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Nā... can be used to give the reason for something happening. When used with i... nei it refers to the present:
nāku - I am the reason
nāu - you are the reason
nāna - he.she is the reason
nā tāua - you and I are the reason
nā māua - the two of us (not you) are the reason
nā kōrua - you two are the reason
nā rāua - those two (they two) are the reason
nā tātou - all of us (including you) are the reason
nā mātou - all of us (not you) arethe reason
nā koutou - you all arethe reason
nā rātou - they (all of them) are the reason
nā Rangi - Rangi is the reason
nā Rangi rāua ko Mere - Rangi and Mere arethe reason
nā te kaiako - the teacher is the reason
nā ngā tamariki - the children are the reason
Following the subject of the sentence is the object (without i). In the past, i and ai preceed and follow the verb:
Nāku te māmā i harikoa nei.
I am the reason the mother is happy.
Nā te kaiako ngā tauira i hoha nei.
The teacher is the reason that the students are bored.
Nā koutou ahau i pōhara nei.
You are the reason that I am broke.
Nā Mere a Hemi i oho nei.
Mere is the reason Hemi is waking up.
Note the difference between past, present and future:
Nā te ua ngā tamariki i māku ai.
The rain was the reason the children got wet.
Nā te ua ngā tamariki e māku nei.
The rain is the reason the children are getting wet.
Mā te ua ngā tamariki e māku ai.
The rain is the reason the children will get wet.