Ko Rongo te whetūao noho tuaono mai i te rā, ā, e mōhiotia ana mō ōna tarawhiti. / Saturn is the planet that lies sixth from the sun and is known for its rings.

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Heoi, ka taka he wā, ka whakarērea a Tāwera e Pareārau, ka haere ki te mate tāne haere me whetū kē (Te Ara 2011). / However, in time Venus is abandoned by Jupiter, who goes off to have affairs with other stars.

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Ko Kōpū te whetūao noho tuarua mai i te rā, ko Papatūānuku te tuatoru (PK 2008:1174). / Venus is the second planet from the sun and Earth is the third.

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Ko Takero, ko Kōpū, ko te Ao, ko Matawhero, ko Rangawhenua, ko Pareārau ngā whetū mārama i mōhiotia ai e ngā tohunga kōkōrangi Māori o neherā (PK 2008:1174). / Mercury, Venus, the Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn are the planets that were known by Māori astronomers in ancient times.

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Ko te ingoa o te Māori mō te huinga o te rā, te marama, ngā aorangi, ngā whetū, ngā kāhui whetū, ko te whānau mārama (Te Ara 2013). / The Māori name for the sun, moon, planets, stars and constellations and stars is the 'whānau mārama' (family of light).

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