Ā ko tōna matenga me ngā makawe mā tonu, ānō he wūru mā, he hukarere; ko ōna kanohi, ānō he mura ahi (PT Whakakitenga 1:14). / His head and his hair were quite white, like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire.

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He pitihana nā ngā kaipōti o Ākarana ki a Tā Hōri Kerei, ki a Te Wūru, ki a Te Orōka, ki a Te Hīana, ki a Te Wānitana, ki a Te Tikinana, ki a Te Wanatihaiti... (TW 4/9/1875:190). / A petition from the electors of Auckland to Sir George Grey, Mr Wood, Mr O’Rorke, Mr Sheehan, Mr Swanson, Mr Dignan and Mr Von der Heyde...

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Te ingoa, he ‘wūru kātene’, arā he ‘cotton wool’ ki te Pākehā (TP 5/1908:7). / The name is ‘wūru kātene’, or ‘cotton wool’ to the Pākehā.

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