E kī ana te kōrero e kore a muri e hokia, ā, kei te hāngai mai tērā kōrero ki te Tau o te Reo Māori (HM 4/1994:11). / The saying goes that what's done is done, and that statement is pertinent to the Year of the Māori Language.

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Return to your mountains to be purified by the winds of Tāwhirimātea. /

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Ka hoki mai ia ki te kāinga i ētahi ahiahi rawa, ka riro mai te mahi a te āporo, a te pītiti, a te paramu, a te aperekoti, a te rēmana hoki (HP 1991:27). / Some evenings when he returned home he had obtained lots of apples, peaches, plums, apricots and lemons.
I te pō ka hokia mai, ka poapoatia te kurī nei, ka mau, ka mauria; patua atu, taona atu ki Te Māhia (M 2006:388). / In the night they returned and lured the dog, and when it was caught they took it away, killed it and cooked it at Te Māhia.

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