Ko tētahi marae pai nei tūnga mō ngā wharemoe me ngā kāuta, me ētahi atu o ngā whare e hangā ana ki roto ki te marae (TPH 1/9/1905:1). / A good marae has provision for sleeping houses, cooking sheds and other buildings built within the marae.

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Nā te paku o te whatitoka o te wharepuni, ka haere pekewhā ngā tamariki ki roto. / Because the doorway of the sleeping house was so small, the children went into it on all fours.

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Ka haria mai e te manuhiri ā rātou kawenga ki roto i te wharenui. Ko rātou ki te tara nui o te whare moe ai, ko te tangata whenua ki te tara iti (TWK 46:13). / The visitors take their luggage into the meeting house. They sleep on the right side on entering a meeting house, the local people are on the left side.

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