile.
Kotahi tau i noho taurewa a Rāniera rātou ko te whānau i Pohokura i uta i ngā maunga (TTR 1994:134). / For a year Rāniera and his family lived as refugees at Pohokura inland, in the mountains.
3. (noun) fugitive, escapee.
I Taupō ka rokohanga atu ngā taurewa o Ngāi Te Ūpokoiri o te horo i Te Whiti-o-Tū me Te Roto-a-Tara e noho ana i ngā whenua o Ngāti Tūwharetoa (TTR 1990:348). / At Taupō he found fugitives of Ngāti Te Ūpokoiri from the defeats at Te Whiti-o-Tū and Te Roto-a-Tara living on Ngāti Tūwharetoa lands.
