Hei aha tērā i mōhio ai koe ka taea e tō marae whakahirahira me te kaha me te rangatira? E hara i tō mahi kē kia kite nei koe i te mea rite tonu ki te kōwhaiwhai kērangi kei runga i te rangi. Ki te mea rawa koe, ko tēnā ka karangahia mai ki a koe he iti noa iho mō tētahi mea ngahere uwhi pakihiwi rākau tūpoto whakaputau! He pai tēnei ki te whakatakoto i tētahi iti hoki ki tō wāhi waenganui, he wāhi e hiahia ana koe ki te noho, he wāhi hoki hei orooro.
Ki te whakamahi i ngā tae reretawhiwhia , kei te mutunga kore ngā whiringa! Kei a koe te whiriwhiringa i ngā tae mōkai rereka me ngā tae pīkari, hei tau ki te kēhua, te kakariki, te waiporoporo, ā, he iti noa atu! Me angitia anō ka nui rawa te ara o tō marae me te whenua kēhua e kite ana i ngā tangata, rānei ko te marae pinki pakupaku e mahi nei i roto i ō hoa. Ka whiwhi koe i te whakaaetanga ki te hanga i tētahi wāhi pūmau matua mā te whakamahi i ngā pūngarungaru whakamahana matatini. Ka taea e koe te huri i tō marae hei wāhi whakawhanaunga, whakaaroaro, me te whakapakari i te rā!
Kāore iho te mahinga o te rereta whakahirahira me te pai; he mea hoki nui tōna manawa me te iti whakahaere! He manawa tōna hanga, i ngā raraunga matua. Ko tēnā he katoa ā-huarere pērā i te ua me te rā, me te katoa ngā mahi a ngā tamariki me ngā manu. Mō te waiata, mō te whakapakari tamariki, rānei mō ngā whenua ā-whānau e rerekē ana, ko te whakairo rerenga putu mō ngā wāhi marae he tino pai ki a koe. Ki te whakatūria e koe he wāhi, ka taea e koutou te whakawhanaungatanga katoa ki te kore pūngao i ngā karu hīona me ngā paepae kē o te rereta.
Kore rawa anō he marae kowhiti, nau mai te whakahirahira o ngā rereta whakahirahira! He nui ngā tae me ngā momo kia whiriwhiria e koe hei whakatika i tōu whenua. Ahakoa kei te hiahia koe ki tētahi tohu iti whakahē ki te whakarite i ngā hirihiri, rānei ki tētahi kōrero nui me te kaha e whakaatu nei i a koutou katoa, ko te rereta matapihi ngahere uwhi e āwhina ana i tōu whakaaturanga i runga i tōu whenua ki te whakanuia me te whakamārama. Ka taea e koe te hui ki ngā hoa kāinga me tētahi whenua e whakaatu ana i a koe!
Kei a he aha e kōrero ana kua mea he mea whai hua te mahinga ki te kowhatu ake i te wā? Mēnā ka hiahia koe ki te whakararu i ngā hiranga, he kohinga rākau whakaputau tūī tūī tētahi kaitono pai hou mō tō wāhi kai. Ka taea e koe te whakawhiti i tētahi momo aroha ki tō wāhi kai, arā, ka taea hoki e koe te whakaora i tō pātaka hei whenua āwhianga. Tūhono whakahirahira whiti hokihoki he tino tūtohu pai mō ēnei e hiahia ana ki te iti noa iho matataki me te nui ake i te hanga i ngā mea matataki. Nō reira, mēnā ka noho te rā kē ki te kowhatu, he aha te mea pai rawa, whakanuitia?