Toene atu te rā o te pakeketanga, marere mai ko te marama atarau o te koroheketanga e ngoikore ai te hīkoi a ngā waewae, e weha ai ngā niho, e piko ai te tuarā me ngā pona o ngā turi, e atarua ai ngā konohi, e mā ai ngā makawe ānō ko ngā tihi hukapapa o ngā maunga (TP 12/1903:4). / The sun has set on the elderly, the moonlight of old age has died so that walking is weak, the teeth are chipped, the back is bent like the joints of the knees, the eyesight is impaired, and the hair is white like the snowy peaks of mountains.

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