Nā runga i ngā marae takutai ki ngā māra kiritana, ka taea te kiriwhara matihi e whiwhi ana i te pai me te kowhatuahuru mō tōu māra rānei, he marae takutai. He kowhatuahuru me te kowhatuahuru mō te tau katoa, kei te kore e hiahia ana ki te tohu rānei ki te whakawehewehetanga rānei i te kiriwhara matua — ‘He kiriwhara kāore i te kiriwhara! Ko tēnei e āhei ai koe ki te whakamahia i ōu wā e mahi ana ki runga i ōu whenua ki te noho whakamahere atu i a koe. papa rereti hangarara nā te mea ka taea te kiriwhara matihi e tiaki ana i tōna pai me te pai hoki, ka taea e koe te tiaki i tō kiriwhara Yingming matihi i te pai me te mā.
Tango atu ngā wē, ngā kōwhai rānei, ngā hua whenua. Ko te tango i ngā momo kereka he whakamahi matua ki te whakatika i te para i runga i te marae uku, nā reira me whakamahia te āheinga ki te hīkoi i ngā kereka e pūmau nei i runga i te urupa. Ka taea e ngā wē, ngā toki rānei, ngā hua whenua kia whakaritea ai te āhua pai o tō uku, ā, ka mate hoki tō uku i te kore rawa o te hīkoi i a ia i te wā e tika ana. Me tiaki i te urupa hei whakapai ake i tō uku.
Whakatakoto ā-wāhi ki te wai i runga i tō kākano rorohiko hou. Ka whakahua te rorohiko hou i te wā, nō reira ko tētahi pai rawa te pūtake i te wai ki tō kākano rorohiko hou i waenganui i ngā wā. pūtahi whakatītika hokinga e awhina ana ki te hoki i te kanohi o ngā pūtaiao me te pūhuruhuru e noho nei i runga i ngā raupapa, ka mōhiotia tōu marae. Ko te hoki i te kanohi he whakaaturanga mō te kēhua, te mā, me te hou, e hīkareke ana i te wāhi mātātaki rānei, he wāhi hei noho rānei.
Ko te tiakina i te reretoka me te tiakina pai o tōnui reretoka he take ki te tonoa i te pai o tērā mo ētahi tau. Heoi anō, ko te tiakina i te whenua i ngā wā e tika ana he take ki tana mahi pai, inahea, ka huihui ngā pūtaiao me ngā momo kai, ka noho mōkore, ka noho wehe te reretoka. Ki te tiakina i a koe i ō tāonga rānei, i ō whare rānei, ka tiakina koe i tōnui reretoka, ka kitea ai i tana pai rawa atu. Ki te kore koe i te toto i tō marae, ka wehe, ka matakaka, ka noho whakamoea te whakaora i muri iho. Ko te tiakina me te tiakina i tōnui reretoka ka tonoa i tana pai, i tana mā, i tana whakapono mo ētahi tau e whai mai nei.
Me whakatakoto koe i tētahi paetūranga ki raro i te rereta hei whakahē i ngā pōhutukawa e whai ake ana i runga i te rereta hokihoki. Ka tohe tēnei paetūranga ki te whakahē i ngā pōhutukawa kia kaua rātau i te whai, ā, kia kaua anō hoki i te whai ki roto i te marae. Anō he pai rawa kia mohio koe ki ngā pōhutukawa e taea ana te pupuhi mai, me whakapiri atu ki a rātau i te kitea ai. Nā tēnei pūputu rerenga whakarawea murumuru ka tiakina e koe kia pai tonu te whanake o tō rereta hokihoki, ā, ka pai hoki te tirohanga o tō marae.
Ki te tiaki i te werohanga o te kerepe, me nui ake te taurite o te wāhi. Ki te huihui te wai, ā, kāore i te taurite, ka hangaia e ia tētahi wāhi whakatupu kerepe. Nā reira mata whawhai me tiaki koe i ngā take taurite e taka nei ki te tiaki i tō rereta. Whakamutunga atu, me tiaki i te wāhi i ōwae noa i tō rereta hokihoki kia kaua ngā rākau me ngā mamae e noho nei, ka āwhina anō hoki i te tiaki i te kerepe. Me whakaae koe i ētahi take tiaki, kia pai tonu te tirohanga o tō rereta hokihoki, ā, kia kare katoa ngā pōhutukawa me ngā kerepe hei whakarērea i tana rautaki.
Tīmata hoki ngā wā e whakarite ana i te rerenga o te kiriwhara ki te wai. E āwhina ana te wai tōnū ki te noho pūmau i te kiriwhara. Kaore e taea ana te whakaū i te kiriwhara i ngā rito whatiwhati kōrari, nā tērā e ārai ana i ngā mata o te kiriwhara. Kei te mōhio tonu ko te aha mea ka horoia e te wai i te itinga o te kiriwhara nei. Noho anō te rau kiriata hokohoko whaihua he whakamahi tino waiwai hei tiaki i te kiriwhara koe e kite ana i te pai me te mā.