Ko ngā matua e rua i roto i tū mārakerake tērā hei poa i te matua a Pouhaokai mā (JPS 1922:19). / Two divisions were placed out in the open to lure the force of Pouhaokai and his people.

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Kua kori ngā iwi o te takiwā ki Taranawāra, arā te Ingarihi noho i reira me ngā Poa (TJ 13/7/1899:12). / The peoples of the Transvaal District are getting agitated, that is the English living there with the Boers.

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Ka taka ki te tekau mā rua o ngā hāora ka rere tō mātou poti i roto i te awa o Amahana (he awa whakahara nō Marekena ki te Tonga), ko te hiako o te poa (te nākahi) i whakatarea ki te tuanui o te poti kia maroke i te rā (TKM 20/12/1849:3). / At twelve o’clock our boat sailed into the Amazon river (an important river in South America), with the skin of the boa constrictor (the snake) spread out to dry upon the roof of our boat.

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Kua tae mai te rongo i te 2 o ngā rā o Hune nei, kua mau te rongo i waenganui i te Ingarihi me te Iwi Poa (TPH 31/5/1902:6). / News arrived on 2 June that peace had been made between the English and the Afrikaners.

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