He mātotoru tonu te tau atu o te hauhunga ki te whārua i ngā pō kapua kore, hau kore o te hōtoke (PK 2008:87). / The frost settles quite thickly in the valley on the cloudless, windless nights of winter.

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Ka whaikōrero a Tamamutu, ka karanga ki te iwi o Tūwharetoa, "Tūwharetoa-i-te-aupōuri, ē! Kia pai te whakatere i te waka kei pariparia e te tai, ka mōnenehu te kura nei." Ka mutu tēnā. Ka kī anō ia, "Kawe atu anō ki waho, ka whakahokia mai anō ki te kapua whakapipi." (TP 3/1910:11). / Tamamutu made a speech, calling to the Tūwharetoa people, "Tūwharetoa-i-te-aupōuri, steer the canoe carefully or this treasure will be drenched by the spray." That said, he then said, "Carry it out, but return it here to the billowing clouds where strength is in reserve."

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Ko ngā kapua waenga, pērā i te kapua whakapipi (RP 2009:240). / Altocumulus clouds are like cumulus cloud.

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Kāore e tae te waewae pakiaka ki te waewae kai kapua (NP 2001:174). / Never will the foot stumbling on roots overtake the adventurous person. - a whakataukī used to refer to how an adventurous person or a risk-taker will succeed over the clumsy plodder.

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Ko ia te kaiārahi pekepoho o ngā tūruhi ki ngā tūāpapa o Ō-tū-kapua-rangi me Te Tarata i te moana o Rotomahana i mua i te hūnga o Tarawera Maunga i te tau 1886 (TTR 1994:25). / She was the principal tourist guides of the Pink and White Terraces at Lake Rotomahana before the eruption of Mount Tarawera in 1886.

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Kei noho tō mahi hē nei hei iti pou kapua huna tini whetū / Least your wrongs become a cloud that blocks out all of the stars.

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A small cloud that blocks out many stars. /

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