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This week I look at some differences and nuances of the elusive A and O categories. I also briefly touch on the use of the phrase 'Me te aha'.

https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/4481

Nō te taenga mai o te Pākehā, ka ngaro haere taua tikanga. / From the time that the Pākehā arrived here that custom began to be lost.

https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/4007

Nō te whiunga atu i te meke, kīhai i pā ki te ihu, ka tika tonu te ringa ki te waha, ka riro te tangata nei ki roto ki te puku o te ngārara rā (JPS 1894:17). / Instead of striking the nose his hand went straight at its mouth and he was taken into the stomach of that monster.

https://maoridictionary.co.nz/word/5090

Ka pangā te paipa ki te ahi, hei te uinga a te hākui rā ki tana paipa, kua wera kē (TP 2/1904:1). / The pipe was thrown into the fire and when the elderly lady asked for her pipe it had already been burnt.

A Maori Reference Grammar, Ray Harlow, pg 204.

Kua piki haere nga utu mo nga whakaakoranga o te whare wananga, me te aha, kua nui haere nga akonga e noho nama ana ki nga peke.

University course fees continue to rise, with the results that more and more and students are owing money to the banks.