Te naomanga atu o te tama mātāmua ki te paihere rākau, whakauaua noa, ko tōna tangata mārōrō taua korokē, whakauaua noa, tē whati (TMT 15/4/1861:14). / The eldest son grabbed the bundle of sticks and tried strenuously again and again - that fellow was very strong - but be could not succeed in breaking them.

Show example

Hide example

He maroro kokoti ihu waka (W 1971:184). / A flying fish that cuts across the canoe prow (a whakataukī for someone who crossed the path of a war party and was killed to ward off bad luck).

Show example

Hide example

Ka kai tonu nei hoki te wai i te whenua, arā i a Papatūānuku, kia riro ai hoki ngā rākau kaha i a ia ki waho i te moana, kia maroro katoa ai hoki te whenua a Tāne i a ia (NM 1928:3). / The water continually eats away the land, that is Papatūānuku, so that he carries off the strong trees out to sea, and in that way he destroys all the land of Tāne.

Show example

Hide example