tāmaki - omen, portent
Ka rere te waka rererangi ki Tāmaki Makaurau ā te ahiahi.The plane will fly to Auckland in the afternoon.Simple sentences: past tense - i te
Ehara au nō Tāmaki Makaurau.I'm not from Auckland.Belonging to a place - nō
Kāore te waka rererangi e rere ki Tāmaki Makaurau ā te ahiahi.The plane will not fly to Auckland in the afternoon.Negations of the future (I will not go) - Kāore... e...
He nui ake te utu mō ngā whare i Tāmaki i a Rotorua.The prices of houses are more expensive in Auckland than in Rotorua.Comparatives (better than...) - pai ake...
Nā reira, kei Manurewa au e noho ana, ki Tāmaki ki te Tonga, ki Tāmaki Makaurau; engari he rere ngā waka, he rere ngā tāngata.Therefore, I live in Manurewa, in South Auckland, in Auckland; however, the vehicles are moving and the people are moving.