Ka whānau mai he tamāroa ka whakaorangia pea tērā e ngā mātua kia ora ai he tangata hāpai patu; ka whānau mai he kōtiro, ka roromi (TH 1/7/1859:1). / When a first son is born that one is probably allowed to live by the parents so that he would be a person to carry a weapon; but when a girl is born, they kill her by suffocation.

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Karangatia ana e Ponupāta te ope, haere ake ngā kaipuke manuwao o te Wīwī hei roromi i taua iwi (TKM.MM 18/7/1863:7). / Bonaparte called up his navy and the warships of the French moved up to crush that nation.

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Ko te roromi pōtiki he mea noa i reira, kīia ana hoki, he mea kei raruraru i ngā tamariki ina huakina mai e te taua (MM.TKM 31/5/1859:6). / Infanticide is common there and they say it's done lest they should be encumbered with children if attacked by a war party.

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Nō te tuatoru ka romia e Te Pōhutu, ka mate te wahine muringa rā (M 2005:304). / On the third time she was strangled by Te Pōhutu, and so the junior wife died.

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Ka whānau mai he tamāroa, ka whakaorangia pea tērā e ngā mātua, kia ora ai he tangata hāpai patu; ka whānau mai he kōtiro, ka romia (TMT 1/10/1861:7-8). / When a first son is born that one is probably allowed to live by the parents so that he would be a person to carry a weapon; but when a girl is born, she's is killed by suffocation.

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Nā te kōti whenua ka puhake ngā kino katoa—: te kōrero parau, te tāhae, te hae, te whakamauāhara, te whanokē, te aroha-kore, te ngākau apo. Ahakoa mōhiotia te tika o te tangata ki te whenua ka romia, ka patua (TTT 1/8/1925:278). / Because of the land court all the evils became apparent: telling lies, stealing, envy, hatred, erratic behaviour, lack of compassion and greed. Despite the rights of people to land they were robbed and defeated.

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I romia ia e te āwhiowhio (Ng 1993:462). / He was sucked into the whirlpool.

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