E whakaae ana ahau kia tākiri ngā kāwainga o te ata, ka pakihere ai te hāmanu (W 1971:253). / I am agreeing that when the dawn of morning light appeares, I will carry the ammunition with bandoliers over the shoulders.

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Ka mātikahia ngā kaiākiko ki te tēneti e tatari mai rā ngā rata me ngā tapuhi (PK 2008:436). / The wounded were stretchered to the tent where the doctors and nurses were waiting.

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E rongo ana te taringa i tōna toa ki te haere i roto i ngā kōkiri; ki te amo mai i ngā taotū i roto i te mura o te ahi ki te wāhi i te ora; ki te pīkau mai i ngā tāngata kua mate kē ki tētahi wāhi tika hei tāpukenga mō rātou (TKO 30/10/1920:10). / We've heard of his bravery in going into the attacks; in the heat of battle to carry out the wounded on his shoulder to a safe place; to carry out the men who had already died to an appropriate place for them to be buried.

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Nā ka mau ia ki tētahi tamaiti nohinohi, ā whakatūria ana ki waenganui i a rātou: nā ka okooko i a ia ... (PT Maka 9:36). / And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms ...

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Ka tahuri ia ki te whawhati kānga, ka tari ki rō whata, i ngā tōnapi ki rō whare (TWK 6:31). / He set about picking the corn and taking it into the storage place, and the turnips into the house.

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Ko tāku ki a rātou, "Kia matakana ngā kanohi, kia puakaha ngā taringa, kei ikiikitia noatia ō koutou reo i te wā tonu e kīia ana 'kei te pai noa iho mātou'." (HM 3/1993:7). / I said to them, "Be watchful and attentive lest your languages are just carried away at the very time it is said 'we are fine'."

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I aituā te tama a Tāraia, a Te Rite, i te pahūtanga o te kāho paura pū; ka wera te waewae. Nā ngā Pākehā rā i tapuhi (TTR 1990:154). / Taraia's son, Te Rite, was in an accident when a keg of gunpowder blew up and burnt his leg. He was treated by the Pākehā.

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Kātahi te tangata rā ka mea atu ki te wahine, “Homai taku tātua.” Ka homai e te wahine te tātua pūpara o te tangata rā (JPS 1905:70). / Then that man said to the woman, “Give me my belt.” The woman gave him his belt for carrying valuables.

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Ko ngā herehere o Rongowhakaata o Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki i tereputia ki Wharekauri, arā ko te ingoa ake ki ngā Moriori, ko Rēkohu (TTR 1990:383). / Prisoners from Rongowhakaata and Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki were deported to the Chatham Islands, which to the Moriori was called Rēkohu.

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Hiki ana te kohu, ā, ka kite atu rātou i ngā tokorima, e kāhakina ana e te tai kāhore i tino matara atu ki waho (THM 1/4/1888:3). / The fog lifted and they saw the five people being carried off by the tide not very far offshore.

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Heoi, ka noho nei te taniwha, ko tana mahi, he patu i ngā tira haere; arā, he kai i ngā tāngata, horopuku tonu, ahakoa he kawenga tā te tangata, ka horomia pukutia e taua taniwha — ahakoa he tamaiti i runga i te hākui e waha ana, ka heke tahi rāua ki roto i te kōpū o te taniwha nei — ahakoa ngā tokotoko me ngā taiaha, ka pau katoa te horo (JPS 1905:200). / And so the taniwha remained there. His occupation was killing the travelling parties - that is, he used to swallow them whole, even if they had loads on their backs they were swallowed up by that taniwha - mothers carrying children on their backs, they went down together into the belly of this taniwha - even walking sticks and taiaha, they were completely swallowed up.

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Ka noho ia i runga i te pūriri, ka titiro ia ki te tangata e haere ana, e wahawaha ana i te kai nei a te kūmara (JPS 1929:21). / He perched upon a pūriri tree and watched the people moving about carrying the sweet potato crop.

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Ka kākahu mai i tōna kahu māhiti, ka tākawetia tōna toki poutangata (TP 6/1909:6). / He put on his cape covered with long white hair of dogs' tails and carried his greenstone adze on his shoulder.

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He matau nāhaku i riua mai i runga o Rangiātea i ngā pora rā ē, i rere mai i tawhiti (JPS 1898:172). / A fish-hook of mine transported from Rangiātea in those large sea-going canoes that sailed here from afar.

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I pāngia a Mākarini e te mate kōea i taua hui. Nā Arihia i whakatapuhi tana tama (TTR 1996:114). / Mākarini contracted dysentery at that hui. Arihia nursed her son.

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Ka tautekatia te pakitara o te whare i muri i te rū, kei hinga. / The wall of the house was propped up after the earthquake in case it fell over.

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Me mau paretua i a koe e tīkawe ana i te utanga nā, kia kore ai e pahore tō tuarā (PK 2008:925). / You should wear a back pad when you are carrying that load so your back doesn't become chafed.

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I kaha tā mātou tohe kia kaua anō koutou e hāpai pū ki te whawhai ki te Kāwanatanga, kāhore kau i rongo, turi tonu koutou (TWMNT 14/5/1873:50). / We strongly urged you not to take up arms again to fight the Government, but you took no notice, you were quite obstinate.

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Hai wetewete atu i ngā taumahatanga o te pakanga i runga i a ia e rua kē ana whakapurenga i a ia (TTR 2000:10). / Two separate rituals of purification were performed over him to release the effects of warfare on him.

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