2. (modifier) hunting, seeking.
I a ia e taiohi tonu ana, ka whakangungua ki ngā mahi a te ngahere, ki ngā kawa o te patu manu, ki ngā wāhi pupuhi manu, whai poaka, whakarapu tuna o Te Urewera, o Ngāti Tāwhaki me ērā atu o ngā hapū o Ruatāhuna (TTR 2000:218). / During his youth he was trained in forest lore and bird hunting, and the places to shoot birds, hunt pigs, and hunt eels belonging to Te Urewera, Ngāti Tāwhaki and those other hapū of Ruatāhuna.
Synonyms: rapu
