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Ko Ingarangi pea te kīnga tūturu o te nuinga o te iwi Pākehā.
The original home of most Pākehā people is probably England.Kāore tō tāua matua i haere ki tāna hui.
Our father did not go to his meeting.Kei hea ngā uri o Te Rangihiroa? Kāore ōna uri.
Where are the descendants of Te Rangihiroa? He had none.He hū ō ā māua tamariki.
Our children have shoes.Me piri koe ki tōu ope.
You must stick to your party.He toa ngā kuia o Waikato ki te kanikani.
The old ladies of Waikato are great dancers.He kaumātua a Amaru rāua ko Niko no tērā marae.
Amaru and Niko are elders of that marae.Ko Rakiura te kāinga o te tipuna tāne o te whānau.
The grandfather of the family lives in Stewart Island.Ko to iwi Māori ngā tāngata whenua o Aotearoa.
The Māori people are the tāngata whenua of Aotearoa.Ko Tūhawaiki te rangatira o Murihuku i tērā ray tau.
Tūhawaiki was the chief of Murihiku last century.Manaakitia ōu kaumātua!
Respect your elders!Ko Mia tōna matuakēkē.
Mia is his aunty.No Te Tai Rāwhiti ā koutou irāmutu.
Your nieces are from the Eastland region.Ko Tame te pāpā o Ari.
Tame is Ari's father.Ko Ataahua te whaea o Pāora.
Ataahua is the mother of Pāora.Kua mate rawa ō tātou koroua katoa.
All our old men are dead.No Te Wai Pounamu tōu tipuna wahine.
Your grandmother is from the South Island.Ko ngā iwi katoa o te ao kua huihui mai i tēnei rā.
All the peoples of the world have gathered here today.Haere mai ki te mihi ki tōku whanau!
Come and meet my family!He aha ngā whainga o tō koutou rōpū?
What are the objectives of your organisation?Kei te haere tō māua hoa ki te whare o tō rāua whaea.
Our friend is going to their mother's house.Hoake tātou ki tō rāua whare.
Let's go to their house.He tatau tō te whare.
The house has a door.Ko Taika rāua ko Kauri ōku hungarei.
Taika and Kauri are my inlaws.He tatou tō tō rātou whare.
Their house has a door.Ko Hēmi tōna matuakēkē.
Hēmi is his uncle.Ko Moana te hoa wahine o Manu.
Moana is the wife of Manu.Kei hea ō koutou kamapūtu, tamariki mā?
Where are your gumboots, children?Ko Mere te tuahine o Mārama rāua ko Tamahae.
Mere is Marama's and Tamahae's cousin.Ko Nikau tōna hoa tane.
Nikau is her husband.Ko Ngāti Hāmuti Wera to ingoa o tērā iwi.
The name of that tribe is Ngāti Hāmuti Wera.Ko Tame tō rāua tungāne.
Tame is their cousin.E rua ōu whatu, kotahi tōu ihu.
You have two eyes and one nose.