He waiata tēnei nā te wahine, i a ia e tāwhiriwhiri ana i te kanohi o tana tāne mate i runga i te atamira ki te patu ngaro, he patu rango ki ētahi he papaki rango ki ētahi iwi (M 2006:20). / This is a song by a woman, which she sang as she fanned her dead husband's face as he lay upon the elevated platform, using a patu ngaro, a fan to keep flies away. It is variously known among different tribes as a patu rango and papaki rango (M 2006:21).

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I tuhi a Rōpiha i ētahi pūrongo i 'Te Ao Hou', ā, i āwhina atu hoki ia ki te ārahi i ngā kaupapa a te maheni nei i ōna tau tuatahi (TTR 2000:188). / Rōpiha wrote articles for 'Te Ao Hou', and he also helped guide the magazine’s policies in its early years.

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Ka mahia te kaupapa raupō ... ka hoea taua kaupapa ki te au o te awa punga ai (White 5 1888:68). / The raupō raft was made and then it was paddled into the current of the river to anchor it.

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Ka whakamaua atu ngā huruhuru kiwi ki te kaupapa o te kahu (PK 2008:238). / The kiwi feathers were fixed to the body of the cloak.

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Whakarewaia ki runga i te pakihiwi, he hikitanga, he hapainga, he amonga, he ārewa, he tauira (M 2007:10) / Hoist it on the shoulder as something to carry, something to lift up, something to shoulder, something elevated as a model.

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Ko te ahurewa o te pā, he pātaka, he mea hanga hei nohoanga mō te hunga whakaaraara i ngā tāngata o roto i te pā, kia mataara tonu i te pō (W 1971:4) / The watchman's platform was an elevated stage built as a place for the sentries of the people in the pā to sit to keep watch at night.

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Nā Hēnare Kaihau rāua ko Pēpene Eketone ngā whakaritenga o te tangihanga i whakahaere. Nā rāua anō te whakarite kia kotahi marama te tūpāpaku e takoto ana i runga i tōna ahurewa, kia taea ai ia e ngā iwi katoa o te Kīngitanga te whakanui – he whakaritenga nā te tini me te mano i hāpai (TTR 1996:89). / Hēnare Kaihau and Pēpene Eketone organised the arrangements for the tangihanga. They decided that his body should lie in state for a month to enable all the King movement tribes to honour him, a duty supported by thousands.

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Ka whakatūria e rātou ko ētehi o ngā rangatira o Waikato he hākari mā ngā Pākehā o Rangiaowhia, hei whakanui i te ekenga o te Kīngi ki tōna ahurewa (TTR 1994:151). / She and other Waikato leaders held a banquet for Pākehā of Rangiaowhia to commemorate the accession to the throne of the King.

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Ko ngā kapua (he kohu i ētahi wā) e rārangi mai ana i te rangi he papanui (Te Ara 2012). / Clouds (or mist sometimes) uniformly covering the sky was called 'papanui'.

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Ko te papanui tētahi waeine aro kē hei ine i te horahanga o te tēpu (TRP 2010:311). / The palm of the hand is a non-standard unit of measurement to measure the area of a table.

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Ko te ingoa o te rango ko Manutawhiorangi, me ngā punga e rua a Te Tahuri, a Te Take, anei anō te ingoa o te kāraho me ngā karakia o te tōanga, me ngā karakia o te haramaitanga i Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa (TPH 15/10/1902:2). / The name of the roller was Manutawhiorangi and the two anchors were Te Tahuri and Te Take. Here is the name of the canoe deck and the ritual chants for the dragging and for the trip across the Pacific Ocean.
Nā, ka mahia te waka, koirā ngā toki i tāraia ai te waka, ā ka oti te tārai te haumi, te kei, te ihu, ngā rauawa; ka oti ngā taumanu, te tauihu, te rapa me te kāraho, te puneke, te ihu, te utuutu-matua, te whakarei o te kei, ngā mea katoa mō te waka taua, ngā kōrewa, ngā tā wai, ngā hoe, ngā whiti, ngā tokotū, ngā huapae, ngā rā, ngā taura, ngā punga e rua, whakawhenua, ngā punga kōrewa, ngā toko waka, ngā hoe whakaara o te ihu, ngā hoe whakatere o te kei (JPS 1922:23). / The canoe was then adzed out, hewn with those adzes. The piece to lengthen the hull was hewn out, the stern, the bow, the topstrakes; finished were the thwarts, the prow piece, the stern attachment, the decking, the fore end, the utuutumatua, the carved work of the stern, and all things pertaining to a war canoe. These included the outriggers, the balers, the paddles, the crosspieces and masts, the fore and aft beams of the outrigger frame, the sails, the cordage, the two anchors, ground and sea, the punt poles, and the steering oars of the prow and stern.

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Ina ka noho ki rō whare, ko tāna mahi i tino rawe ai he takoto noa mai i te raho o te whare ki mua i te ahi, kānewha ai (TTR 1998:170). / When she was indoors the thing she really liked to do was to lie on the floor of the house in front of the fire and doze.

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I ngā rā tōmua o Oketopa 1844, ka rere whaka-te-raki ia i roto i tētahi kahupapa waka itiiti. Nō tō rātou taenga ki te kūrae o Paparoa i te 10 o Oketopa, ka ākina e te au tuke, ka tahia atu a Tūhawaiki ki te moana (TTR 1990:370). / Early in October 1844 he sailed north in a flotilla of small boats. When they reached Paparoa Point on 10 October, they were buffeted by heavy seas and Tūhawaiki was swept overboard.

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I te raumati ka kapi katoa ngā awa nui i te kahupapa rākau e whakaheke ana ki ngā mira (TWMNT 17/9/1873:109). / In summer the main rivers are all covered with timber rafts being guided down to the mills.

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I kī ngā Māori i tupu ake aua rākau i ngā neke me ngā rākau o te kahupapa o Tainui, te waka i rere mai ai ngā tāngata i Hawaiki (TWMNT 1/2/1879:292). / The Māori said that those trees grew from the rollers and the wood of the platform of Tainui, the canoe that the people sailed here on from Hawaiki.

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Arā noa atu ngā taera tunu i te pūwhara: ko te parai, ko te rorerore, ko te whakamamaoa hoki. / There are many ways to cook monkfish: fried, barbecued, and steamed.

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