He nui anō te whai rawa o te iwi kiri pango i te koura, i te hiriwa, i te peara me ngā kōhatu utu nui me te whenua (TPH 15/8/1900:2). / The blacks have great wealth in gold, silver, pearls and precious stones and land.

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Kua taha ngā rā i āhei ai he noho taringa kōhatu hoki mātou ki ngā kupu taurangi e maringi mai ana i te hinengaro me te whatumanawa o tērā reanga mātau rawa ki ngā waiata me ngā kōrero tuku iho! (Te Ara 2013). / Gone are the days when we could, but didn't often bother to, sit and listen to the words and phrases flowing forth from the heart and mind of that knowledgeable generation in the songs and historical narratives!

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Nō te marama o Ākuhata 1920 te hura kōhatu whakamaharatanga a te iwi me te kāwanatanga (TTR 1990:75). / In August 1920 the memorial of the people and the government was unveiled.

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Ko te 'Roihe', he kata, 25 tana, Kāpene Hoina, nō Ahuriri, he pēhanga kōhatu (TKM.MM 30/4/1860:7). / The 'Rose', a cutter, 25 tons, Captain Joiner, from Napier, in ballast.

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Ko te reo Māori o taua wā, nō te ao kōhatu tonu, e ora tonu ana ngā koroheke (HM 2/2009:1). / The Māori language of that period was from the stone age and the elderly men were still alive.

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Ngā kōhatu turua kei te take o Pūtauaki; he turua, he kōhatu tohu rangatira (W 1971:460). / The prized volcanic stone at the foot of Pūtauaki (Mt Edgecumbe); it's beautiful, stone that is a symbol of chiefs.

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Kei roto kei te rua kōhatu ngā kaimahi e mahi ana, e keri kōhatu ana, e hahau ana i ngā papa kōhatu hei hanga whare (TH 1/12/1860:4). / The labourers were in the quarry working, digging rocks and fashioning the slabs of stone to build houses.

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E ngā kōhatu kōrero e ngā pari kārangaranga tēnā iwi, o tēnā iwi, tēnā rā koutou katoa / to the echoing bluffs and talking rocks greetings to you all.

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I te hipanga o te tau 1913, he wā a Rēweti i tētahi rua keri kōhatu i Paeroa e mahi ana (TTR 1996:165). / After 1913 was a time when Reweti was working in a quarry at Paeroa.

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