Kei te whakatipu koe i ngā oranga me te waihangatanga i tō marae, ahakoa kei te pango anō, kei te kino? Ki te āe, ka taea e koe te whakarite i tētahi whakaaetanga pai mōu – he uwhi manu. Kei te rerekē mai i te onehunga rākau matua, ko te rau kiriata hokohoko whaihua hōnore atu ki koe he ngāherehere māwhero, kakariki ki te whenua me te kore rawa i ngā mahi nui e pā ana ki te tirotiro ā-waho i te makawe tūtonu. Mō ngā whānau ake nei e hiahia ana ki te whakamahi i tētahi paepae e māhea ana engari kore rawa i ngā mahi nui, ko te makawe tūpono te whiringa pai rawa. Whakamana i te oranga rerekē kia kaua e whakapakari te tirotiro.
Āhei ki tētahi atu wāhanga nui rawa o te rākau whakamahana hoki, ko te kaiwhakaaroaro whenua kaore e kite i te marama o te rangi anō. Mōhiohia ana kia kore nei te whakahoki mai o te kaiwhakaaroaro whenua i te ata rāngaranga, heoi āke, kāore tonu i a koe te whakawehi i te uru o te rā, heoi āke te pūmau! Ki te kawe ake te takiwā o koe e whakatakoto nei i ngā toetoe rākau whakamahana hoki pūputu rerenga whakarawea murumuru nā Yingming, ka noho ake tonu i te tūpuhi me te tika, kāore i a koe e hiahia ana ki te whakarite. Noho anamata pea kia mōhio koe ngā wā e pāngia ai ki tō whānau me ō hoa i ngā mahi whakahirahira, inā he mea iti noa iho te mahi whenua! Haere atu ki te pātaka hei pa mai ngā kēmu, rānei ko te noho haere i runga i te manaaki o tō kāinga kāore i te hiahia ki te whakaaro mō te mara herehere.
Kei te hiahia koe ki tētahi mara kerekere whakatuturu mō ngā tau katoa, ā, inaianei i te makariri nui o te takurua? Kāore he wā kia tae mai tērā momo whakaaro ki te ara matihiko i te rerenga o te whenua herehere a Yingming. Tō rātou papa rereti hangarara ka kite kaiwhakatūpūtanga me te kerekere i roto i ngā huanga katoa, whakapakari i a koe i tōu mara pai mō ngā huanga katoa. Whakaae atu ki te mutunga o te mara kerekere, o te heru whenua e āhei ana ki te whakawhiti i tōu whenua ki te kino. Ināianei, kia mihi atu ki tētahi mara e noho nei i te kahurangi me te pai i te tau kotahi katoa. Ka piki te matekawa o ō hoariri i tōu whenua, ā, ka whakanuia koe i te whakaatu i tētahi wā kua hangaia e koe.
Nāhinara kea mō te hērahi ki te marae uwhi hou i runga i tōu whenua. Tuatahitia, e kore nei koe e whiwhi ana i ngā wā me ngā moni mō te tiaki i a ia. Ki te iti rawa atu te moni, ka taea e koe te whakamahi i aua moni mō ngā mahi whānau nui. Kei reira hoki tō mahi ki te āwhina i te taiao, e rahi ana. Kore rawa te marae uwhi hou i te hiahia ki ngā rongoā whakararu me ngā pūngao hē i te kitea pai, nō reira ka ora ai koe i te āwhina i tōna whenua ki te kitea māori me te kahurangi. Ko te marae uwhi hokohoko he mea e pai ana mō ngā manu kararehe, ko te kino hoki e taea ana te whai wāhi i ngā pūtake me ngā pūhuanga, nō reira ka āhei ai ō hoa e whā rere ana, e kawe ana i ngā kawe, me te nui o te mīharo ki reira, kāore i te whakarite i te uwhi.
Te whakaahua i hangaia hei onehunga rākau nui noa te maha o ngā kaitiaki e hiahia ana ki te kite. Ka tukua mai e tātou he whenua uwhi i runga i ngā momo uwhi manu, ka whakamana i a koe te whakaahua me te whakapakari o te onehunga rākau matua, engari kei te iti noa iho ngā mahi. Ahakoa ko tō hiahia he onehunga rākau mo ngā tamariki kia māuiui rānei, he onehunga hei whakangungu huihuinga rānei me ngā mahi whānau, ko te uwhi manu he pai rawa. Ka āhei koe ki te hanga i tētahi wāhi whakanuia me te whakatū pūmanawa mō ngā hoa me ngā whānau. Whaiho i muri i ngā waewae kino me ngā onehunga mate, pango, ka karanga mai tētahi wāhi nui e āhei nei ki tō whare ki te whakatūreretanga i ngā taha o te kāinga.