Ko te ngāwari me te whai rawa o te oranga o te tāone nui, engari kua kawea mai e ia ngā raruraru iti o te haere. Ahakoa he maha ngā tereina raro whenua me ngā pahi, kāore e taea te haere tika ki te tatau, me hikoi rau mita, me huri rānei ki te pahikara kia tae atu ai. I tēnei wā, ka puta te ngāwari o ngā waka hiko wira-rua, ka haere ki waho ka eke, ka heke ka tae, ka harikoa te tangata.
（Whakaahua mai i te Ipurangi）
Nā te whakatairanga i te tiaki pūngao me te tiaki taiao me ngā mahi tautoko pūngao hou kua whai hua te mākete waka hiko, ā, kua noho ngā momo waka hiko hou katoa hei āwhina pai mō te oranga o te tangata. He hiahia me ngā manakohanga tō te tangata e whiriwhiri ana i tētahi waka hiko. He pai ki ngā rangatahi te āhua hauhautanga, te āhua ātaahua rānei, he pai ki te hunga e tiki ana i ngā tamariki ki te hoko kai te āhua māmā pērā i te pahikara, ā, he pai ki ngā kaimahi tuku taonga te roa o te ora o te pākahiko.
Otinga pahikara hiko atamai
I ngā tiriti o ngā tāone taumata tuatahi me te tuarua, he onge ngā raka waka hiko, ā, kua whakakapia ngā raka āhua-U me ngā mekameka rino tuku iho e ngā kī mamao. Heoi, i ngā tāone taumata tuatoru me te tuawhā, he mea noa tonu ngā raka, engari ahakoa he raka, he kore rānei, kei te mau tonu te mōrearea o te tahae.
（Whakaahua mai i te Ipurangi）
Heoi, he mahi eke noa iho tā te pahikara hiko noa, kāore e taea te tūnga me te tiro tūnga i te wā tūturu, he uaua ki te kimi mena ka whaia ngā kaihara. I ētahi wā ka kitea anō hoki ngā kēhi o te wehenga poto me te kore e tangohia ngā kī, inā koa mō ngā kaieke tuku taonga, he nui ake te mōrearea o te ngaronga o te waka.
（Whakaahua mai i te Ipurangi）
Ki te whakatauritea ki ngā pahikara hiko noa, he pai ake te mahi ārai-tahae a te pahikara hiko atamai, engari he nui ake te utu o ngā pahikara hiko atamai i roto i ngā toa waitohu, ko te nuinga he tauira teitei, ā, me utu tonu te utu ratonga atamai kia mau tonu ai te whakamahi i te mahi ārai-tahae atamai.
（Taupānga kaitiaki waka hiko atamai）
Ka whakaratohia e mātou ki a koete otinga pai rawa atu mō te ārai-tahae!Ka taea hoki e ngā tauira tuku iho te whakatinanamātaurangai te utu iti i roto i te wā poto! Ka taea e te tāutanga te whakatutuki i te wetewete kore-whakauru, te mana mamao o te motuka, ngā āhuatanga o te motuka me te tūnga o te motuka i te wā tūturu, ā, ka taea hoki te whakapakari me te heke i te mahi a te motuka, te hopu i te āhuatanga tauwhitinga o te motuka i te wā tika me te whiwhi whakamaumahara whakamōhiotanga, he mea watea ake te whakamahi.
(whakaaturanga mahi wetewete kore-whakauru)
Ahakoa kāore he kī e hiahiatia ana, mā ngā hua hangarau pango ka taea e koe te hono atu ki tō waka me te mohio. He taputapu makutu e kawe mai ana i te tino whakamarie. Mā te waea pūkoro noa iho, ka taea e koe te iriti ngāwari i tō waka.
（Te tūnga wā-tūturu, te tukuake ara wā-tūturu）
Kōwhiria ā mātou mahi ārai-tahae atamai kia haumaru ake ai, kia pono ake ai hoki tō waka!
Wā tuku: Oketopa-23-2023
