I haere atu ratau i runga i te waka, tō rātau taenga atu ki uta ka puta mai te haunga ahi o uta, kātahi ka mātorotia ka kitea te whare (TPH 30/9/1901:6). / They went off on the canoe and when they reached land the smelt the smell off fire coming from inland, so they investigated and found the house.

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Kīhai i roa ka heke te rā ki te rua, ā ka pō, kei te tākaro te iwi rā i te whare mātoro, kei te kanikani anō te iwi rā i te whare manuwhiri (TAH 44/1963:38). / It wasn't long before the sun had set and it was night with games being played in the whare mātoro and dancing being performed in the house for the reception of visitors.

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