Goodbye and best wishes.

#tereo Intensifiers. Rā (1) - to add emphasis. Hei konei rā me ngā mihi.

The government thought the people would just roll over and accept their decision, but instead they had unleashed an angry taniwha.

#tereo Kupu whakarite (18) - He unuhanga taniwha (-drawing out a taniwha) - setting something in motion that then becomes difficult to control. Pēnei tonu the kāwanatanga ka ngawhere noa te iwi i tana whakatau, heoi he unuhanga taniwha whakatakariri kē te mutunga iho.

When I think about some democratic countries at present I am worried, for it seems that they're becoming idiocracies.

#tereo Intensifiers. Hoki (3) - for, on account of, because. I a au e whakaaro ana mō ētahi whenua manapori i tēnei wā ka puta mai te māharahara, ko te āhua nei hoki e panoni ana ērā hei manaheahea.

He's dicing with death, as a non-swimmer, to go fishing without wearing a life-jacket.

#tereo Kupu whakarite (17) - He karaka maoa (a ripe karaka berry - sinks in water) - a person who can't swim. He karanga mate tana haere hei karaka maoa ki te hī ika me te kore e mau hākete whakaora.

Buy some more gingernuts, since you've eaten all the ones here.

#tereo Intensifiers. Hoki (3) - for, on account of, because. Hokona mai he pihikete tinitia anō, kua pau hoki i a koe ngā mea o konei.