Ko te kāpene o runga i tētahi manuao i mau herehere nei i a Merika, i mua atu o te haringa i taua kāpene ki Merika, poroporoaki ana ia ki ōna hēramana, nui ana te tangi, kihi ana ki ō rātou kakī me rātou hoki tangi ana ki tō rātou kāpene (TJ 19/7/1898:4). / Before the captain of a warship taken prisoner by America was transported to America, he farewelled his sailors, great was the lamentation with him kissing their necks with them also crying over their captain.

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I kīia ai te reo Ingarihi e te Māori he reo kihi. I kihi ai nā ngā reta s, c, g, p, t (RK 1994:47). / Māori say that the English language is an indistinct language, because of the letters s, c, g, p and t.

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Nā te hau i kihi a Aotea-Te Waipounamu i te tau 1934 (TTR 1994:49). / The wind destroyed Aotea-Te Waipounamu in 1934.

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He tata rā tēnei ki te māramatanga nō taua nō te Māori, inā hoki kua rōia ētahi, kua kura mahita ētahi, kua minita ētahi, kua mema ētahi, kua mātau ētahi ki te reo kihi o te Pākehā (TP 1/12/1900:2). / We, the Māori, are nearing enlightenment because some are lawyers, some are teachers, some are ministers, some are members and some understand the unintelligible language of the Pākehā.

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