Tēnei te ruru te koukou mai nei, kīhai i māhitihiti, kīhai i mārangaranga te upoko nui o te ruru (W 1971:181). / Here is the morepork which hoots, but whose head does not toss about or bob up and down.

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Pērā hoki me Māui-pōtiki i tango rā i te āhua o te kāhu, o te kāeaea, o te ruru, o te kea, o te pekapeka, o te kiore, o te kererū, o te noke hoki; kātahi anō ka mate i a Hine-nui-te-pō i roto i tōna whare i Pōtaka-rongorongo. (JPS 1922:48). / It was thus that Māui-pōtiki took on the form of the harrier hawk, the New Zealand falcon, the morepork, the kea, the bat, the rat, the pigeon, and the worm; until he was finally killed by Hine-nui-te-pō in her house at Pōtaka-rongorongo.

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Kou te ruru (M 2006:314). / The morepork hoots.

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Tū ana, peho ana te ruru i te waha o te ana (W 1971:275). / The morepork stood and hooted at the mouth of the cave.

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