Ko Te Wetene i eke ki te poti, tokotoru ngā kauhoe, me te tangata noa iho, i eke ki tana wāhi poti, e werewere ana tērā i te kei (TKM 29/7/1852:3). / Mr Vincent, with three of the crew and one passenger, got into the dinghy, which was suspended over the stern.

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He manu noho wao nō Te Ika-a-Māui, he pūhina, he ōriwa ngā huruhuru, he pango ngā karu, te rae, ngā ngutu me ngā waewae, he kahurangi ngā werewere (PK 2008:288). / A bird that inhabits North Island forests which has grey and olive feathers, black eyes, forehead, bill and legs, with blue wattles.

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Ka oti te tinana, ka kumea ngā ringaringa, ka kumea ngā waewae, ka pokaia te tara, ka kumea ngā raho, ka whakanohoia ngā puapua, ngā werewere, ngā hanahana, te katitohe, ka kumea te tonetone, ka pokaia te kumu, ka whakanohoia te piro me te puku, te mahara, te ate, ngā tākihi, te tōngāmimi, ka hangā te ārai, ka oti katoa ngā mea o te tinana (HWM 27). / When the body was completed, the arms and legs were drawn out, the vagina was pierced, the labia majora was drawn out, and the ovaries, the labia minora, the vulva, and the hymen were implanted, the clitoris was drawn out, the anus was pierced and the odour, the stomach, the spleen, the liver, the kidneys and the bladder were implanted, and the diaphragm was made and the body was completed.

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I te ao Māori, he kupu whakarite te tohorā mō te rangatira. Tēnei mea te werewere ka piri ki te tinana o te tohorā; ki te kore te tohorā e neke, e kore te werewere e neke. He pērā te kōrero mō te tangata; ki te kore te rangatira e neke, e kore te iwi e neke (Te Ara 2017). / In the Māori world, a chief is likened to a whale. Barnacles cling to a whale's body; if the whale doesn't move, the barnacle won't move. Likewise for the man; if the chief doesn't move, nor will the people.

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