Anei e whai ake nei ētahi kōrero hei whakapati i te hunga whai mai i tā mātou e kutukutu ahi nei! Arā, ko ngā kōrero a Pou Tēmara mō te pūnaha ringapoto a Te Pēhi (HM 1/1993). / Here follows an account to titillate the people who follow our raving! That is, Pou Tēmara's account about Best's shorthand system.

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Nā te hōrapa o te tope ngahere me te whakatū pāmu kua tino raruraru ngā pūnaha hauropi maha, puta noa i te ao (RP 2009:345). / Because of the expansion of the felling of forests and with the establishment of farms, many ecosystems throughout the world are in serious trouble.

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Ko te pūnaha moni ngā uka me ngā moni pepa o te ōhanga o tētahi whenua (TRP 2010:209). / Currency is the coins and notes of a country's economy (TRP 2010:209).

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Ko te pūnaha ngahuru: Koia nei ngā waeine e pūtakea mai ana i te tekau. E tino whakamahia ana te pūnaha ngahuru puta noa i te ao. Ko te mita (m) te waeine matua mō te roa, ko te karamu (g) mō te papatipu me te taumaha, ko te rita (l) mō te kītanga (TRP 2010:210). / Metric system: The units of measurement that are based on the number ten. It is in extensive use throughout the world. The metre (m) is the base unit for length, gram (g) for mass and weight, and the litre (l) for capacity (TRP 2010:210).

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Ko te 2 te pūtake o te pūnaha tāhūrua. E rua ngā tohutau o tēnei pūnaha (ko te 0 me te 1), ko te rua hoki te hononga o ngā wāhi uara tū (TRP 2010:213). / Two is the base of the binary system. There are two numerals of this system (0 and 1), and two is the link of the place value parts.

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Ko ngā tohutau, ngā tikanga o ia tohutau, me ngā ture mō te whakamahi i ngā tohutau hei whakaatu tau. Arā ngā momo pūnaha tau o te ao, ko tā tātou he pūnaha tekau. He māmā te pūnaha tekau, nā te mea he ngāwari noa iho te whakarea, te whakawehe, te tāpiri me te tango i te tekau, i te rau, i te mano, i tētahi atu taupū rānei o te tekau (TRP 2010:211). / A number system consists of the symbols, the numbers they represent, and rules for combining the symbols together to represent numbers. There are many different number systems throughout the world, ours is a base ten system. A base ten system is straight forward because it is easy to multiply, divide, add and subtract ten, one hundred or any other power of ten (TRP 2010:211).

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Koia nei ngā tohutau o tā tātou pūnaha tau. Tekau ngā tohutau, nā te mea he pūnaha tekau: {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} (TRP 2010:211). / These are the numerals of our number system. There are ten numerals because it is a decimal system: {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9} (TRP 2010:211).

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i whakatakotoria atu e rātau ko ētehi atu o ngā rangatira o Ngāti Pikiao tētehi kerēme ki te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi, e tono ana kia whakakorehia te kaupapa, e mea ana ki te whakatakoto i tētehi paipa hei mau atu i ngā parapara katoa – he mea whaipai ake – i te pūnaha parakaingaki o Rotorua, ka tuku atu ai ki te awa o Kaituna (TTR 2000:21). / He and other prominent members of Ngāti Pikiao laid a claim with the Waitangi Tribunal, asking for the prohibition of the scheme for a pipeline to carry the whole of the treated effluent from Rotorua city’s sewerage system into the Kaituna River.

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