Ko ngā kōpae me ngā rākau whakamātua i hanga mai i te rākau kōpae, ā, he mea matua ngā kōpae me ngā rākau whakamātua hei whakamātua i ngā wāhi e rere ana. Hei whakamārama, whakaahua he wāhanga wai i tēnei wāhanga, ā, he rere wāhi ki te wāhi iti o raro. Mēnā ka whakaputua te wai ki reira, ka rere atu te wai, ā, kāore koe e taea te inu mai i tēnei wāhanga. Ko tēnei te wā i tūhono ai ngā kōpae me ngā rākau whakamātua i te rākau kōpae — he rite ki te kapa o tō wāhanga wai. Ā, āwhina hoki i te whakamātua i ngā mea katoa kia tata tonu, kia kāore he mea e rere mai. Ahakoa he rorohiko wai e whakamānui ana i te wai, ahakoa he mātua o tēnei wāhanga e hiahiatia ana kia kore he hāngā, ko Boman pūtau matī rorohiko e mahi ana hei whakatika i te hīnau, hei tiwhikete i ngā mea katoa kia pai, me te whakaritea i ngā mea katoa kia pai rawa.
Heoi anō, inā koa te kī 'kia mau tonu te kōpae', arā, kia katoa ngā wāhi e kōpae ana. Ko ngā kōpae rākau kōpae me ngā kōpae pūtāwha hei kōpae, e whakamātau ana i tēnei āki, e whakamātau ana i ngā wāhi e rere ana i te whakamātau i ngā mea kei roto. Whakaarohia te hāngā o tēnei kōpae i tō kōpae. Inā kōpae koe, kia māmā ai koe, kia kore ai te hau makariri e uru mai. Ko ngā kōpae rākau kōpae me ngā kōpae pūtāwha e mahi ana i tēnei āki: kia kore ai ngā wai me ngā hau e rere mai. I mōhio ai rātou ko te mau tonu, ko te whakamātau pai o ngā kōpae he mea matua, nō reira i tuku ai a Boman i ōna kōpae rākau kōpae me ngā kōpae pūtāwha pai rawa atu ki ōna kiritaki, ā, i whakamātau ai ngā hāngā āhua rere kē.

Whakaarohia tō kaupapa ina kōwhiri ana i te tīkitipati raima tika, i te kōpaki rānei. Kei ia mahi tōna ake momo kōhua rapa e hiahia ana kia pai te mahi. Na, hei tauira, mēnā e hiahiatia ana e koe he taatiraa rapa mō tētahi pūkaha motokā, me tū ki te wera nui me te pēhanga. I te mea rerekē, me kaha te kōpaki e whakamahia ana i roto i tētahi putorino wai ki te tu atu i te pēhanga o te wai. I Boman, ka whakaekea e mātou he whānuitanga o ngā pātiki matū me ngā whakamahi kaiwhakaawe i te taurite huringa, e aroturuki ana ki te mea ko ngā mokopuna ka kite haere i tētahi e whakaiti ai ki tō rātou mahi matua ranei.

Kei roto i ngā whare hanga hangi me ērā hekenga tuhinga hoki, kei reira te hanga o ngā mīhini me ngā pūnaha, nā reira ko te pai me ngā tohu whenua hanga kumi me ngā whakamahi kaiwhakaawe i te nohoanga. Nā te whakamahi i ēnei tohu pai me ngā whakamahi kaiwhakaawe kaha, ka whai waho mai ngā paihere hoki, ka whai wāhi anō hoki ngā mahi paihere, me te paihere paihere. Kei runga i te paihere paihere paihere, ka hangaia ēnei tohu me ngā whakamahi kaiwhakaawe hei whakatika i ngā taiao kino me ngā whakamahi nui, nā reira ka pai noa ia ki te whakatika i ngā taiao kino. I te whakamahi nui i te nohoanga, ka hangaia he paihere paihere pūtau matī rorohiko ka whai take i ngā whakamahi katoa i te hunga.

Ka whakamahia whānuitia ngā hiri me ngā kōpaki rapa i roto i ngā wāhi maha, i roto i ngā waka me ngā mīhini, hei whakakore i te nekehanga i waenganui i ngā wāhanga me ngā hiri hei ārai i te rere. I roto i ngā waka, ka whakamahia ngā hiri me ngā kōpaki rapa i roto i ngā wāhanga rerekē, pēnei i ngā pūkaha, ngā tatau, matapihi me ētahi atu, hei ārai i te urunga o te hau, te wai me te haruru. Ka āwhina ki te whakapiki ake i te whakamarie me te haumaru o te waka. Ka whakamahia tēnei rauemi hei taunga rapa me ngā taunga i roto i ngā mīhini hei taunga i ngā hononga, hononga me ngā āputa. Mā tēnei e noho pai ai ngā tukanga katoa, e kore ai e puta ngā rerenga. Ka taea e koe te whakawhirinaki ki a Boman mō ō tūtohi rapa katoa me ngā kōpaki waka, mīhini rānei.