Kātahi ka maranga ake i runga i tōna moenga, ka ngoi atu ki waho o te whare ki te tiriti he hukapapa katoa te whenua nō te mea he hōtoke hoki i a ia e ngoi haere ana (KO 16/3/1885:8). / Then he rose from his bed and crawled out of the house to the street and the land was covered in frost because it was winter when he was crawling along.

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E haere ana ahau i runga i te hukapapa e whakawhiti ana i tētahi kokoru o te moana i runga i tētahi kōneke e tōia ana e ngā kurī, ā kua tae ki waho, e rima ngā māero i waho atu o te tuawhenua nā, pakaru ana te hukapapa, ā e kautāhoe ana ahau me aku kurī i roto i te hukapapa (TP 8/1908:7). / I was travelling on the ice crossing a bay on a sledge being pulled by dogs and when I reached offshore five miles from the land the ice broke and I and my dogs were swimming in the ice.

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