E
whakatipua ana te pātītī e Papa-tū-ā-nuku.
The grass is being
grown by Papa-tū-ā-nuku.
- this is an example of a passive sentence
Nā Maru te kūmara i
whakatipu.
Maru
grew the kūmara.
- this is an example of the agent emphatic
I
whakatipu a Maru i te kūmara.
Maru
grew the kūmara.
- this is an example of an active sentence