Kei roto i te maha tangata te hiahia kia kitea te marae waero i mua i tō rātou whare. E āhei ana tētahi marae pai ki te whakahirahira i tō koutou nohanga, ā, e mahana ana hoki ki ngā manuhiri me ngā hoa papatipu. Engari, ka nui te mahi hei whakarite i te whanake, te kitea nui, me te waero matihiko o ngā marae waero matihiko. Me whakakore atu i te wā e kai ana i te wai, e ngaro rawa ana i te wai, e whai take ana. Koia nei te wā e taea ai e koe te whakamahi i te waero hokohoko, arā, te waero hokohoko hei whakamutu i a koe.
Enei ngā take katoa ihe nei he aha te mahi o te reretanga hei whiringa pai rawa mo to whenua mua. Heoi pea te take nui kaore he mea hiahia. Me whakatū tōu ki ngā mahi nui o te reretanga, pērā i te potiki, whakawehi atu i te wai, me te kai i runga i te reretanga hei hanga i ngā huarere pai kia mōkai. Ka kitea ai he mea nui rawa reremarae eka me ngā kuri me te waewae noa. Engari ki te reretanga matihaki, kaore i a koe ngā mea katoa. Noho ai koe i tōu whenua mokomoko, ahakoa ngā ra, engari kaore i te mohio me te waetahi. Ka mahi koe iti i runga i to koutou whenua me te whakapakari i te wā i ngā mahi pai.
Te whakatūpato o te reretoka hokohoko i roto i tōu ngāhere ki te mua ka whakawhiti katoa i te āhuatanga o tō whare i raro i te ara. Pērā i te mea, ko tō ngāhere e pai ana i a ia hei noa, he mea nui tēnā mo tō whare. He ngāhere pai rawa te whakarite i tō wīwhiwi i te whenua nei - ka kitea koe e ō hoa ake katoa. Nō te mea, he ngutu pai te marae ki runga i te katoa, me te whakaaweawe i tō hiahia mo tō whare. Anō hoki, i te wa e haere mai ai ngā tangata, ka pōkerekere atu rātou i tō ngāhere pai ki te mua.
He take mōhio te reretoka hokohoko hei whakatika i te mea kaiwhakarite i te karaka me te pai o tō marae mua, me te whakapai whakahirahira i tō whare, kāore i te mate o te tirotiro i te reretoka nō te ao. Ki te pēhea te hau o te rangi ki waho, ka... rau kiriata hokohoko whaihua e noho ana māhorahora me te hauora i roto i ngā marama katoa o te tau. Ka noho te marae uwhi he aha ki te ātaahua, hei tū tonu i te whakamārama — ko te mea nui he iti noa iho te werawera rānei, ko te ua rānei. Kaore e hiahia ana koe ki te mahi i ngā wāhi kore paki rānei, ko ngā kēwai pērā i ngā whenua kōwhao. Ki runga i te uwhi matihiko, ka whai koe i tōu marae matua anō, e whakaata ana i a koutou katoa e haere nei ki te noho i roto.
Ko te Astroturf he tino whirinaki pai mō te peka o te marae matua. Kaore koe e hiahia ana ki te whakatipu i ngā wiki katoa ki te mahi i tōu whenua hei whakapai. Ko tēnei he wā iti i te whakaaro mō te tohu me te wai, ā, he wā nui kei te whakamahi i tōu whenua me ō koutou whānau. Ka nui ake te whakamaumahara i ngā kīanga, i ngā kaiherehere, rānei, ki te noho i tōu whenua pai rawa. Kei te hiahia koe ki te whai i te uwhi pai ki tō ara? Ka ea te uwhi motu i tēnei mea, ki reira koe kaore i te whakatū mahi nui.
Ko te Astro turf he pai anō hoki mō te taiao. Kaore i tana hira ki ngā rūri whakahirahira ranei, ki ngā pūhanga ranei hei whakapai i tana āhua. Kaore koe whakatakoto rau kiriata hokohoko kāore i tere rawa te whakamahia he iti wai pērā i te mea i te marae tong Tong maunga, e pai ana he maha ki te āwhina i tō tātou whenua. Nā reira, ngā wāhi kei reira kore noa te wai, e whai take ana te wai ki te whakaora. He marie ake te hokohoko o te marae putu mai i Ying Ming hei whakanui i te kāinga o koutou, nā rānei he pai anō ki a Māteroa – he mea whakaiti taonga.