‘Käore e rikarika te tama, a Tu- matatika e rere nei’
‘How numerous are the children of Tu-matatika flying there’
(a reference to the vast numbers of käkä).
‘E koekoe te tüï,
E ketekete te käkä,
E kuku te Kererü’
‘The tüï sings,
the käkä chatters,
the pigeon coos’
(this saying is used to support the belief that we all have our
different characteristics)
