Kei te kite koutou i ngā rara ake me ngā rara whero e noho ana ki runga i te huarahi? Ko tēnei he mea nui, he hanga i ngā rara e āwhina ana i ngā kaihīkoi kia noho i roto i ō rātou pūtahi me te haere pai. Ko tēnei mīhini kua hangaia hei whakarārangi i ngā rara i runga i te huarahi. Tae atu mai ki te mīhini whakarārangi huarahi e āwhina nei i te pūtau para! Ko tēnei he korero whai mana, nō reira ka mahi ngā motokā nei ki te kore ake i te nafta rānei ko te deisera. Ka mahi ia i runga i te ēteritanga, i waenganui i ngā pūtaka kawe hiko kia kaua te ākana me te kai hoki. Ko tēnei he pai ake mō te whenua!
Kei te wheako i te paera ki a ia, koia enei mea he pai nui tonu rānei mō te taiao, he whai wāhi, me te tata ki te noho. E ai ki te āhua matatika, ka āhei ia ki te mahi ngahau i runga i te wā iti noa. Ki te kōrero mai he pūmau, e hoko ana i a ia ki te mahi i waenganui i ngā hāora, ki te kore e hiahia ana ki te whakarite nei ranei ki te whakapai. Whakamana ake iho, engari kāo kē etahi mīra ki te wae kotahi i roto i ngā kāwai ohera (me te kaiwhakaawe-ā-motu o te Tiriti o Waitangi) kei reira, ka hohoro rawa ia hei tirohanga pai mō ngā tāone e maha ana ngā huarahi kua taea te tuhituhi i waenga i ngā marama katoa. Ka tiakina e ia te moni me te wā o ngā tāone i te kore e hiahia ana ki te whakahoki atu ranei ki te whakapai i te mīhini.
Ko tēnei pūnaha, kāore iho e wehi ana, e whai ana hoki i te maha rawa, engari ka tiakina anō e ia ā tātou taiao hei whakahokia mai i tēnā. Me mahi ngatahi ki te tiaki i te taiao me te mōhio nui. Ka noho tonu ake i te wā e roa ana, ā, e rite rawa ana i ngā wāhanga huarahi o era atu i hangaia i tēnei pūnaha. Ka hanga he wāhanga whakaeke e whai mana ana, e mōhio ana ngā kaiwhakaere i te ara motokā ki te whai i aua wāhanga. Mēnā kāore i kitea ngā wāhanga i te hauware haere, heoi ko te kino mō te katoa, pērā i te ua rānei ko te hukarere. Pānuitia tētahi kāwanatanga, ko tā rātau kore e hiahia ana ki te whakaoti i ngā wāhanga e whai ana i te wā e iti ana. Nā reira, ka pai ake te katoa i tēnei pūnaha hou: ka noho ngā kaiwhakaere motokā i te haumaru tonu, ā, ka heitūnga moni whakahaere.
Ko tēnei, kāore anō he ngāwari, ka taea hoki e tēnei pūtahi raraunga e waihanga ana i te rae i te mahi ki ngā pā. E hīnati ana tēnei he kore whakangungu, kore take whakamātautau, ā, kore hoki ngā kaiwhakapūmau mō ngā taumata. Ka āhei ia ki te ako i te mea nei, ka tīmata hoki ki te tuhituhi i ngā ara rori i te wā tonu. Ko tēnā he mea nui, hei whakaora. Ka whakawehewehea atu ngā kaiwhakamahi i a rātou i te wā e kore rawa ngā tohu raraunga hei whakaatu i ngā ara rite, me ngā tohu pai. Mā te kore whakaheke o ngā tohu raraunga, ka puta te whakamamae. Heoi, ko ngā tohu raraunga e pai ana, mā te pūtahi nei i te wā e tino iti ana te whakamātau, ka taea e katoa te haere i runga i te ara rori i te whakatūreretanga.
Ētahi mea whakamārama e kore nei koe i mohio: Kāhi anō ka noho he hiahia mo ngā tūtohi. Nga aeropoi, ngā wāhi paraki, me ngā wāhi ngenenge, ki tua o ēnei atu he wāhi anō kua whai mana hoki kia tika ai te tūtohi. E ārahi ana tēnei pūnaha tūtohi i te rori i te paunu iti noa iho, kia taea e ia te mahi i ēnei kaihanga rākau! He whakaaetanga tēnei kia whakarerekētu hei whakarite i ngā momo āhuatanga me ngā āhua. Ko tēnei kore raweke i te mea he poraka, he hokitu rānei, he pūpuke rānei te kaihanga. Ka nui ake te miro o tēnei i ngā tūtohi e kitea nei i runga i ō rātau rori, me utu pai tonu ki te whakarite i ngā wāhi katoa.
Tēnā i tērā, kōrerotia nei te hanganga mōhiohere taunahi e whakamahia ana ki tēnei pūtēra hokohoko. Ko te waka e āhei ana kia whakamahia ngā pū karu rītana, ā, he momo pai rawa hoki, nō reira ko te maha o te huringa kua whakapakari i roto i a ia rānei i runga i te mea iti o te pū. Heoi anō, ka noho haumaru ngā pū nei, kāore i whakaputu mai i ngā hūhā whatitiri e ai ki ētahi atu. Kāore i te pū anake hei whakatupu i te whakawai—kua wehe tonu te whare e āhei ana ki tēnei mahi! Ki te whakamahia tētahi matihiko, ka taea te tohu me te waipu i runga i ngā ara motuhake. I tēnei whenua, he mea hirawera i te taiao tēnei whare, e whakarereke ana i te tikanga i muri i a tātou i te hanga i ngā huarahi! Ā, ko tēnā tētahi whakarerekē whanui i te ao hanga tohu ara!
Kei tōna iwi tūmatanui nei ngā kaiwhakaako i whakaaetia e koe i te whakarite i ngā take ara. Ki te whakaaro nui i a rātou i te whakaaturanga i te ao, ka whakarite mātau i ngā whakaritenga hei whakamana i ōu take me ōu whakahauanga hei whakapai i te mahi me te pai i ngā kaupapa takuwe.
Ki te hoahoa tuatahi e tū mai ana i Aorangi me te tūmahi tohu huarahi paepae, ko ō tātou whare pukapuka he wāhi mo ētahi atu mahi kia tutuki ai ngā hiahia katoa mō ngā tohu huarahi. Whakapakari tātou i ngā wā e tae ana ngā taonga, ka taea hoki e tātou te tino tae atu.
Hangaia i ngā whakaaturanga o tētahi pūtau rara ki te hanga āhuarangi e pa ana i ngā taumata e rua tekau neke atu o ngā whakaaturanga i roto i te whenua. Kua noho mātou i te kāinga mo tētahi wā nui, ko tēnā mea ka mōhio mātou ki ngā momo itiiti o te hunga whakamahere i hanga ai ngā ara.
Whai ake i te manaaki wairua mai i tā mātou whakahaere matihiko hoki i muri i te hoko. Kei runga i ō mātou mahi kaore he utu, kei te whakatipu i ngā totohu pūtau rara ki te hanga āhuarangi, me ngā wāhanga hoki i te hunga matawhāiti e whai take ana i ngā pūmanawa o naianei. Ko te uara nei, ka whai mātou i te whakapuakitanga i te roa o te wā, me te wehi hoki i ngā tikanga o tō kōti.