Ka mutu ngā tohutohu a te tangata rā, kātahi ia ka kau, ka tae ki te toka rā, ka ruku te tangata rā, ka ripi i te pāua, ka kī te kāwhiu, kātahi ka kumekumea e te tangata rā te taura ka kumea e tōna iwi te kāwhiu rā (JPS 1905:69). / After these directions that man swam out, and reaching the rock, dived down and commenced tearing off the pāua. When the pāua basket was full he gave a pull on the rope, and his people pulled it in.

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Ko ngā ripi me ngā kota ngā taputapu pounamu tahito rawa a te Māori (Te Ara 2013). / Knives and scrapers are among the oldest pounamu tools of the Māori.

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