Kei te hiahia koe ki te whakatūria i tō wāhi āuhi iti hei wā kaiako, pai rawa atu? Ki te āhei, he pai rawa te marae huarahi! I tērā i tīmata koe ki te whakatūria i tō marae huarahi i roto i tō marae kē ki te whakatūria i tētahi wā pai, iti noa ngā mahi tirotiro. Nō reira — he whanonga pai rawa te marae huarahi, he pai rawa mō ngā wāhi pouaka iti, ngā poraka, rānei mō ngā wāhi āuhi iti kei runga i a koe. He nui ngā pai o reretawhiwhia nā reira e tika ana mō ngā wāhi iti. He mea nui kei te whai, kāore ia i te hiahia ki te tirotiro. Ki runga i te reretū ake, ka hē kētia te wai, te tohu, me te kaiwhakahaere hei whakatipu i te reretū, kāore i te hanga o tēnei mahinga mō te reretū pūmau. Ko tēnei he pai mō ngā whānau rerekē ranei, ā, he tangata e kore ana i te wā, he kore hoki i te utu hei whakahaere i tētahi marae pūmau. E kore e kitea nei te mahi whenua tonu i te wiki, ēngari ko te marae kīwaha, kīwahi noa.
Kāore anō he whakaatu, reretū huarere mō ngā kuri kāo e whero ana ānō i te wā e pūmau ana ki te maha o ngā tūtohu! He mea nui, he mea nui hoki i te ua, i te kīwhiri rānei, he mea e pai ai tōu one matihiko ki te whakamau i tana whero me te whakaawe. E noho nei tātou ki te whai i tētahi wāhi maunga hoki i aua tau herehere, kāore i te hiahia ki te whakarite i ngā wāhi kore wai, ngā pepeke ngenge rānei, rānei ngā wāhi paru kino i muri i te ua. Kei te whai tonu te one matihiko i tana mana whakatika me te whakapae i te maha o ngā waewae nui, nā reira he pai rawa mō ngā one iti nei, kei reira ngā wāhi mahi e tino iti ana. Ka taea e te one matihiko e whakahono atu ana ki te pai me te whakamahi hei whakapai hoki i ngā wāhi iti o waho. Mō te whai i tētahi huarere pai i runga i tō one matihiko, tērā pea ka whakaaro koe ki te whakauru mai i ētahi plana pūtoto, ngā kawa whakaruru, me ngā momo whakahirahira. Whakapai i te Wairua me te Whero i runga i ō Puna Kura me ngā herenga rānei, ngā kura kura, ngā kete kura. He mea whakaruru hoki tētahi kawa o waho hei noho me te rongoā i ngā rā kīwhiri.
Kei te pai rawa te one matihiko hei whakamahi mō ngā one iti. matapihi ngahere uwhi ka taea te whiwhi i te whenua iti ki te rahi ake me te noho haumaru tonu, i te kiko o te whakaatu i te wāhi otaota e rahi ake ana. Ko tēnei he pai tōnui mō ēnei e hiahia ana ki te whakaritea i ia kotahi huatahi. He mea nui kevai hoki hei whakauru i ngā wāhi motunga e kitea nei he konetihi rānei, he kereme rānei. Me whakamahia te marae kevai hei whakauru i ētahi oneone kakariki ki tōu whenua, kia pāngia ai koe i te manaaki i tērā.
rerenga putu mō ngā wāhi marae me whakamahia anō hoki hei whakatutuki i ngā wāhi kararehe iti me ngā paepae. Ka whakaae mai tēnei kia taea e koe te whakatū i tēnei i runga i ngā paepae rānei, i ngā papa iti rānei, kia whakawhiti i te wāhi he wāhi noho waho rangiruatia moe hoki. Ka whakamahia anō hoki te marae kevai hei hanga wāhi pūtahi kevai iti rānei, he wāhi whakaaetanga noa iho mō ngā tamariki kia whakanui, kia whakapakari i tō wāhi waho iti. Whakaaro atu ki te whakamātau i tō puti rānei, ki te kite i tō tamariki whakanui ki te kore one rānei, ki te kore piha!
Te karo i te marae huarahi e pā ana ki tōu wāhi āuhi kei raro i te rangi ka hiahia koe ki te whakatūria i tētahi otinga iti, e pai ai, e whai hua ai. He iti noa ngā mahi tirotiro mō te marae huarahi, me whiwhi koe i te wā e noho ana i tō wāhi āuhi, iti noa ngā wā e whakaaro ana i te tirotiro i a ia. whiti hokihoki ka whakatupu i tētahi wāhi kowhatu me te kahurangi e whakapai ana i te pai me te kaha o tō whare.