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He tokorua nui ngā pūtake o ngā puehu o te motokā. Nā reira ngā raukura e tuhono ana i roto i ngā puehu o tō waka. Ko tā rātau take tuatahitia he whakahē i ngā kohuawa, ngā hauwarenga me ngā pūtaiao e āhei ana ki te wehe ki roto i tō waka, kia puawaiwhanga me te pai. Noho hoki ngā pūtake pai o ngā puehu kia iti ai ngā reo me ngā hau, kia taea e koe te haere i roto i tō waka i te pai me te mōhio.
ka huaheke i te ua rānei, ka ea rānei, ka whiwhi noa iho te wai ki roto o tō waka me whiti kē ki waenganui. Ko tēnei te wā i reira ngā pūtango oha o ngā kirihi! Kia whakaritea ki runga i ngā kirihi hei kawe i te wai. Ko tēnei e hīkina ana he kauhanga mō te wai kia kore e whiwhi ki roto i te waka me te whakapae i a ia. Ki te kitea te wai i roto, ko te mea nui he kino, mai i te koromanga, ki te kōpiko, ki te āhua noa iho o te mōhiotanga me te karaeaea. Ki te pai ngā pūtango, ka tiakina koe i te āhua pai o tō waka hei pai ake tonu.
Ko tā mātou katoa e mōhio ana, ko ngā pūtanga whakarongo moa ka tohu i te ua me te huka kia kaua e kitea i roto, engari ka whai ake te mahi rātou — ka tiaki i tō roanga hoki. He taumata rere rātou i waenganui i te waho me te roanga o tō waka. Ko tēnei taumata rere ka tohu kia kaua e kitea ngā oneone, ngā rākau me ēnei nei. Kia pai ngā pūtanga whakarongo, e iti ana ngā mahi whakawhiti i a koe. Kaore koe e whakarite ana i ngā wā e hoatu iho i te pūtere me te whakapai i ngā kāwāhi. Kore rawa he tangata e hiahia ana kia haere i roto i tētahi waka kino, nā reira, he waka pai hei whakamana i a koe, tō hoa me tō whānau.
Kei a koe i aha i haere noa atu, i kitea ai te hīkaro e marangai mai nei i tō ngā pūtanga tūru o te motokā ? Kāti kit e whakaaro haere ana koe i te mea kaore to moke ki te pai tonu te mutunga i te ara noho i runga i te hīkoi? Ka taea e ēnei take mōhihi i te mea kei te rahi, wehe rānei, ko te pūtake o ō whakawehenga wāhi. He kino tēnā, nā te mea ka kitea he kino i roto i tō hīkoi. Me whakakapihia ngā whakawehenga kēna i ngā whakawehenga hou me te pai rawa, kia tangohia ai te hā o te wera me te rekoata kē. Kia whakatupu ai tēnei mahi, ka nui ake te mārama i runga i tō hīkoi, ka taea e koe te whakarite i te pūoro, te kōrero me te kore whakapae.
Kei te mōhio koe ko te mea pai ngā whakawehenga wāhi hei āwhina i a koe ki te tiaki i te waiora? Ko ngā whakawehenga e pai ana ka āhei ki te tiaki i te werawera ki roto i to moke i te pai tonu. E hīnātia nei, kei te mea he hua iti te waenganui i te mahi o to rererangi i te huarere, me te mea he hua iti te mahi o to hākari i te huarere hoki. Nā te mea ka whakaiti te motokā i te manuka, ka whakaiti hoki tēnei i to utu manuka. Anō hoki, ko te mea pai te whakawehenga ka whakaiti i te rekoata o te ara, ka whakamahana i to hīkoi. He pai-pai!
Tiaki i a whakatūria te tohu whakapūmau kāwatawhare he mea nui kē ki te whakamahia i a rātou hei whai hua. Ka riro ngā pūtake o te whenua i te wā e tae ana i te āhua o te taiao, ā, i te whanonga tika anō. Hei tēnei ka mōhio tātou he pai tahi rawa te tirotiro whakarerekē i a rātou, me whakatūhia i te waehanga e hiahiatia ana. Kei te taea e koe te tirotiro whakarite hāora ti whata i ngā waehanga kia mōhio ki te wheako tonu rātou i runga i tō mahi. Whakamahia ngā pūtake o tō waka i runga i te pai me te hanga, ka taea e koe te haere ki tō waka i ia rangi, ka mōhio koe i te pai me te haumaru. He iti noa iho te manaaki, engari kei te hiranga nui te huarahi.
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