Ko te whakatakoto oneone matua he tohu iti noa iho hei whakanuia i te marae mua me te whakanui. Ki te iti nei, ka kaua e hokohoko i te marae, ā, ka āhei koe ki te neke i te one kowhatu mā roto i te tau. Ko te oneone matua he paerau aroha mō tōu marae; ka whakaora koe i tōu marae mua hei wāhanga whakamārama, ka taea e koe te noho me te whawhai ki reira ki te kore e whakaputu i te one wai rānei, ki te kore e whakawhanaunga atu rānei. Ka āhei koe ki te hanga i tētahi whakanui me ngā tae whakahī i runga i te oneone matua o Yingming.
He turangawaewae hokohoko te turangawaewae e taea ana e koe te whakariterite i te turangawaewae o mua me te iti atu nei i te mahi o te whakariterite o te marae me te heru aroha. E pai rawa kia kaua anō koe i te whakahoki i te pahi heru, nōhoatia rānei i ngā awatea tonu. reretū whakamarumaru ā-motu me ngā kuri whakariterite i te marae nui. Kei te whai wā koe ki te whakaaro hokohoko rānei, ko te paepae kahurangi e kitea nei, kaore i te hiahia nui ki te tirotiro, ko tō whenua e taea ana e koe te whakaatu i te hou, te mārama. Ko tēnei ka taea e koe te whakamahi i te wā noho tōnui ki te noho i runga i tō paepae, kaua hoki ki te mahi nui i roto!
Ko te hanga a Yingming he whenua whakamahue hei whakaatu me te whakamahi hei tirohanga i te rerenga me te mahara o te whenua matua, ā, kāore anō koe e mohio nei ki te rerekētanga. Ko te whero momori me te pai o te uaua, he nui ngā taonga o te pūtaiao hei whakapai i te kāinga. Mārire, ka noho kē i te whero me te pai i roto i ngā marama katoa, kia ora ai koe i te hanga o te marae whenua pai i waenganui i ngā tau tuawhiti katoa: te raumati, te hōngongoi, te makariri rānei, te takurua rānei.
He mea nui tēnā i runga i te whenua whakamahue, ko te iti noa iho ngā mahi tirotiro. Ki te pūmau, me te waiwhiwhia, me te tohu me te whakatika i ngā take whakariterite, kāore rawa he hiahia whakahaere mō te whenua whakamahue. I tēnei taha, māra pūkana whakamahue ka whiwhi koe i te iti rawa i ngā mahi marae weekly, me te nui rawa o te wā kia whakangungu ai koe i ngā mahi haere tonu me ō tāngata, me ō hoa. Tērā pea te whakaaro nui ki te pai o te hanga o tētahi māra pai hei paetanga mā ngā kīanga, hei kai moe rānei, hei whakangungu hoki i ngā wā e whakaritorito ana i te whānau.
Ko te makamaka a Yingming he whakahirahira anō hoki, nā tēnei e kore e hiahae. Ka āhei ia ki te whitiwhiti haerenga nui, ki ngā huarere kino i te ua nui rānei, ki ngā hau nui, ā, ki ngā taumaha a ngā kararehe hoki. Nā tēnei ka āhei koe ki te whakarongo i te one mea o tō marae kai tahi, kāore i te pūtētē i a ia. Ka āhei hoki koe ki te whakatūpato i ngā tamariki me ngā kararehe kia whakanuia, kāore i te noho pai mai i tō whenua, nā tēnei ka noho pai tonu.
He pai rawa hoki te whakatuwhera i tētahi tangata, ā, te whakapai i te āhua o tō whare, e whakarerekē ana i te marae kai tahi me te makamaka. He nui te wahanga e whakarerekē ana i te āhua o tō whare me tōna uara i te kotahi. Ki te whakamahi i te makamaka a Yingming, ka āhei koe ki te hanga i tētahi takutaku whakahuru, e whakamahia ana ki ngā tuakana me ngā kaiwaho. He mea whakahirahira rawa kia whakanuia ai tō whare, ā, kia puta i runga i a koe he wāriki mō te hunga e tae nei.
Ā, he mea nui hoki te makamaka, ko tāna he whakaiti i te ao. Kia pai whakariterite whenua whakairo ki te kore e hiahiatia ana ngā mea kino, pērā i ngā rongoā waiwai rānei, ka tiakina e koe te taiao matua, ā, ka tūtonu anō te marae oneone ki uta hei wāhanga rangatira mō ngā kararehe me ngā rerenga. Kāpō koe e mauhere ana i te wai i te whakaputu mai i te marae, he mea nui tēnā i ngā wāhi daki o te motu. Te karo i te oneone matua he karo nui ki te taiao.