(ki/kei) Mahurangi: I ētahi wā ki te makere mai tēnei kōrero i te waha o te tangata, e tohu ana kua rere ngā whakaaro o tētahi atu ki te pae tawhiti rā anō, tē whakamau atu ai ki te pae tata. Arā, kua kotiti noa iho ana kōrero, kua kore i hāngai ki te kaupapa (HKK 1999:163). / (ki/kei) Mahurangi: Sometimes when this saying falls from the mouth of a person it is indicating that someone else's thoughts have flown away to a distant horizon, and not remained fixed on the medium term. In other words, what she is saying is way off-track, it is no longer relevant to the topic.

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