Ki te haere au ki tētahi marae whakataki, ka kite au i te pūngao kākāriki o te reretū, ka whakaaro au ka nui te pai te kawe nei i te whakataki. He mea nui te kimi. Engari, kei te mohio koe? Ki te kite ai koe i te reretū, ehara i te reretū tēnei i te mea tika? Ko tana ingoa he reretū hikoī, me etahi atu paihere nui ki te marae whakataki. Tēnā pea ka kitea te take matihaki nei i te reretū hikoī he paihere nui ki ngā marae whakataki.
He mea tāpuhi kē ki te reretū tika, engari Marae Whakamahinga he pākētia, kāore he rākau. He mea nui hoki ke atu mō te marae niho whenu whē false grass he kua eke noa iho ki te kowhatu me te māku mō ngā tau katoa. Ko tēnei ka tiakina kia pai ake te āhua o tōu wāhi tinana i ngā huringa huarere. Pūrongo Whakamahara: Ka marohirohi te niho whenu ture tae atu ki te ururoa rānei me ngā wā kauwhau, e mahi nei i a ia hei kino kitea, kāore rawa hei tākaro mō ngā tamariki. Engari me te whenu whē, koia nei ka noho pai tonu, ka hoki whakarite, ka karangatia mō te hunga katoa e tae mai ana ki te tākaro.
Kei ngā wāhi whakatauki he wāhi āpōpō hei whakaaro i te kēmu, te ako, me te haere. He nui te hēnga o tētahi mataehe ki ngā tamariki. Ko te reretoka anō hoki te marae putiputi a Yingming, nā tōna matakai me te whakapakari i te kino. Mēnā ka pūtua ngā tamariki i te whakanuia i tēnei, ka whakamana ia i te ora me te itinga i te kino. Kaore te putiputi nui e pai ana, ko te rahi o te kino, ka nui ake te mamae i te pūtua. Engari rerenga wera tūroro mō ngā kuri e hoake ana he wāhi whakarite mo te waenganui, hei kawe i te kīanga, te hikihiki, me te kuhu atu ki runga.
He mahi nui rawa te whakatika i te whenua i te wā e mohio ana ngā tamariki maha ki te whakanuia me te whakawhanaunga. E āhei ana hoki te putiputi hou ki te whakatika i te ara whakataetae, kāore e kitea ai te momo whenua karoro rānei. Ka kitea tērā e maha ana ngā tangata hei āwhina. Kei te whakatakoto heru whenua whakamana i ngā mātua me ngā kaiwhakaawe i te whiwhi tēnā ki ngā pūtau para me ngā pūtau para o te mahi, nui atu te itinga o te para kia tīmata te whakatika i muri i te wā whakanui. Kia mau tonu te ara whakanui hei pai me te pai, ā, ka taea e koe te whakanui pai anō ki reira ki te kore para.
He mea nui noa te whakanui pai hei whakatakoto i ngā tamariki moe ki te whakanui. Ka taea te rauora uho whakahirahira te hanga i tetahi wāhi whakanui pai, kāore i te maha te mahi. Ki te ao nei, he mea hiahia te one whenua, ka whakaritea te wai, te tohu, me te whakapai i runga i te wā, kia ora ai, he mea hoki te rauora uho kia pai tonu ai ki te kore mahi nui rawa. rerenga wera iti whenua ka taea te whakatutuki i ngā wāhi whakanui ki te kowhatu me te whakatūroro, me te hanga i tetahi wāhi whakanui pai me te whakanuia mo ngā tamariki. Koia nei, he wā whakanui nui ake me te iti noa iho o ngā mahi.
Kei te wātea hei whakamahia i waenganui i ngā huinga kākāriki me ngā pūmau, nō reira ka noho āhuatia tēnei mea hei whakarite i ngā mahi hanga rēhita. Ka taea te whakarite i te marae whakataki ki te kākāriki rawa atu, ki te maha rawa ā-ringaringa he whenua, ki te aro matihaki anō hoki i te mea e hiahia ana koe ki te whakapakari i tētahi take matihaki. Ka taea hoki te whakauru i ngā momo whakahirahira, pērā i ngā raupapa, ngā āhua, me ngā māra kīanga iti mō ngā mahi kapa haka, i roto i te marae whakataki. Nā te mea ka hirangai ngā tamariki ki te wā whakataki, ko tēnā whakaaro e āwhina ki te whakawhanake i te marae whakataki hei mea whakahirahira, tuku mai ana i ngā mahi tākaro mō ēnei tamariki, me te tirotiro haumaru i a rātou ki te hoki atu ki reira.