Je was op zoek naar: not too long ago (Engels - Maori)

name too long
he roa nunui te ingoa

ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.
ka hanga ano e koutou he awa ki waenganui i nga taiepa e rua mo nga wai o te poka tawhito; kahore ia o koutou whakaaro ki te kaimahi o tena mea, kahore hoki e titiro ki tona kaihanga o mua noa atu

hast thou not heard long ago how i have done it, and of ancient times that i have formed it? now have i brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
kahore ranei koe i rongo naku tena i mea i mua noa atu, a naku tena i hanga o nga ra onamata? no naianei kua meinga e ahau, ko koe hei mea i nga pa taiepa hei puranga rukerukenga

hast thou not heard long ago, how i have done it; and of ancient times, that i have formed it? now have i brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.
kahore ranei koe i rongo i mua noa atu, naku tena i mea? i nga ra onamata naku tena i hanga? katahi nei ka whakaputaina e ahau, a ka waiho na koe hei mea i nga pa taiepa hei puranga rukerukenga

it wasn't too long ago… he came to a house… apologized and asked the people, “friends… do you know tongariro?” “well ... he's our boss. he is ... in front of his house. look at its head ... it's like the cool helmets of the mountains. come on… come closer ”. tongariro saw this as a stranger ... and greeted, "come on boy ... come on ... farewell", "thank you ... man". “no where
kāore tonu i roa… kua tae ia ki tētehi kāinga… kua mihi atu kua pātai atu ki te iwi, “e hoa mā… e mohio ana koutou ki a tongariro?” “aē hoki… ko ia tō mātou rangatira. arā ia… kei mua i tōna whare. titiro ki tōna māhunga… he mea pērā ki ngā potae hauhunga o ngā maunga. haere mai… whakatata atu tātou”. kua kite mai a tongariro he tauhou tēnei… kua mihi mai, “haere mai e tama… haere mai… tēnā rawa atu koe”, “tēnā koe… e koro”. “no whea koe e tama?” “no te hauāuru au... nā taupiri au i tuku mai”. “aaa… e pēwhea anā tōku tino whanaunga?” “e māuiui ana e koro. i haramai au ki te tiki waiora mōna. homai he wai...ki tere ai taku hoki ki a ia.” “kia ora koe e tama...ēngari kei te ngenge koe. mō āpōpō taua ka haere ki te tiki wai. mō nāianei… me whakatā koe.”