Nō te matenga o Paurini, he rangatira nō Ngāti Tūwharetoa, i Te Pōrere i Oketopa, ka rere atu te pouaru ki a Kawepō, kātahi ka hāua atu ā muri o te māhunga ki te patu (TTR 1990:31). / When Paurini, a chief of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, was killed at Te Pōrere in October, the widow leapt at Kawepō and clubbed him on the back of his head.

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Kīhai koe i whakawahi i tōku mātenga ki te hinu; nāna ia ōku waewae i whakawahi ki te hinu (PT Ruka 7/46). / You did not anoint my head with oil; but she anointed my feet with oil.

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Puritia tō kauri, hai ō matenga mōu (JPS 1904:169). / Keep your kauri resin as food for your death journey (a whakatauākī used for a stingy person).

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Kīhai e mōhiotia ana tōna rā whānau me ōna mātua, engari ki te kōrero a Te Mātenga, te minita whakahaere o New South Wales, e 22 tau pea tōna pakeke i te tau 1809 (TTR 2000:131). / His date of birth and his parents are not known, but according to Samuel Marsden, the minister from New South Wales, he was about 22 in 1809.

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Ko te matenga pokerehū, he patunga i waho o te ture, engari kāore i āta whakaarohia (Ng 1993:269). / Manslaughter is unlawful killing, but without premeditation (Ng 1993:269).
E waru noa iho ngā tau ka noho ia ki roto i te whare herehere mō te matenga pokerehū. / He will remain in prison for manslaughter for just eight years.

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Go! Death for you one way, and death for me another. /

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