Ka whānau mai he tamāroa ka whakaorangia pea tērā e ngā mātua kia ora ai he tangata hāpai patu; ka whānau mai he kōtiro, ka roromi (TH 1/7/1859:1). / When a first son is born that one is probably allowed to live by the parents so that he would be a person to carry a weapon; but when a girl is born, they kill her by suffocation.

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Karangatia ana e Ponupāta te ope, haere ake ngā kaipuke manuwao o te Wīwī hei roromi i taua iwi (TKM.MM 18/7/1863:7). / Bonaparte called up his navy and the warships of the French moved up to crush that nation.

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Ko te roromi pōtiki he mea noa i reira, kīia ana hoki, he mea kei raruraru i ngā tamariki ina huakina mai e te taua (MM.TKM 31/5/1859:6). / Infanticide is common there and they say it's done lest they should be encumbered with children if attacked by a war party.

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