Ki te patero te tangata, mā te karakia whāioio tuauriuri rawa e muru (TTR 1998:206). / If a person broke wind, it required ancient karakia to make up for it.

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I tētahi pō ka haere huna ia, ka pīhau ki waenganui i te tokorua rā, ka oho ake rāua, ka tohe rāua ki a rāua anō (Te Ara 2012). / One night he surreptitiously broke wind between the couple and when they woke they argued.

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Ka tē te rākau, meāke e whati (W 1971:409). / The tree made a sharp noise and soon it will snap.

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Ka hemo anake te tou o te tōtara, e tahuna nei te rākau tōtara ki te ahi, e papā nei te tōtara i te ahi, koia tēnā, ko tōna tou i hemo, i pāterotero (W 1971:45). / Only the bottom of the tōtara breaks wind when tōtara wood is burnt with fire, so when the tōtara explodes in the fire, then that is its bottom breaking wind, or farting.
Ka puta a Koro ki waho, ka hemo te tou, ka mea ake, "Aiā!" (HJ 2012:197). / When Grandad went outside, he farted and said, "That's better!"

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Ka hemo anake te tou o te tōtara, e tahuna nei te rākau tōtara ki te ahi, e papā nei te tōtara i te ahi, koia tēnā, ko tōna tou i hemo, i pāterotero (W 1971:45). / Only the bottom of the tōtara breaks wind when tōtara wood is burnt with fire, so when the tōtara explodes in the fire, then that is its bottom breaking wind, or farting.

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