Nā te aha ianei i puare tonu ai te matapihi o te whare, i pakaru tonu ai te taiapa, i parori tonu ai te kēti, i tautau ai ngā waea o te taiapa, i tāreparepa tonu ai te hikurere? (TP 2/1909:3). / Just what was the reason that the window of the house remained open, the fence was still broken, the gate still crooked, the wires of the fence were slack and the shawl hung loosely.
I te taenga ki te rā o te mārena ka purupuru te koroheke ra i ōna kākahu papai mō te mārena, ko tana ruruhi i ōna hikurere (TTT 1/9/1924:112). / When the wedding day arrived that elderly man put on his best clothes for the marriage and his elderly lady her shawls.

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