Tuatahi me mihi ki te
hunga mate. Tuarua me mihi ki te
hunga ora.
Firstly, you should acknowledge the dead (
group of dead people). Secondly you should acknowledge the living (
group of living people).
Ka wehe atu te
hunga rā ākuanei.
That
group of people (over there) will leave soon.
- he tauira tēnei o tētahi rerenga kupu mahi