He taone a Akarana, Auckland is a town.
Homai ki a au, give it to me.
Ka wera a waho o te rakau, the outside of the tree is burnt.
§ 7. Ma. When any person is spoken of in connexion with others whom it is not necessary to specify put ma after the name, thus:
Kahutia ma, Kahutia and his companions.
Also when addressing more persons than one it may be used with the different forms of address, thus:
E hoa ma! Friends!
With the pronouns Wai? and mea it makes a kind of plural.
A wai ma? Who? (pl.)
A mea ma, such and such persons.