On-line Te Reo Māori Dictionary

Hei aha tēnā tuaina? Hei here i aku pīni.
What's that twine for? For tying my beans up.
For the purpose of - hei

Ko te toki e tuaina nei e ia te rākau he toki pounamu.
The axe with which he is cutting down the tree is a greenstone axe.

Tuaina te rākau, ka tō atu ai ki te awa!
Chop down the tree and then tow it to the river!

Ko te toki e tuaina nei e ia te rākau, he toki pounamu.
The axe with which he is cutting down the tree is a greenstone axe.

E tuaina ana e ia te rākau ki te toki.
He is cutting down the tree with the axe.

(E tuaina ana e ia te rākau ki te toki
He is cutting down the tree with the axe

I tuaina katoatia ngā rākau.
All the trees were cut down.

Ka ora ra pea ahau e ka tuaina ki te moana.
I will escape if I am chopped down in the sea (said by Tama-te-kapua when he was running on stilts).