Ko wai te kaikōrero o tētahi reo, ahakoa te reo, e mārama ana, e pūrangiaho ana ki ngā kupu katoa o tōna reo? (HM 4/2009:3). / What speaker of a language, whatever the language, understands fully every word of that tongue.

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Me takoto te ihu o te waka ki te taha katau o te rā, o te marama, o Kōpū rānei (JPS 1913:181). / The bow of the canoe should be directed to the right side of the sun, the moon, or of Venus.

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Ko te mate marama ngā āhuatanga ā-marama i te tinana o te wahine i tana ekenga ki te pūhuruhurutanga, ā, tae noa atu ki te ruahinetanga (RP 2009:282). / The menstrual cycle is the monthly changes which take place in a woman's body from puberty through to menopause.

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Tēnā ka tawhiti ia i te rā, ka nui mai ia, tā te mea e hāngai nui mai ana tōna taha mārama ki a tātou, arā, tōna taha anga atu ki te rā. Nā, ka kīia he marama hua, ka hua te marama. Arā, mehemea kei te rātō te rā, kei te rāwhiti te marama hua rānei, ko te rā kei raro i te rua, ko te marama kei runga, he hua hoki tērā (MM.TKM 28/2/1857:15). / But when it is distant from the sun, it appears large, because its bright side is then turned fully towards us, —that is, the side facing the sun. So we say it is a full moon, —the moon is full. Thus, if the sun is in the west, the full moon will be in the east, and if the sun is far below the horizon and the moon high above, it will be full.

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Mēnā e iti haere ana te mata o te marama e kitea atu ana, ka kīia ko te marama roroku tērā (RP 2009:227). / If the face of the moon that can be seen is growing smaller, that is said to be the waning moon.

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E rua ngā āraitanga matua, ko te āraitanga o te rā (ka kīia ko te āraitanga kōmaru, te rā kūtia rānei) me te āraitanga marama (ka kīia ko te pounga) (RP 2009:171). / There are two main types of eclipses, the eclipse of the sun (called the solar eclipse) and the lunar eclipse.

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Ki Aotearoa tūtaki ai ngā hau mahana, haumākū o te raki ki ngā hau mātao, hau maroke o te tonga. Kāore e rata ēnei hau tētahi ki tētahi; koinā te take e kōripo marama ai ngā rangi (Te Ara 2016). / In Aotearoa/New Zealand, warm moist air from the north meets cold dry air from the south. The winds are not compatible with each other: that's the reason the weather becomes inclement.

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"Me aha tātau, e whakatipu uri ai tātau ki te ao mārama nei?” Ka mea tētahi, “Me kimi te uha hei tango i tō tātau āhua, hei whakatipu uri ki te ao mārama nei." (M 206:198). / "What must we do to propagate progeny in this world of light and life?" One said, "We must search for the female to take our likeness, and to propagate progeny in this world of light and life."

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Ko te ingoa o te Māori mō te huinga o te rā, te marama, ngā aorangi, ngā whetū, ngā kāhui whetū, ko te whānau mārama (Te Ara 2013). / The Māori name for the sun, moon, planets, stars and constellations and stars is the 'whānau mārama' (family of light).

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Ko Takero, ko Kōpū, ko te Ao, ko Matawhero, ko Rangawhenua, ko Pareārau ngā whetū mārama i mōhiotia ai e ngā tohunga kōkōrangi Māori o neherā (PK 2008:1174). / Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are the planets that were known by Māori astronomers in ancient times.

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Nā te amio haere o te marama i a Papatuanuku, ka rerekē haere te āhua o te marama e kitea atu ana. Ka kīia tēnei ko ngā mata o te marama (RP 2009:277). / Because the moon travels around the earth, its appearance changes. This is called the phases of the moon.

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When the gateway of war is opened the world of light is no longer seen. /

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I tērā tau i whakarauikatia e te Taura Whiri ngā whenua o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa ki te whakawhitiwhiti whakaaro mō ngā take e pā ana ki ō rātou ake reo (HM 2/1992:1). / Last year the Māori Language Commission called together the countries of the Pacific Ocean to exchange ideas about matters concerning their indigenous languages.

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Nō tērā marama pānuitia ai ngā tūranga hou e rua (HM 4/1992:5). / Last month two new positions were advertised.

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Ā tērā Rātapu tā tātou hui. / Our meeting is next Saturday.

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