I te tau 1853, ka rewa atu ngā kaiāwhina i a Te Mānihera a Te Wākana rāua ko J. W. Stack i Maraetai ki Te Kōhanga mā te awa o Waikato, ki te whakapai i te huarahi mō te Rongopai ina hanake a Te Mānihera i te tau 1854 (TTR 1990:42). / In 1853 Maunsell's assistants, Völkner and J.W. Stack travelled from Maraetai to Te Kōhanga via the Waikato River to prepare the way for the Gospel when Maunsell moved up in 1854.

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Ka tōia e rātou te waka mō rātou, ka rewa ki te wai (NM 1928:143). / The canoe for them was dragged out and it floated on the water.

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Tākina mai rā ngā huihui o Matariki, Puanga, Tautoru, ka ngaro Atutahi māna e whakarewa te tini whetū riki ka rewa kei runga (TJ 11/5/1899:4). / The constellations of the Pleiades, Rigel, Orion rise and Canopus disappears and elevates the many small stars suspended above.

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E rua rau, e rima tekau ngā tāngata i ora i runga i ngā rewa e kuhu ake ana i roto i te wai (TWMNT 2/7/1873:78). / Two hundred and fifty people survived on the masts that were poking up out of the water.

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Ko te tokotoru o ngā nanakia he pī-ngaro. Ko rātou ki te wero i ngā manu ki a rātou hoari koi e mau i raro i rātou nā, arā i runga i ngā pua whakapaipai o ngā rau o ngā rātā, o ngā rewa, ngā kōhai, ngā hou, me ngā tini rākau katoa (TWMNT 22/9/1874:239). / The third pest is the honey-bee. These, with the sharp stings attached under them, pierce the birds upon the beautiful blossoms of the rātā, the rewarewa, the kōwhai, the whau, and other trees.

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