Ki te kore he ika kahurangi pēnā i a koutou nā hei ārahi, hei taki i tēnei kaupapa tērā ka pōnē, ka koritaka tēnei waka utanga nui (HM 2/1994:7). / If there wasn't a distinguished group such as you to lead and steer this project then it would be in difficulties and this canoe with its important cargo would be unsteady.

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Ka kite a ia i te kekeno e noho ana i te ākau, ā ko te mea i te ringa o taua tamaiti he tarapu tera hōiho, ā, nā taua tamaiti i patu taua ika ki taua tarapu tera (TW 31/8/1878:432). / He saw a seal sitting on the shore, and the thing in that boy's hand was a horse’s saddle stirrup and the boy beat that animal with that saddle stirrup.
Ka kī ngā pihapiha o te ika rā i te onepū, ka mate (NM 1928:29). / When the blowholes of that whale were full of sand, it died.

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He toa kē ake au i a rātau ki te hī ika (HP 1991:16). / I was more skilful than them at line fishing.

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Tau rawa ake te puehu, e tīraha ana te ika huirua o Maungapōhatu. Ko Te Māipi Te Whiu tētahi, ko Toko tētahi (TTR 1996:133). / When the fighting was over, two people of Maungapōhatu lay dead. Te Māipi Te Whiu was one and the other was Toko.

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Ka kitea tōna tau hei whiriwhiri i ngā raruraru e pā ana ki ō rātou whenua, ki ō rātou taunga ika (TTR 1990:225). / It was seen how skillful he was at sorting out problems concerning their lands and fishing grounds.

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Nō ngā tau 1907, 1916, me 1919, i tuku petihana ai a Ngāti Hinepare rāua ko Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Pāremata, tono atu rānei ki te Kōti Whenua Māori, kia whakamanahia, kia tiakina hoki ō rātou tauranga ika me ērā atu o ā rātou taonga i Te Whanganui-a-Ōrotu (TTR 1998:235). / In 1907, 1916 and 1919 Ngāti Hinepare and Ngāti Kahungunu petitioned Parliament or applied to the Native Land Court to recognise and protect their fishing grounds and other rights in Te Whanganui-a-Orotu (the Napier inner harbour).

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Ka kitea te ika moana e pae ana i uta (W 1971:76). / The whale was found stranded on the shore.

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He ika tauhou tino pai kē nei ia, ā, nuku kē atu ana ōna mōhio i ērā o ngā tauira o tōna karaehe mō ngā marama e ono e whakaakona ana ia i te kura whakangungu o Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa i Māwaihākona (TTR 2000:81). / She was an outstanding recruit and she out-performed the other cadets of her class during the six months she was training at the New Zealand Police Training School in Trentham.

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Ko te karu ika tētahi atu momo arotahi, he tino whārahi. Arā, he tino tawhiti mai i tētahi pito o te whakaahua ki tētahi, ā, ka hakoko te whakaahua (RTA 2014:81). / The fish eye is another type of lens that is very wide. That is, it is a great distance from one end of the image to the other and the image is curved.

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Kua whakaae te Karauna ki te mana o Te Arawa ki ngā mahinga ika a ngā tīpuna mai rā anō (TTT 1/4/1922:15). / The Crown has agreed that Te Arawa has mana over their traditional fishing grounds.

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He kīrehe noho oneone te ika oneone, engari ka tuku i ana paratau ki te wai, ki reira whakaputa uri ai. Ko te poraka hei tauira (RP 2009:223). / An amphibian is an animal that lives on land but breeds in water. The frog is an example.

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Ko ngā ngahere tawai ngā ngahere nui ki ngā ika whenua o Te Wai Pounamu, mai i Whakatū ki Te Rua-o-te-moko (Te Ara 2015). / Beech forests dominate the mountain ranges of the South Island, from Nelson to Fiordland.

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Ko te nuinga o ngā meroiti ika he mawhiti, he pūhouhou ika rānei (RP 2009:287). / Most zooplankton consists of crustaceans and fish larvae.

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Te hūneinei hoki o te ika whakawera rā / how vexed that hot-headed one is.

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Nōku e ruku kaimoana ana, i tūpono atu ai au ki tētahi rāngai ika. When I went diving for shellfish, I sumbled upon a school of fish. /

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Kei te urupā o Muruika, i Ōhinemutu i Rotorua, te rangatira nei e okioki ana, kei te taha tonu o tōna matua tipuna, o ōna whanaunga, me ngā ika a Whiro o ngā pakanga e rua o te ao (TTR 2000:52). / This leader rests at the Muruika cemetery at Ōhinemutu in Rotorua right beside his father and other relatives and the veterans of two world wars.

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