Ka mau te wehi, e hoa.
He roa te wā kua kitea.
Awesome, mate.
It's been a while since I've seen you.
Āe, tino pai au, tino pai.
Yeah, I'm doing pretty well.
Kei te pēhea koe, e Krabo?
How have you been, Krabo?
...
Oh, and belated Happy New Year, Kyle. Ngā mihi o te Tau Hou! 
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It is easy to go down into Hell;
Night and day, the gates of dark Death stand wide;
But to climb back again, to retrace one's steps to the upper air –
There's the rub, the task.
– Virgil, The Aeneid (Book VI)