Kōmu tēnei he tākaro i aroha ai ngā tangata o te ao katoa. Kei arohatia e ngā tamariki, e ngā rangatahi, me ngā pakeke kia whawhai i te kōmu tēnei me ō rātou hoa, ki te wā ka whai wāhi i te pākihi, ki te wā hoki ka whai wāhi i ngā toa ā-motu me ngā takitahi. I te ao o te kōmu tēnei, he mea nui rawa atu ka puta i muri i tēnei wā: te hunga whenua kōmu tēnei e hono ana. Nā ēnei whenua ā-hono nei ka hurihia ngā hiahia mō tētahi, ka tukuna anō hoki he nui o ngā painga ki ngā kaitākaro. No reira, tēnā kitea ihe i te take ihea nei ngā whenua kōmu tēnei e āhei ana ki te hono, me pēhea tonu te nui o te nohoanga! Ka nui ake te pupuri i runga i ngā whenua kōmu tēnei i ngā tau katoa o muri mai. Ki te kīhai i hangaia i runga i ngā matawhero whenua nui, ka hanga ngā whenua nei i runga i ngā raupapa whitiwhiti kōrero e huihui ana , e pānui tonu ki ngā para tūmahi. Ko tēnei hanga hei whiwhi i te mea koe ka whakapuakina mai te kōhanga, ka hurihia he wā kia whakatutukina ki runga i te wāhi e pānuitia nei e koe. Ko tēnei ka mahi haere āwhina ki te tika me te waho, mēnā ka riro he taonga e pūtake ana, ka ea. Ka hoki ake ngā kaiwhawhai ki te whawhai i te hī reka, kaore i te nuinga o ngā wā.
Te korenga o te rākau whutuporo, āe e tuhituhi ana kei te whakarerekē i te āheinga mā tātou ki te kīanga o tēnei kīanga i ngā momo pai ake. Ko te nui rawa atu o ngā paepae nei ko te mea kaore i te mōhio ki te whakapau whenua, nā reira he pai ake i te tahuhu whenua matihiko iti. E hika ana i tērā ka piki, ka haere, ka noho mai, kaore i whakawāhi i a rātou tinana. Nā tēnā, ka pakaru ake i te itinga o ngā kaiwhakaako e noho ana i runga i te marae. Tētahi atoa anō kei te mahi i runga i ngā paepae herehere, he mea hanga i ngā rarangi kowhatu kē. Ka taea e ngā kaiwhakaako kē te whiriwhiria i ngā wā kē mo ngā kowhatu me te hanga i ō rātou rarangi e kitea ai i a rātou āhua ranei, ko te wairua o te kapa. Ka taea hoki rātou whakapā i te tohu kapa rānei, ko ngā tohu mō ngā kaiwhakarato rānei ki runga i te marae. Kāore i te mea inoi noa iho tēnei marae, engari ka tae atu ki te whakahau / whakataki i te kīanga!
Ngā āhuatanga whakapiri rite ki te kōrero mō ngā tūranga whiti rākau e haea ana he whakaeke pai utu hoki. Nō reira, nā runga i te mea e waihanga nei ngā papa hei whakakapi, ka taea te whakarite i ngā kōti ki mua i te mahi hanga utu nui. Ko tēnā e tika ana mo ngā kura, ngā marae ā-hapori, me ērā atu rōpū e hiahia ana ki te whakauru i tētahi kōti whiti rākau ki ō rātou wharehape, engari kāore i te whakamahara i te pūtake moni.
Te hikiwhenua pukupuku whakawhiti i te raupapa whitiwhiti kōrero e huihui ana he mea nui rawa atu mo ngā kōti whakapiri rite. Ka taea te hanga i ēnei kōti i runga i tētahi wāhi taupaepae iti noa, ina concrete, asphalt rānei, he rīwai rānei. Ko tēnā ka taea e ngā kaitakiwhatiwhati whiti rākau e haere ana ki te kēmu o te whiti rākau i runga i tētahi wāhi iti noa! Ki roto i te marae, ki roto i te oneone, ki roto i te pātaka — ko ngā pūnaha katoa e kitea nei.
I nōnō ki ngā rā o nāianei, ko ngā marae pākihi whiti kōrero e tūhono ana i waenganui i ngā momo matāpuke me ngā tae katoa, whakarite i ngā hiahia mō ia hanga o te hunga taioho. Hei reira hoki ngā matawhaki āhuatanga e taea ana te whakamahere i ngā momo whakapakari motuwehe e waihanga ana i te itinga i runga i ngā kēmu. Ki te kitea ngā whakawhitinga me ngā whakangungu i roto i te hoahoa me ngā matāpuke, ka noho ake ngā marae tūhono hei whakamātau tonu i ngā tau e heke nei.