Nāku koe i tiki atu ki te wao nui a Tāne (JPS 1893:212). / It was I who fetched you from the great forest of Tāne.

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Otirā, ehara i te rahi mahi kai nā rātou, nā tō rātou nei nohonga ki te ngahengahe, nā reira, i meinga ai, he pahī mahi kai ngā hoa o Te Hunga (JPS 1990:15). / But it was not their main cultivation belonging to their dwelling-place in the forest, and so it was said that Te Hunga's friends were a tribal section of cultivators.

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Ko te māoritanga o ngā ingoa o ēnei tamariki a Rangi rāua ko Papa: Ko Tangaroa, he ika; ko Rongo-mā-tāne, ko te kūmara; ko Haumia-tiketike, ko te aruhe; ko Tāne-mahuta, ko te rākau, ko te manu; ko Tāwhiri-mātea, ko te hau; ko Tū-matau-enga, ko te tangata (KO 16/9/1886:6). / The explanation of the names of these children of Rangi and Papa is: Tangaroa is fish; Rongo-mā-tāne is kūmara; Haumia-tiketike is fernroot; Tāne-mahuta is trees and birds; Tāwhiri-mātea is wind; Tū-matau-enga is humans.

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Kātahi anō a Rātā ka kite atu e haere mai ana te iwi rā, arā, te tini o te hakuturi; ngā manu whai parirau, me ngā ngārara ngōkingōki katoa o te ngahere (TWK 2:18). / Then for the first time Rātā saw those folk coming, that is the mythical forest guardians; the birds with wings, and all the creepy-crawly beings of the forest.

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I reira anō hoki te poaka puihi, te tia, te pikopiko me te kōmata (TTR 2000:206). / There there were also wild pig, deer, fern fronds and the tender shoots of the cabbage tree.

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Whiu mai ai ētahi o ngā hōiho kūwao o Kaimanawa ia tau, ia tau kia hokona. / Some of the wild horses of Kaimanawa are rounded up each year to be sold.

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I te kore tangata ki te heu tonu, ka tipuria te whenua e te hangaruru (PK 2008:74). / Because there was a lack of people, the land became overgrown with scrub.

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Me rāhui ngā ngahere urutapu o Aotearoa hei painga mō te taiao. / The virgin forests of Aotearoa/New Zealand should be reserved for the benefit of the environment.

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Ko ngā taitamariki kua akona e ngā Pākehā i haere ki te ngarehe ki te kani papa (MM.TKM 30/9/1856:9). / The young men who had been taught by the Pākehā, proceeded to the forests to saw timber.

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Kāore e mōhiotia ana he aha e ngaruru ai te pūkohu wai i ētahi wā (RP 2009:339). / It is not known why algae becomes prolific at certain times.

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I te maero te tamaiti i muri iho i te haerenga roa i roto i te motokā wera (Ng 1993:259). / The child was listless after the long journey in the hot car.

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Nō tōna hokinga mai i tāna haere ka aukotingia tōna ara e te māeroero, ko Tamaiwaho te ingoa (B 1979:58). / When he was returning from his trip he was intercepted by a māeroero, whose name was Tamaiwaho.

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Ka hia marama a ia e ārahi ana i tana ope i ngā wāhi tuarangaranga katoa o te waoku i te raki o Mareia (TTR 2000:154). / He led his company for many months in some of the roughest jungle country in North Malaya.

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