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Pōneke - Wellington [Port Nicholson]

Kei Poneke au e noho ana.
I'm living in Wellington.
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Te Tai Tonga hoa?
Is your friend from Southland?
Belonging to a place - nō

Ko Pōneke te taone matua, engari ko Akarana te taone nui.
Wellington is the capital city, but Auckland is the big city.
Conjunctions - but - engari

Kei Pōneke te kāinga tūtru o Tame.
Tame's permanent home is in Wellington.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

I tērā tau ka haere mātou ko aku hoa ki Pōneke ki te tirotiro haere.
Last year me and my friends went to Wellington to look around.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

I tērā tau i te marama o Mahuru ka haere mātou ko aku hoa mai i Papaioea ki Pōneke ki te tirotiro haere.
Last year in September me and my friends went from Palmerston North to Wellington to look around.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Kei Pōneke māua ko Sarah.
Sarah and I are in Wellington.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Kei Pōneke te Whare Pāremata.
Parliament is situated in Wellington.

Kei Kawatiri te whakaaturanga o Hēmi.
Hēmi's exhibition is in Westport.

Kei Pōneke te whare Paremata o Aotearoa.
The parliament of New Zealand is in Wellington.

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