Nō te āraitanga i te pā o Te Koutu, ka tahuri te Hauhau ki te hanga maioro mō te pā o Puraku e tata ana ki Te Tarukenga (TTR 1990:158). / When they were blocked at Te Koutu pā, the Hauhau built fortifications for Puraku pā near Tarukenga.

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Kāti te tangi, turituri noa koe, keakea ana au, maioro rawa koe i aku taringa (W 1971:112). / Stop crying, you're so noisy and I am deafened, you're jarring my ears.

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I kahakina ngā piriti whakatārewa, me ngā maioro oneone e te wai, pakaru kino ana tōna huakanga ki runga ki ngā whare, karapotapota ana ngā mea katoa i tōna ara (TWMNT 21/9/1875:210). / The suspension bridges and embankments were carried away by the water, and it rushed into the houses smashing them, levelling everything in its path.

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E tīkina atu ana e rātou ngā rawa i ngā kaipuke i te pūaha o Waikato ka hoea whakarunga i te awa ki te pā maioro o Camerontown (TTR 1990:336). / They were collecting supplies from ships at the Waikato Heads and paddled them up the river to the Camerontown redoubt.

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Kei huaia hoki, he hōrete i mahue ki te maioro keri nāu, e Te Paea (M 2004:306). / Let it not be said, there was a stone left in the trench you dug, O Te Paea (M 2004:307).

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He nui ngā tāngata kua mamae i ngā tao kupu a tērā ngutu maioro (HJ 2017:23). / Many people have been hurt by the barbs of that one who constantly finds fault.

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