E ngaua ana a te Karaiti e te mamae, e tangi ana tōna whaea i te take o te rīpeka e pureitia ana ia ōna kākahu e ngā hōia, he pēnei anō te ngākau o te tangata e purei moni ana (TP 8/1902:1). / Christ was suffering from pain and his mother was crying at the foot of the cross where his clothes were being gambled for by soldiers; the heart of the person who gambles is just like that.

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Ko tā rātou purei tuatahi he uka (TP 5/1908:8). / Their first game was euchre.

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Taihoa ka pānuitia ngā tikanga o taua purei (TW 19/10/1878:524). / Details of that racing event will be published in the future.

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I a Te Kuīni anō i roto i tōna whare i Winiha Kāhere; whakamana ai tētahi mīhini, hei whakarongonga mā te Kuīni ki ngā purei i roto i ngā whare tiata, arā purei (TJ 6/6/1899:7). / While the Queen was in her lodgings in Windsor Castle, a machine was set up so the Queen could listen to the plays in the theatres.

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