He tangata ngākau tōngā nei tōna, rerekē noa atu i tana wahine, i a Mere. Ararā hoki he wahine ngākau mākohakoha, ngākau hari, tunu kai mai ai i runga i tana tō tahu wahie mā iti, mā teitei, arā, mā ngā kaiwhiu kararehe, mā ngā nēhi ā-rohe tae atu ki ngā Minita a te Karauna me te Pirimia anō hoki o te wā, me Pita Pereiha (TTR 1998:9). / He was a reserved man, in contrast to his wife, Mere. There she was, a cheerful, outgoing woman who cooked on her wood-burning stove for visitors both great and small, namely for stock drovers, district nurses, cabinet ministers, and even the prime minister of the time, Peter Fraser.

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