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he totara wahi rua, he kai na te ahi
a split totara (tree) is food for the fire.

otiia i tetahi e tua ana i te rakau, ka marere te pane o te toki ki te wai: na ka karanga ia, ka mea, aue, e toku ariki! he toki na te tangata
but as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, alas, master! for it was borrowed.

uiui noa au e hine ko wai tou ingoa i kawea ai koe e o matua ki te wai tu ai maku e tapa atu i te ingoa o to tupuna whakaewa-i-te-rangi e hine noho mai e hine i roto i te whare taiwhetuki i te whare no tuarangi ka patua e tane hei topetope i ana toko i a toko-huri-nuku, i a toko-huri-rangi i a rakau-tuke, i a rakau-koki nga toko e hine i tokona aite rangi runga nei rere te maramara o te awhiorangi ko te toki tena i topetope ai nga ngaru kii te tangata na wai ra e? mau e kii atu na te kahui pou na pou-titi na pou-tahae na pou-korero na kahu-taringa i tiki ki roto o wharekura e hine e
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