Ā, ko te whenua tākaro he wāhi i tae ai te kai tākaro golf i tana tākaro putting. Nā ēnei wāhi āhuatika e mahi ai ngā kai tākaro golf i tana tino tino i te whakauru i te pōro ki roto i te rua. Engari, kāore i a koutou e mohio ana, kāore ngā whenua tākaro katoa i hangaia i te makawe tūtonu? Ka kite ai koe i te makawe whakaputa, e rite ana ki te makawe tūtonu, he whiringa nui mō ngā whenua tākaro. I tēnei tuhinga, tērā ka whakatau tātou i te mea e pai ana rānei te whakamahi i te makawe whakaputa i roto i tō koutou marae, me pēhea te whakamahi. reretawhiwhia he whiringa nui. Ko te whakautu e whai ake nei i a koe e hiahiatia ana, e hiahiatia ana. Me whakaaro koe i ngā pai me ngā kino o te makawe whakaputa i mua i te whakatau tuatahi. Kei te pai te whakaaro i ngā pai me ngā kino hei kite i te mea e pai ana mōu.
Kei te mutunga pai rawa he mea kei runga i te turu whakaputu ko tana kirota nui. Kaore koe e hiahia ana ki te whakaaro i nga whenua e whakaiti nei, ko nga wāhi ka noho whero, e āhei ana ki te hanga mai i te tonga, ka hanga ai te putu. Kei te pai tonu te turu hokorari, kei te pai tonu te kitea. He momo pai rawa he mea, ko te reremarae reretawhiwhia he mea iti noa iho te whakangungu. Kaore he hiahia ki te whakawai ki te whenua rānei, pērā i te reretū ake, e toro tonu ana te wā me te mākū. Heoi anō, me whakaaro nui hoki ko te momo reretū e kaha rawa atu i te utu tuatahi o te reretū ake. Ko tēnā kaore he mamae mo ētahi tangata. Kaore hoki te reretū ake i te pai rawa te mahara i raro i te reretū matua, e whakaaro ana ētahi kaiwhakaako golfa.
Ki te kī ai koe ki te whakatūreretū ake hei whenua mōu, e hanganga nui ana kia whiriwhiria e koe te mutunga pai i runga i ōu hiahia. Whakapiki reretū matua me te pai o te kanohi me te kanorau, whakauru mai i ngā rauemi pai. Ko tēnā ka kitea ai ki roto i tōu marae. Te rerenga wera iti whenua me te kaha rawa ki te tirotiro i te maha o te whakamahi kia kore e pēhia. Hei tāpiri hoki, whakarite reretū matua me ngā uara rerekē. Ko tēnā e awhina ana kia pai rawa te mahara i raro i te reretū matua i te wa e haere ana koe i runga ia rānei, i te wa e whakamahi ana koe i te whakatikatika.
He tino pai rawa te paanga nui o te rerenga puti hou he whakamahere i te waa. He nui ake te utu o te rerenga hou i te wa tuatahi, engari ka whakaorangia koe i te waa e piki ana, ina kaore koe e hiahia ana ki te utu mo te whakawehi, te kotahi whenua, na te mea kaore he hauwhenua hei tiaki i a ia. Ko tenei ka whai noatia he momo whakamahere pai mo nga tangata e hiahia ana ki te whakaora moni i te waa roa. Anei, rerenga putu a Lowe he iti noa iho ngā mahi tiaki, ka whai koe i te wa e paunuhia ai to poutokomanawa puti, kaore i te wa e hanga ai to whenua. Ko tenei he whakaaro he wa e whai koe i te mahi i to whakaputu, kaore i te whakaaro i te tiaki i to whenua.
Ki tetahi huarua ki te huanui, ka whai koe i te wahi kowhatu matekura ahurea hoki i runga i te rerenga puti hou i te tau katoa! Kaore ratau i te hikoi wai, kaore ratau i te miringa ki te whero, kaore hoki ratau i te horahora motu i te ua. Ka taea e koe te whakapapa i to puti i a koe e hiahia ana, ahakoa i te ua te rangi! Ko te whiti hokihoki he mea hoki e whiwhi ana i te tahutahu ā-pōneke o te wai, e kore ngā pūkeke kia whakatupu i runga i tō koutou whenua tākaro. He mea nui tēnei i te wā o ngā ua, nā tēnā ka ea koe ki te hoki mai ki te whakawhitiwhiti kauwhau paku mō te wā.