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Mā... can be used to give the reason for something happening. When used with e... ai it refers to the past:
māku - I will be the reason
māu - you will bethe reason
māna - he.she will bethe reason
mā tāua - you and I will bethe reason
mā māua - the two of us (not you) will be the reason
mā kōrua - you two will be the reason
mā rāua - those two (they two) will be the reason
mā tātou - all of us (including you) will be the reason
mā mātou - all of us (not you) will be the reason
mā koutou - you all will be the reason
mā rātou - they (all of them) will bethe reason
mā Rangi - Rangi will bethe reason
mā Rangi rāua ko Mere - Rangi and Mere will bethe reason
mā te kaiako - the teacher will be the reason
mā ngā tamariki - the children will be the reason
Following the subject of the sentence is the object (without i). In the future, e and ai preceed and follow the verb:
Māku te māmā i harikoa ai.
I is the reason the mother will be happy.
Mā te kaiako ngā tauira e hoha ai.
The teacher is the reason that the students will be bored.
Mā koutou ahau e pōhara ai.
You are the reason that I will be broke.
Mā Mere a Hemi e oho ai.
Mere is the reason Hemi will wake 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 ai.
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.