Whakangaoa te taha o te rākau o te matau, kia tapoko ai te pāua ki roto, kei tītengi te whakanoho, ā, ka riro i te ika (W 1971:229). / Hollow out the side of the hook so that the pāua shell can be inserted, but don't let it be insecure or it will be taken off by the fish.

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Hei tāna, ko te rīhi me te whakangao tonu atu i ngā moni rīhi a ngā kaiwhaipānga, kia mahia ai ngā whenua, whakamimiti hoki i te whakapau hua kore noa iho i ngā moni (TTR 1994:11). / He considered that leasing, together with the investment of the rent of the shareholders, would produce development and diminish the squandering of the money.

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Nō mua tata tonu mai i te pōti whānui o te motu i 1911 ka rongo a Mahuta i ngā whakangao hē a Kaihau (TTR 1994:37). / Just before the 1911 general election, Mahuta heard about the bad investments of Kaihau.

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Waihoki tētehi mea nui hoki mō ngā Māori e whai pānga ana i roto i ngā poraka kaporeihana, kia mau tonu i a rātau te mana whakahaere o ngā rīhi, me te whai tonu i tētehi mahere whakangao hei whakarahi ake i tā rātau ake i tīmata tuatahi ai (TTR 1998:45). / An important thing also for Māori shareholders in the incorporated blocks was to retain control of the leases and to have an investment programme to increase the value of their original asset.

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