Consonants
‘ng’ => ’n’ (e.g Nā tanata instead of Ngā tangata)

Vowels
’u’ => 'i'   so tupuna => tipuna
but the usual inu (to drink) => unu (similar to the Fijian ngunu)
‘e’ => ‘a’  so teina => taina
'ou’ => 'au' so mātou => mātau

Passive Endings
East Coast prefer ‘-a’ and ‘-ia’
whereas Northland prefer ‘-ngia’ and ‘-tia’ and add ‘-ngia’ if they cannot remember ending.

Sentence Structures
For present continuous tense Kei te pai  => Kai te pai  (It is good) and  Kei te haere ia => Kai te haere ia (He is going)

For past continuous tense. I te….  I te haere ia (He was going)

Kei…. ana (while)  =>  Kua…. ana / Ka ….ana

Grammar
Particle for future position is ‘hei,’ whereas ‘kei’ is used in most other dialects.

Variances in common words
East Coast often add ‘h’ to possessives. e.g tāku => tahaku, māna => mahana,  nōu => nōhou
kāore => kāre
hei, kei (at)  => hai, kai
koutou => kōtou

kōkara (birth mother) => kōka (mother, aunt)
kanohi (face) => konohi
teawa (potato) => parareka,  para (kingfern tuber) reka(tasty)
roto i te whare => rō whare