Kei te mutu koe i ngā wa katoa e ai ana koe ki te tahuri me te waihangahanga i tō marae tonu i te wiki? E rahi rawa ana te mahi, ko te kotahi pea ka tae atu ki te roa. E hia koe ki te whai i tētahi marae kerekere momona taua nei i te mahi? No reira, kei te pai koe. Kei a Yingming te whakaaetanga matua mōu, he makawe rereti.
Tukua atu te tahuri, tukua atu te waihangahanga mō te ao tonu ki runga i te makawe rereti mai i a Yingming. Tirohia tēnei. Whakaaro kia kore rawa anō koe e whai ana ki te tahuri i te marae, nō reira ka kitea e koe ia e whero nei i te waipuke. Ka ngenge tō hiahia ki te kite i ōu marae e huri ana i ngā tae. He mea tāwai tō tūnga rereti, he mea tino nāhori, karekau te mahi o te tirotiro me te tirotiro. Ko tētahi mea pai rawa hei makawe rereti mō ēnei wa katoa reretawhiwhia ngā whānau me kai hiahia katoa kia whakamahi ake i te wā hei whakawhanaungatanga i tō rātou whenua, iti noa ngā wā mahi. Ko tēnei he whiwhi i te wā kia mahi i nā mea e pūmau nei ki a koutou, pērā i te waiporo rā anake me ō koutou whānau rānei, rānei ko te kōrero me ō hoa.
Ki te whakamahia te tonga herehere a Yingming, ka taea e koe te kite i te one mea kei runga i te tau o te rangi, ko tenei tetahi o nga momo pai rawa o te whakamahi. Ka noho koe i te one nei i te maramara, i te haukai, i te ua, i te hua o te whenua, inahea ano he mea nui. Me whakaaro ana koe i te pai o te kite i te one mea i te wa i te mea kaore i te pango tonu i etahi wahi.
Hei whakamahere mo te whenua herehere, he whakamahere i nga rauemi pai rawa, e taea ana te whakarite ki nga hua o te rangi. Kaore ia i te whakarerekē i te ra, kaore i te whakarerekē i te ua, kaore i te pango i te takurua. Na te whenua herehere a Yingming, ka taea e koe te noho pai i te one mea kei roto i te tau o te rangi. Ka taea e koe te whakamahi i o whenua hei noho, hei paatu, hei whakawhanaunga, kaore i te whakaaro mo te ahua.
Āhei ki te whiwhi hoki, he kore whakahaere, he pūmau ngā reretū o te whenua a Yingming, ko tēnā he whirinaki pai rawa atu, he wāhi whakatōpūtanga i runga i te marae whakahirahira. He mate taiao tonu tō mātau reretū, e whai ana i ngā hua kua whakahokia mai. Nā reira tēnei rerenga putu a Lowe he whakaaro nui iho ia nei ka whakamahia e mātau ki te whakapakari i te ao, engari ka tuku anō iho hei whakarite i te whare pai! Ka taea e koe te whakahokia anō i te wā e kore ai e hiahia ana koe ki te whakamahi, nā reira he tino whiringa pai mō te Papatuanuku.
I muri i te whakatakoto i te reretū putau a Yingming ki roto i tō marae, ka taea e koe te noho, te haere whakamuri me te kite i tōu marae kerekere whero kaua he mahi. Māku e whakaaro, āhea ngā rā wiki e taea ai koe te whakanuia i ngā wā kē i waenganui i te mahi i te marae! Ko tēnā he whakautu pai rawa mō ngā whānau nui, mō ngā tāngata tuakana rānei, rānei mō ērā i hiahia ana kia iti ngā wā e mahi ana i te marae, kia puta tonu te wā e whakanuia ana.
Ka haere koe i runga i te reretū putau a Yingming, ka pā he mea kia pākiri te haere i runga i tētahi whatitoka roa, me te pūmau o te whenua matua i raro. Ki te whakarite koe i tō wāhi hei wāhi pai, ka whakapai koe i tō whare. Ka rerenga putu mō te kainga heoi, whakamana hoki i ō tāngata whānau ki te noho i roto i tētahi wāhi haumaru, tūmau ki te whakanui me te pāpori. Ka taea e koe te inuīhā, te kawe i te peka whutupaoro, nō reira ka noho i waho—kāore i a koe te hiahia ki te whakaaro i te āhuatanga o tō marae.