I te whitinga o te rā, ka toka rātou ki aua wāhi kei reira rātou i tēnei rā (Te Ara 2013). / When the sun rose they were fixed to those places, where they stand to this day.

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Arā te toka whakairo i nohoia e tō tupuna / there is the fortification that was inhabited by your ancestor.

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Mēnā he rite tonu te momo kiripuaki ka kawea e tētahi kiriwhakaari i roto i ētahi whakaari maha, ka kīia kua ‘kiriwhakaari toka’ ia (RMR 2017). / If an actor repeatedly plays a particular type of character, they are said to be ‘typecast’ in that role (RMR 2017).

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Mā ngā kapua o te whenua anō hoki e whakaatu mai te takoto o ngā moutere toka pokapoka kei te pāpaku te takoto (TWK 45:19). / The clouds of the land will also show where low lying coral atolls lie.

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Mehemea e toimaha ana ahau ka hoki ahau ki taku toka āhuru arā ki taku whenua taurikura / when I'm feeling heavy I return to my rock of shelter to my land of peace.

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I a ia ka tata ki ngā takiwā o Amerika, ka tūtuki ia ki tētahi toka haupapa e teretere ana i waho o te moana, ā, e rua hāora i muri iho ka totohu (TP 4/1912:2). / While it was approaching the vicinity of America it struck an iceberg floating on the ocean and two hours later it sank.

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Ko te toka kāhuarau: Ko te momo toka ka hua mai ina huri te hanga me te āhua o tētahi atu o ngā toka mā te pā mai o te wera me te pēhanga i roto i takanga o te wā roa (RP 2009:407). / Metamorphic rock: The type of rock that results when transformed into another type of rock through the application of heat and pressure over a long period of time.

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Ko te kohuke: He matū māori e kitea ana i ngā toka o te taiao, pērā i te toka konumohe (RP 2009:258). / Mineral: Naturally occuring substances found in the rocks of the environment, such as bauxite.

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Ko te toka ngiha: Ka takea mai i te tokarewa ka puta i tētahi puia (RP 2009:406). / Igneous rock: Originates from magma that emerges from a volcano.

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Ko te toka māhurehure tētahi momo toka parataiao, he matanui te āhua (RP 2009:407). / Conglomerate rock is a type of sedimentary rock that is course-grained.

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Ko te hōanga me te pākeho hei tauira o te toka parataiao (RP 2009:407). / Sandstone and limestone are examples of sedimentary rock.

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Ko te tahepuia: Ko te tokarewa ka puta i tētahi puia ki te mata o te whenua (ka rere noa, ka hū ake rānei). Ka mātao, ka whakauka, ā, ka noho mai hei toka puia (RP 2009:379). / Lava: Molten rock (magma) that flows out or erupts onto the surface of the earth, cooling and hardening to become volcanic rock (RP 2009:379).

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Tērā tētahi wā ka whakarērea a Kapetaua, te tipuna o Te Patukirikiri, e tana taokete e Tarakumukumu ki tētahi toka tū moana kei waho i Takaparawhā. Ko te ingoa o taua toka ko Te Toka-o-Kapetaua (e mōhiotia anō ko Bean Rock) (Te Ara 2016). / There was an occasion when Kapetaua, the ancestor of Te Patukirikiri, was abandoned by his brother-in-law, Tarakumukumu, on a rock off Bastion Point. The name of that rock is Te Toka-o-Kapetaua (also known as Bean Rock).

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Tērā te pā, ka horo tērā pā, a Kohi-maramara, haere tonu mai ki tētahi pā, ki Toka-purewha, whawhai tonu atu, horo ake tērā pā (Wh4 2004:109). / Then there was the pā, Kohimaramara that fell, and continuing on to another pā at Bastion Point, they continued fighting and that pā was taken.

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I ngā wā o te pōautinitini ko koe taku toka tū moana / in times of adversity you are my bastion of strength.

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