I mate mai a Īhaka Whaanga ki Te Māhia i te 14 o Tīhema 1875, ā, he mea tāpuke i runga i tētahi maunga tū tahanga noa iho i te kōmata tonga o te pito o Te Māhia (TTR 1990:395). / Īhaka Whaanga died at Māhia on 14 December 1875. He was buried on an isolated hill at the southern tip of the Māhia peninsula (DNZB 1990:585).

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He tangata ngākau tōngā nei tōna, rerekē noa atu i tana wahine, i a Mere (TTR 1998:9). / He was a reserved man, in contrast to his wife, Mere.

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Mehemea ka pupuhi ana te hautonga kaha kia huri rā anō te hau ki te hauāuru ka paki te rangi (TJ 3/8/1899:15). / If when the strong south wind blows it finally turns to the west the day becomes fine.

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Ko te rohe ki te taha rāwhiti e takoto pikopiko ana i te taha tonga kōtaratara haere ki te taha whakarua - ko ngā moutere pakupaku i taua rohe he tini noa (TWMNT 24/2/1874:49). / The eastern boundary meanders from the south-west to the north-east - there are many small islands in that area.

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I tukua mai nei ko te tonga huruhuru, ko te tonga hāwi (TP 4/1907:7). / The south-south-east and south-south-west winds were sent.

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Ko te 90° ki te tonga te ahopae o Te Pito Tonga (RP 2009:157). / The South Pole has a latitude of 90° south.

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Nō muri i te pōti pāerotanga i Ākuhata o te tau 1932, ka uru ko Eruera Tirikātene hei mema Māori mō Te Tai Tonga (TTR 1998:126). / After the by-election in August 1932, Eruera Tirikātene became the Māori member for Southern Maori.

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Ka tū ko Mananui hei ariki, ka nuku rātau ki Te Rapa, ki te tonga-mā-uru o te moana o Taupō (TTR 1990:186). / When Mananui became paramount chief, they moved to Te Rapa, on the south-west of lake Taupō.

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I a ia ka tae ki Āwherika ki te Tonga, i tūtaki ia ki ngā iwi taketake o reira me ngā āpiha kāwanatanga (TTR 2000:171). / When he went to South Africa he met the indigenous peoples there and government officials.

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Hei te tatanga atu ki Te Aumiti, he kūititanga nō te moana i waenganui o Rangitoto me te tuawhenua, ka whakapiri tētahi ika tipua ki tō mātou tima, he taniwha pea (TP 1/8/1900:12). / On approaching French Pass, a narrow passage of the sea between D'Urville Island and the mainland, a frightening fish attached itself to our ship. Perhaps it was a monster.

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Haere ai māua i te wā tonu e awatea ana, i mua i te tōnga o te rā (HP 1991:14). / We went when it was still daylight, before the sun set.

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Ko Waikaremoana te whaitua o te rohe pōtae o Tūhoe ki te tonga-mā-rāwhiti (Te Ara 2013). / Lake Waikaremoana is the region in the south-east of the Tūhoe territory.

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E tō ana te rā ki te māuru-mā-tonga (TTT 1/12/1930:2195). / The sun is setting in the south west.

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Ngāmotu: He hiwi tūpoupou kei te taha hauāuru-mā-tonga o te wāpu i Niu Paremata (M 2005:242). / Ngāmotu: A steep hill to the south-west of the wharves at New Plymouth.

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Motutaiko: He moutere kei te taha rāwhiti-mā-tonga o te moana o Taupō (M 2006:172). / Motutaiko: An island in the south-east of Lake Taupō.

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E rua tau i mua atu ka pā te matakite ki a ia i te tukinga o te waka ki waho mai o tōna kāinga, kei te pito uru-mā-tonga o te rohe o Taranaki (Te Ara 2017). / Two years earlier he had begun to have visions after a boat was wrecked off shore from his home in the south-western end of Taranaki.

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