Koha are commonly given at the conclusion of a powhiri (a Maori welcome onto a marae (meeting place)). [Mary Anne] Salmond explains that great pride is taken in being able to present a generous gift to the hosts. Koha that are given at the conclusion of a powhiri are not payments for goods or services.

He would have sold his part of paradise / For ready money, had he met a cope-man.

I'm not a person who finds meditation a doddle or to whom yoga comes naturally. To tell you the truth, I find the whole business a bit poncey and contrary to the way I used to see myself.

Let the wine incarnadine, / In crystal goblets gleaming, / Be the sign, O muse divine, / Of golden moments teeming.