Mā is white
Whero is red
Kākāriki green
Pango is black
Pangu is too
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Kōwhai yellow
Pākākā brown
Kiko-rangi blue
Pa-raka-raka is our orange
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Wera is hot
Maku wet
Makariri cold
Ua is rain
Mahana warm
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Tahi is one
Rua is two
Toru number three
Whā is four
Rima is five
1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
Ono is six,
Whitu is seven
Waru number eight,
Iwa is nine,
Tekau is ten,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10.