Ko te whānau Grennell ētahi anō hoki o ngā kaihaka o te rōpū kōnohete i whakahaerea rā e Rāhera Tainui, he whaea kēkē nō Airini (TTR 2000:63). / The Grennell family were some of the performers of the concert party run by Rāhera Tainui, an aunt of Airini.

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Kei te hikihiki tāre tonu ia, ā kei te hikihikitia tonutia hoki e tōna whaea (TP 4/1908:1). / He still carries dolls in his arms and is still nurtured by his mother.

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Whakahauhautia ana e ia ngā whāea kia haramai ki ngā karaehe a ā rātau tamariki (TTR 1998:226). / She encouraged mothers to come to their children's classes.

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He tauira mā tātau ko ā tātau tamariki, kotahi te pāpā, kotahi te kōkā, he rerekē te tama, he rerekē te tamāhine, he rerekē te tuatoru, me te tuawhā, me ngā ritenga hoki, he ahuwhenua tētahi, he māngere tētahi, he hūmārie tētahi, he haututū tētahi (TPH 15/8/1903:4). / Our children are an example for us and although there is one father and one mother the son, the daughter, the third and fourth are all different, one is industrious, another is lazy, another is handsome and another is mischievous.

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Nā tōku matua kēkē ahau i kawe huna mai ki te kaipuke, nōtemea he rawakore, e kore ia e kaha ki te whāngai i a au, kāhore hoki he moni hei utu i taku pāhihi (KO 15/1/1886). / My uncle secretly brought me onto the ship because he was poor and could not feed me and had no money to pay my passage.

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Ko te take i karangatia ia ko Pītiti, he mau nō tētahi o ōna whāea kēkē e raweke pītiti ana i reira, ka tapaina ia ko Hēmi Pītiti Huata (TTR 1996:59). / The reason he was called Pītiti (Peach) was because one of his aunts was caught pilfering peaches, so he was named Hēmi Pītiti Huata.

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He mea whāngai au nā taku karanga whaea. I was adopted by my aunty. /

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