Kei te kite koe i tētahi marae e pai ana i a koe i ia wā, e iti ana ngā tohu o te hunga e tahuri ana? He pai rawa rā! reretawhiwhia (he mea hoki e mohiotia ana hei ngaheretia rānei, heru pūngarongaro rānei) he whakamārama tēnei ki te marae nui nei. Te momo ngahere i tere mai i tēnei kaore he momo ngahere e ora ana; kua hangaia ki te whakaū i te āhua me te whakapakari i te ngahere normal. Ki te kore rawe, he nuinga o ngā pai o te ngahere pūngarongaro i runga i te whai i tētahi marae nui me te wā e iti ana kia whakatutuki.
Tētahi take nui i tīmata ai ngā tangata ki te whakamahi i te ngaru hōu ki runga i ō rātou whenua kia kore e tēnā he maha ngā mahi tirotiro. Ka kore te ngaru pūropihi e hiahia ana ki te kotahi, ki te wai, me te kai i runga anō ki te hoki ki te ora me te pai. Ko te mahi nei ka nui rawa te wā e ahu nei me te mōhiohio nui, inā ia atu ngā whānau whakatipu rānei, rānei ngā tangata e maha ngā kōrero i roto i ō rātou oranga pukupuku. Engari, reremarae reretawhiwhia ka noho kowhatu me te pai o te tau tonu ki runga i te whenua, karekau e hiahia ana ki te whakatikatika maha. He uiui nui koe ka kite i te pai o te whenua karekau e whai ana i ngā wā e taea ana te tirotiro me te moni e hiahiatia ana ki te tirotiro i tētahi. He kaitiaki rangatira tēnei mō ngā katoa e hiahia ana ki te pai o te whenua karekau te mahi nui.
Ki runga anō i tana itinga iti ki te tirotiro, whakatakoto heru whenua he maha atu ngā pai tōnui tuatahi kei a te tangata. He tino rangatira, he whai wawanga rawa ki te marae o te whenua nui. Koia nei ka whai wawanga noa ia ki te whakamana i te maha o ngā waewae e haere ana, koia nei ka tika tonu hei whakarite mo ngā wā hirahira e taea ana te hanga mai hei matae mo ngā tamariki, ā, mo ngā hui ā-motu me ngā kawekeke. Kaore koe e hiahia ana kia korerotia mai ki te kore e kitea ai i a rātou ka ea. Kāore hoki te marae pūngao i te haida i runga i ngā rongoā pūngao, i te rongoā whenua. Ko tēnei e tino whakaaro nei, nā te mea ka noho anō te haumaru mō ōu tamariki me ōu kararehe e hiahiatia ana ki te whakanuia i waho. Ka whakaiti ia te wai i hangaia e ia, nā te mea ka kore e taea te wai i te marae whenua. Ko te mea nei ka whakaiti i te wai, engari ka whakaiti hoki i ō uinga wai – ko te mea nui tēnei hei paunga mo ngā whareherehere nui.
Ki te whakamahia ngā huanga huararaki, ka taea e koe te whakaora i tō marae ki tētahi wāhi nui kei raro i tō whare, ā, ka taea anō e koe te whakatinana i te aroha. Ki te hiahia koe ki te whakatūhia he marae toitū mō tō peka tūroa rānei, ko tētahi wāhi kowhatu noa iho hei paetawhiti mō ngā tamariki kia māwhai, ka taea e te huararaki e whakamahia ana koe te kanohi me te ahua e hiahia ana koe ki, ki te kore e mahi rawa! He wāhi whakarerekau e pā ana ki tō whare i runga i ngā whanonga katoa. Nā te mea nei, ka pērā i tēnā e i hara i tō whare he rāwhiti whakairaira! Noaiho, rerenga wera iti whenua kei te wāhanga wehe te whakauru, ā, ka taea te whakauru ki runga i ētahi atu āhuatanga, pērā i te koneti, one, rānei i te paru. Ko tēnā whanonga pai anō hoki hei whakapai whenua mō ngā wāhi o waho katoa, inā he aha te āhua o tō whenua.
I te whakamutunga, he mea kore e taea te whakaora i te hā o te reretū ake, engari ko te maro reretū e pātata ana ki reira. Hei tēnei wā, he hanganga hou i ākina ai te maro reretū ki te kite me te whakamahia hei reretū ake mai i mua i aianei. Ka whakarongo koe ki te mea ka pōhara nei te pai o te tirohanga! Ko te maro reretū he whirinaki pai rawa mo te reretū ake, mai i te mea ka tahuri rereke i te hau, ki te pai o te whaiwhai maia i raro i ōu waewae. Ki runga i whiti hokihoki mai i Yingming ka whiwhi koe i ngā painga katoa o te whai i te oneone kakariki matāmua, ahakoa kāore i ngā mahi nui me te tirotiro e hiahiatia ana hei tirotiro mō te reretū ake.