kōrero tuhi reta

Question 1

Tēnā koe e…..

Answer 1

Dear…….

Question 2

Ki a….

Answer 2

To….

Question 3

Ngā mihi nui ki a koe

Answer 3

Greetings to you

Question 4

Tēnā koe e Tā

Answer 4

Dear Sir

Question 5

Kei taku rangatira

Answer 5

Greetings to you chiefly one

Question 6

Nau mai haere atu tēnei mihi

Answer 6

Greetings near and far

Question 7

E te hoa

Answer 7

Friend

Question 8

Nā

Answer 8

From

Question 9

Nāku noa, nā

Answer 9

Yours truly, from

Question 10

Nā tō hoa

Answer 10

From your friend

Question 11

Noho ora mai

Answer 11

Be well

Question 12

Noho ora mai i te mahana o ēnei kupu

Answer 12

Be well with the warmth of these words

Question 13

Heoi anō ēnei kupu i konei

Answer 13

I conclude here

Question 14

Ka nui ngā mihi ki a koe

Answer 14

I wish you all the best

Question 15

Kia tau te rangimārie

Answer 15

Peace be with you

Question 16

Ngā tauwhirotanga a te Wāhi Ngaro

Answer 16

May those of the world of night care for you

Question 17

Tērā te haeata e tākiri mai ana i Taupiri.

Answer 17

There behold the fracturing of dawn upon Taupiri.

Question 18

Tēnei au e ka oho i te moenga.

Answer 18

And here I awake from my slumber

Question 19

Kōangiangi au e aumiri nei te kiri.

Answer 19

Afloat like the clouds am I and goosebumps appear on my skin.

Question 20

Tawhana rā e te kahukura ki Waiapu.

Answer 20

Appears does the curved rainbow upon Waiapu.

Question 21

Pūkohu te rangi, pūnehu aku kamo.

Answer 21

Misty clouds shroud the sky, misty are my eyes.

Question 22

Kua hinga koe e te ….

Answer 22

you have fallen our…….

Question 23

Kua ngaro koe ki te pō

Answer 23

you are lost to the night

Question 24

Takoto mai i runga i te rangimārie

Answer 24

lie in peace

Question 25

Pikitia atu te ara ki Te Reinga

Answer 25

ascend the pathway to Te Reinga

Question 26

Moe mai i tō moenga roa

Answer 26

sleep in your final resting place

Question 27

Haere rā e hika, kauria atu rā te moana i hoea ai e ō ‘hau tūpuna e.

Answer 27

Farewell oh soul, swim the ocean paddled by your ancestors.

Question 28

He aroha ki te iwi, ka momotu ki tawhiti ki paerau e.

Answer 28

Out of commiserations for those severed afar to the home of the spirits.