He pū hurihuri ā māua, e tautau ana i ō māua tātua (HP 1991:144). / We both had revolvers hanging from our belts.

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Kātahi te tangata rā ka mea atu ki te wahine, “Homai taku tātua.” Ka homai e te wahine te tātua pūpara o te tangata rā (JPS 1905:70). / Then that man said to the woman, “Give me my belt.” The woman gave him his belt for carrying valuables.

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Ko ngā patu poto a te hokowhitu nei i hunā ki muri i ngā tuarā, i titia iho ki roto i ngā tātua kōtara (JPS 1910:200). / The one hundred and forty men concealed their short clubs behind their backs, stuck in their war-belts.

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Inā te ātaahua o te tātua o Kahukura / How beautiful the red night sky is.

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Tērā pea i kuraina a ia i te kura a te Rōpū Māori Wēteriana i te wāhi o Ākarana e kīia nei ko Te Tātua (TTR 1994:25). / She may have been educated at the Wesleyan Native Institution at Three Kings in Auckland.

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