E kī ana ā tātau nei kōrero, ko Tiki te tangata tuatahi, ko Hine-ahu-one te wahine tuatahi i pokepoketia ki te one i Kurawaka (TTT 1/8/1925:275). / Our narratives say that Tiki was the first man and that Hine-ahu-one, the first woman, was shaped with earth at Kurawaka.

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I tōna ohonga ake, ka kite ia kua teo kē ia ki tētehi one tahua, i roto i te wai o Kaupokonui (TWK 48:4). / When it woke up it saw that it had become stranded on a sand bar in the Kaupokonui Stream.

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He pai te oneone, he one kai, he one-paraumu, he one-matua, he one-pākirikiri ētahi wāhi; he pai ngā mānia, he tuwhera (JPS 1919:82). / The soil is good, it's soil for food production, soil rich in humus, loams, black soils, and sometimes gravelly soil; the plains are fine and have a good exposure.

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Ka ui mai a Tamatea, “Pēwhea ake te tuawhenua?” Ka mea atu a Ngātoro', "He one-tai ētahi wāhi, he one-matua ētahi wāhi, he one-tuatara, he paraumu, he one-rere, he one-punga, he one-haruru, he one-puia, he one-kirikiri, he one-pōwhatu, he one-takataka, ētahi wāhi." (JPS 1915:1). / Tamatea asked, “What kind of land is this?” Ngātoro' replied, “It is good, some parts are alluvial soils, some parts are loamy soils, others stiff brown soils, others dark friable soils, free draining soils, light spongy soils, light sandy soils, red volcanic soils, gravelly soils, stony soils, and some parts are friable soils.”

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I te taenga atu o Kupe ki Rangiātea, ka ui mai a Ngātoto ki a Kupe, “E Kupe! he aha te āhua o te whenua i kite nā koe? He raupapa rānei, he tuarangaranga rānei; he one-tai, he one-matua rānei te one.” (JPS 1913:115). / When Kupe reached Rai'atea, Ngātoto asked Kupe, “Kupe! What is the nature of that land you have discovered? Is it flat land, or rough land? Is the soil alluvial soil, or a loamy soil?”

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I te 10 o ngā hāora o te pō ka puta mai he ua one-tea (he onepū nā te puia i poi ake ki te rangi, te hokinga iho ka pēnei me te ua nei te āhua) (TWMNT 8/6/1875:126). / At 10 pm a shower of volcanic sand (sand propelled up into the sky by the volcano, returning like a shower of rain) occurred.

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Ka kore kai ngā kaiwhakangungu o te pā, ka kōhuatia te one-uku i roto i te pā (TTR 1990:327). / The defenders of the pā became desperately short of food and cooked the clay to be found in the pā.

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I ngā rā o te mutunga wiki haere kē ana ia ki te whakangau poaka, ki te tākaro whutupaoro rānei mō te karapu whutupaoro o Pito-one (TTR 2000:107). / In the weekends he went pig-hunting or played rugby for the Petone Rugby Football Club.

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Ki te taea te kite te wāhi one-paraumu, ka pai, kua iti te mahi, kua mauria mai te kirikiri mō raro anake i ngā rau, koi kino ngā rau i te paruparu, i te mākū (MA 1925:157). / If a place with dark, friable soil can be found, that's best because there's little work to be done and bringing gravel will be only for under the leaves so they aren't spoiled by the mud and wet.

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Ko te one-tuatara kore rawa nei e pīrangitia, he nui nō te mahi ki te patupatu; tētahi mahi he pīkau i te kirikiri mō te one-tuatara (MA 1925:157). / Stiff brown soil is never liked because there is so much work required in pulverising it; another task is carrying gravel for this stiff brown soil.

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Mehemea kāore he one-paraumu, ki te kitea he one-haruru, nā ka pai tēnā hai māra (MA 1925:157). / If there is no dark, friable soil but a sandy loam can be found, that will be suitable for a garden.

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