tāwhārua
1. (verb) (-tia) to gouge out.
Maunu mai ana ngā kōhatu nunui, hurihia haeretia ana ki raro ki te raorao, tāwhāruatia ana ngā rori i ngā tāone i te karinga a te wai (TWMNT 6/10/1874:256). / Great boulders dislodged and were carried down to the lowland, and the roads in the towns were gouged out by the strength of the water.
2. (noun) gorge, valley.
I ahu atu mā Rotorua ka whakaeke ki Heretaunga kia puta atu ki Te Āpiti i te tāwhārua i Manawatū, ka huri ki te rāwhiti ki Te Wairarapa (TTR 1990:209). / They headed via Rotorua and attacked Heretaunga (Hawke's Bay), and reached Te Āpiti in the Manawatu Gorge, before turning east into Wairarapa.
