whakaroto
1. (modifier) inwards, in, inland.
(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 112;)
Ka rere atu i reira, ā, taē noa ki te pito whakaroto ki te rāwhiti, ko te tino tāone o Rūhia, ko Pitapāka (TWMNT 2/7/1873:73). / They sailed from there and reached the most easterly inland point, which was the main town of Russia, St Petersburg.