Ka kawea ki te kaiwhakawā, kia whakaaetia e te kaiwhakawā, te rēhitatanga o te matenga o taua tangata, ka mea te kaiwhakawā, kāhore ia e kaha ki te whakaae atu, engari mā rātau e tiki tētahi tākuta, ā me ehu te tinana o taua tangata, mā te takuta hoki e āta titiro te take i mate ai taua tangata, ā māna hoki e homai he tiwhikete (TPH 15/4/1899:5). / When the request was conveyed to the judge to agree to the registration of the death of that person, the judge said that he was not able to agree, but they should go and get a doctor who should exhume the body of the person and it would be the doctor who should determine the cause of that person's death, and he would also provide the certificate.

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Nā ka rū te whenua, ka kokirikiri ake te ahi i roto i taua maunga, me te mamaoa me te paoa me te pungarehu me te pungapunga. Nā te kaha o te ahi i ehu ake aua mea (MM.TKM 1/6/1855:8). / Now there are earthquakes fire shoots forth from within the mountain with steam, smoke, ashes, and pumice. Because the fire is so strong those things dried up.

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Ka ehua te wai, ka whakahua i tana karakia mō te ehunga i te wai (NM 1928:94). / The water was bailed out and his karakia for bailing water was recited.

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He haere pō te tuna, kāore e rata ki te awatea – nā reira mahia ai te toi tuna i ngā pō me ngā wai ehu (Te Ara 2014). / Eels are nocturnal and avoid daylight – so eel-bobbing was done at night and when the water was muddy or discoloured.

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