1. (verb) (-a) to jostle, hustle, hassle, push around.
He iwi kotahi tāua te Māori, he iwi kua raungaiti i te ao, kei te tutetutea e te Pākehā, nā reira me awhi tāua i a tāua (TTT 1/10/1925:309). / We the Māori are one people, a people who are confined to a small space in the world and are being hassled by the Pākehā, and so we must cherish each other.
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