Ū ana ki Wharekauri ka kōwhakiwhakia ngā whenua i Waitangi (TTR 1994:200). / On reaching Wharekauri the lands at Waitangi were seized.

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Ka mea atu tōna matua, "Ki tōu tupuna, ki a Hine-nui-te-pō, e kōwhakiwhaki noa mai rā i te taha o te rangi." (NM 1928:22). / His father responded, "To your ancestor, Hine-nui-te-pō, flashing away yonder on the edge of the heavens."

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Ka taea te kukume me te kōwhakiwhaki i tōna kakī kia teitei, kia tawhiti atu rānei te raiti i tō pukapuka (Wh2 TM 2003:52). / You're able to pull or bend its neck so that the light is higher or further away from your book.

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