Ko Yingming he tino whakaaetanga mō koutou katoa e hiahia ana ki tētahi mara pai anō me te iti noa iho i te tiaki — ko te tūpito whakaputu whenua matua! Yingming whakatakoto rāngaranga he mea mīharo nui te mahi, he tohu whakatutuki i te whenua, e āwhina ana ngā whānau kia tiakina he wāhi tūrua pai ki te kitea, ki te kore e hiahia ana ki te tahutahu heruheru o te marae tūrua rānei, ki te kore hoki e hokohoko atu ana i te maha mahi hei whakapai i te wāhi kākano. Koirā, tēnā whakamōhio atu ki ngā pūtake nui e āhei ana te tūrua hokohoko ki roto i tō māra, me ēhea hoki ko tēnā he tino whakaae mōu!
Mō ēnei e hiahia ana ki tētahi marae kākāriki, pai rawa atu i te mīhini whānui, he tūtohu nui te rauwhenua pūmau. E kore e hiahia koe ki te whakawehi, te tohe, te whakamahinga i te uku. Inā heitiki nei, ka ora ai ngā wā kia tiaki i te whenua! He mea nui anō hoki te rauwhenua pūmau, e āhei ana ki te whakamana i te nui o ngā waewae, ko tēnā he pai rawa māua i a koutou tamariki rānei, ngā manu rānei e haere ana ki runga i a ia. He pai hoki tērā ki te whakatika i ngā huringa hāpori! Inā heitiki nei, ka whai koe i tētahi whenua pai 12 marama o te tau, kāore i ngā wāhi kore whenua rānei, ngā poaka kāwhawe.
Te mea nui o te whenua whakaputau he kēhua, ko tēnā kaore i te hiahia mō ngā mahi whakanatanga pērā i te heru. I te wā e whakauru ana te whenua whakaputau kēhua, ka taea e ia ki te āhei ki te heru, ko te tae kākāriki me te matawhaiaro māku, māku. Ka noho tō tāwāhi kotahi tonu hei whakariterite i te pai, ki te kore e hiahia koe ki te tahū i te wiki nei, e rereke ana te mahi nui, ā, kaore he tapa heru e whakamātau ai i te taha o tō tāwāhi. Hoki hākuina, ka noho te pūtake kēhua i te manaheke rite i runga i ngā marama katoa, ahakoa te marama e kitea ana keekeenaku. Ki te whakauru mai i Yingming paetara taro hokohoko tuku atu, ka whiwhi koe i tētahi tāwāhi pai karekau te mahi o te tahū me te tiaki i te heru.
Nō te tika, me te whenua hāngai e Yingming nei ka tae mai te wā moe ki te whiwhinga whenua kāore i whakaaetia e kei hea: he kowhatu māwhero e kore e taea te whakahauhau tonu rānei ko te wai, nēi rānei te pūtake. Kua hanga te whenua hāngai hei whakaawe i te āhuatanga me te whakamahia hei whenua tēnā, me te whakapakari i tō koutou paepae e māhea ana i a ia, ahakoa kāore i ngā mahi wai, ahakoa ngā rā tuararo me ngā rā kaukahi. Ko tētahi o ngā paihere nui o Yingming marae niho whenua waho he mea hoki tēnā i te ao! Kāore i te hiahia i ngā pūtaiao mate me ngā momo rongoā mate kia pai ai tana āhua, nā reira he haumaru ake mō tō koutou whānau me ō koutou manu kararehe. Enei ēnei paihere nui o te whenua hāngai e Yingming, ka taea e koe te whiwhi i tētahi paepae e pai ana, karekau i ngā mahi nui e hoko ana i te whenua matua.
Te mara tūpito whakaputu he tino whakaaro pai me te mōhio ki te wā kē i te mara nēhi matua, e kore e hiahiatia te whakamahi ō i te wai, te pūhanga rānei ki te waenganui o te kōrero mō te whakarite i te kahurangi me te ora. Ko te tūpito whakaputu whenua a Yingming i whakatauhia mai i ngā rauemi tūnui e hangaia nei hei whakatika i ngā tau. Ko tēnei e tiaki i te moni i runga i te tiaki mara i te wā e whai ake nei: kaore koe e hiahia ana ki te whakawhiti moni mo te tiaki! Yingming rereta hou rereta uaua he tino whakaaro pai mo koe i te angitū ki tētahi whakaaturanga pai anō me te whakaaro pai mo tōu paepae.