Ki te kī ake koe i tētahi mata ki runga i tō marae pākete waho, he raro nui ngā whakaaro. Tuatahi, e hiahiatia ana e koe te mata i te whiwhi i te maeroa, kia kaua e tahuri, e kore ai koe i te whai i te mahi. He pai noa te maeroa hei haere me te hikoi i te manaaki. E hiahiatia ana hoki e koe te mata i te whakatika pai o te pū ki te kitea i te mahi, kia mohio ai koe i te mahi me te ngenge. Tirohia hoki te āhua o te mata i whakapuhua ai - ka hiahia e koe kia kaua e whakarerea ki reira (ka noho rawa atu he wa e utu ana i te wā e whai nei).
Ko te akiriki te āhua matua hei whakamahi mo ngā mata marae pākete waho. He mōrena ngā mata akiriki, he whakaruruhia te kino, no reira ka taea e koutou te whakakore i a rātou ki te kino i te wā e hāngai ana ki te wehe i a rātou. Rātou rautaki whakarite korero ā-motu he mea hē ki te whakamātau i te tirohanga o tō kōti. He nui ngā āhuatanga akiriki e tukua ana i te whaiwhai pai, e awhi ana i ngā kai-tākaro kia pūmau mai i te haere. Tētahi wā ka taea he rama hei whakamahia. He mea māhea ngā āhuatanga rama, he iti anō hoki te whakapīrahinga, e āwhina ana ki te tiaki i ō ringa-ringa me ō waewae i te wā e tākaro ana. Ka noho tika tonu rātou i ngā huarere kino, ka ora anō i te wā e hokohoko ana, ki te kore e roa te mahi whakamātau.
I muri i te whiriwhiringa o tētahi mata, he mea nui anō te tiaki i tō māngai korikori whitiwhiti rākau mōwaho kia pai tonu te āhua me te tikanga. Te huarahi pai ki te tiaki i tō māngai he tiaki i a ia hei kitea pai - koia nei, pīrori mai ngā oneone, ngā raupō, me ngā mea hokihoki katoa i runga i te wā. Ko tēnei e taea ana te tiaki i te mata hei noho haumaru mō te kori. Ka taea e koe hoki tēra e hoatu nei i te wai me te poaka iti i waenganui i ngā wā. Ko tēnei e taea ana te tahuna i ngā oneone whakamaharatia me te tiaki i tō māngai hei kitea hou me te hou.
Arata ana, e whai take rawa ana kia whakatika i ēnei pūtake i mua i te mea ka noho ake rātou. Ka taea e ngā pūtake iti kia hanga ki ngā take nui i mua i te mea ka hokiwhiti atu rātou. Ka kitea he kino haere tonu ki runga i te ora me te waihangatanga. E taea e koe te hiringa i tētahi tohunga hei whakatika i ngā whanaketanga ki tō marae. Ka noho tonu rātou i tō marae ki tana pai rawa, kia āhei ai koe te whakamahi i ō mahi ki te kīrehe me te kore kī moe.
Ki te mea ko te pai o te tirotiro ki runga i tō marae pākete whutupaoro, ka hiahia noa iho kia whakaūhia te rautaki i tērā wā. Ki te iti nei ngā kawe me ngā waewae i roto i te kīanga, ka noho tino iti nei te rautaki i te wā. Ko koe papa whawhai kīngi rori iti kaore e taea e koe te whakamahi ki tēnā, ki te mea ka noho koe i tērā, ka kitea he kino haere tonu ki runga i te ora me te kore mārama.” Whakaūhia tō marae ki te whakaū i tana kanohi me te mahi. He mea hiranga tēnei hei whakahou i tō marae!
Te whakaaturanga anō i tō kōhanga pāngarau waewae ki waho ka whiwhi hoki i tana rohutu. Ki te itinga nei, ka rereke ai te rākau o runga i te tiaki i ngā rākau i raro, e kore ana te noho iho i te mea hou. Ka kitea ko te pai tonu o tō kōhanga, ā, ka noho hei tūranga mō ngā tau e tū mai nei. He mea nui te whakahou i tō kōhanga mō ake ai te hunga e hiahia ana ki te whawhai i ngā papa.
Me pēhea koe e taea ai te whakapai i te kīanga me te matawhitiwhiti heoi i te urupa pai me te matawhitiwhiti pai, ka ea koe ki te whakatika, ki te paku, me te whakamahi i te papa. Ko te urupa pai papa kōhanga whiti rākau waho mōu me ō hoa, ā, ka whiwhi koutou i te itinga i te mate. Ki te kitea e koutou te haumaru i te whawhai, ka taea e koutou te whakaae atu ki te whawhai me te whakapai i ngā pūmanawa.