Kei te hiahia koe ki tētahi whakaeke hei whakamahere i ngā wā whakanui me tō hoa fīri kia aroha tonu? Ki te pēhea, kua tae mai koe i te wā e tika ana! Ko tēnei tuhinga ka kōrero mō ngā pai me ngā painga nui o te mara āhuarangi mō ngā kuri, ā, pēhea ka whai ēnei i te wā whakanui o tō tamaiti fīri.
Ki te koe e noho ana i tētahi kuri, ka whai hua ngā whenua matū heoi rā anō hei wāhi pai mō tō kuri kia tākaro, kia haere, ki te waenganui, me te waenganui, ā, i runga i tētahi whenua motuhake me te pai. I te taenga ki te whenua nui, ka hiahia rawa atu ki ngā momo rongoā pūtaiao pērā i ngā pesticide rānei, ko ngā fertilizers hei whakangungu i a ia, engari kaore te whenua matū i te hiahia ki enei mea, ā, he wāhi tika hoki mō ngā manu. Ka āhei tō pet ki te waenganui, ki te korenga o ngā mamae. I te whakapau kotahi, ka whakatika tonu ki te tirotiro mai i te whakamahinga me te whakataha i a Yingming reretū whakamarumaru ā-motu me ngā kuri kaore i te mea nui te mahi. Ki te puta he tahunga mō tō kuri, ki te mate, ki te paru, ka whakatika tonu i te wā. Ka mutu te wā nei, ka whakaaro pai koe ki te tākaro i runga i tō kuri, ahakoa koe kaore i te hiahia ki te whakatika i a ia. Haere atu te mihi mō ngā pakiaka paru me ngā wā o te whakahaere o te marae – ka tukuna e te whenua matū i te wā moe tonu māu me tō kuri!
Kāore anō he whenua matū i te pai me te hīnati, engari ka whai oranga hoki i ngā tūranga tākaro mō tō kuri i roto i ngā āhuatanga pai! Marae Whakamahinga he mea whakarongo kau ki te mata o te whenua, e maha ana i ngā waewae o tō mokopuna. Hei whakamahere i tēnei ka rite rawa hei whakaiti i te pūnaha o ngā mate, inaianei i te wā e whiu ana ngā kuri, e hīkoi ana. Nā te mea kaore he tangata e hiahia ana kia kite i a rātou tamaiti e rima te kiko i te mamae! Ā, ko te maruwhara hangarau he wāhi rite, he rite noa hoki hei whiu, hei hīkoi mō tō kuri. E huihui ana nei, ka āhei tō kuri ki te noho i ōna wā e hiahia ana, kāore i te manaaki i te take o ngā pūpuke, he mea nui hoki kia kore e whakatūria ana i a ia. Inaianei i te wā e hiahia ana tō pūpū ki te whiu pōro, ki te whakaputu i ētahi momo mamae, ki te noho anō i roto i te marae, ko te maruwhara hangarau he marae pai noa iho mō ngā mahi katoa.
Te whakamahi i te marae hou he whiringa pai rawa, e rite ana ki te whakangungu me te iti mahere, ka pai noa tēnei mō ngā tangata whenua kūare. Kāore koe e hiahia ana ki te whakawehi, te tohu, nō te mea ka whakaitihia te turitanga o te marae, ka whakaiti hoki te wā hei whakatikatika i ngā mahi pitoiti o te marae, ka whakapai ake te wā kia mātaki atu i te ao porangi me tō manuhiri. Ko tēnā he whiringa pai noa mō ngā whānau nui! He mea nui kei roto hoki, ko te mea nui o te marae hou he pai rawa te whakaritorito me te roa tonu i te wā, inā ka kite ai koe i tōu rāwhiti kahurangi momona mō ētahi tau, kāore i te hokohoko anō. Yingming reremarae eka mō ngā kuri he whakatikatika waimarie me te pai rawa e tukua nei i te taumata mo tō kuia, kia whakatupu i tētahi wāhi noho aoao e taea ana e ia te waewae me te tirotiro. Ko tēnā he mea pai mō koutou me ō koutou hoa tuarua!
Kei te whai nui ake te rereti i te whenua tūhono mō ngā pakaranga kīrehe i ēnei whenua kei te nui atu i ngā hua o era whenua. Nā tērā e whakamahia ana hei wāhi tūpato me te pūkorero mō tōu kīrehe, hei noho anō ia ki reira. Ki te rerekē mai i te whenua tūhonotia, kaore he mea e whakahihiri mai ana i ngā pepe kē, pērā i ngā pūngao me ngā pūkohu, ko te rereti tūhonotia he mea hoki e tiaki ana i a rātou kīrehe i aua pepe, me te whakamahi i a rātou moe, ora, me te kore pea. Kāore tonu e hiahia ana koe ki te whakaputuwhenua i te whenua rānei, ki te whakawera i te rereti tūhonotia, nā tērā ka noho ai tēnei hei whiringa roa me te toki pai mō ngā tangata e tiaki ana i ngā kīrehe. Kāore koe e hiahia ana ki te whakaputuwhenua i ngā poaka rānei, ki te whakawera i te kīrehe i te whenua. Ko te rereti tūhonotia rānei, ko te mea e taea ana e koe te whakamahi i tētahi marae whenua nui rawa, e mahi ana i runga i te wā e uta ana tō kīrehe, me te hanga i te haere pai, te ora, me te tiaki i a ia.