Pēhia ai te tahā ki raro i te wai kia kore ai e uru he hamuti ki roto (TTT 1/12/1929). / The calabash was pushed down into the water so that excrement would not enter.

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Ka kitea atu te mahi a te aua e ngote ana i te wai tai (HP 1991:16). / Lots of yellow-eyed mullet were seen sucking the sea water.

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Ko te peita wai: Ko te ranunga o te kano me te wai, ā, i te nuinga o te wā, he pūataata te āhua o tēnei momo peita. Ka kīia ko te peita waikino te mahinga toi ka hua ake i te whakamahinga o tēnei momo peita (RTA 2014:131). / Water paint: The mixture of colour with water and usually this type of paint is transparent. The art work resulting from the use of this type of paint is called a watercolour.

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I te porohīanga ngā tamariki i te ngongo wai (Ng 1993:161). / The children fooled about with the hose.

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I herea e rātou a Tango mō ngā rā e rua kāhore he kai, kāhore he wai-inu i hoatu e rātou ki a ia, i whakapaea anō e rātou nā Tango i paihana a Toko ki tōna mahi mākutu (KO 22/2/1887:6). / They tied up Tango for two days without food and drinking water, and they accused Tango of poisoning Toko with his sorcery.

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Nana, ko ngā iwi, ānō he pata wai i roto i te pēre! (PT Ihaia 40:15). / Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket!

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Ka mutu tēnā ka waiho i rō wai tote (TTT 1/10/1927:699). / When that's done leave it in salty water.

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He rākau ka hinga ki te mano wai (W 1971:176). / A tree fallen into the deep running water.

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E kīia ana, kua tae mai ngā ika o Karapōnia, e kīa nei, he tarauta (e pēnei ana me te kōkopu wai māori a te Māori) ā kua tukua atu aua ika ki tētahi o ngā roto i Waikato (TW 2/11/1878:546). / It is reported that fish from California have arrived, which are called trout (and are like the Maori’s fresh water kōkopu) and those fish have been released in one of the lakes in Waikato.

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Ka kawea ki te wai kotikoti, arā ki te wai whakaika (W 1971:76). / He was taken to the special water, that is to the ritual pool.

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Me kōrero kē koe ki tō tama, ka kī atu kia tāngia te wai o tana waha. / You should talk instead to your son and tell him to wash out his mouth.

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Hurihia te kōrere wai makariri me te kōrere wai wera e mahana ai ngā wai. Turn on the cold water tap and the hot water tap to make the water warm. /

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Hurihia te kōrere wai makariri me te kōrere wai wera e mahana ai ngā wai. Turn on the cold water tap and the hot water tap to make the water warm. /

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Tirohia rā ngā wai whakarewa kauri i tere ai a maruwehi mā / look at the war canoe launching waters traversed by the esteemed ones.

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