He mīhini tahi o ngā marae pūtahi e mōhio nei ki ngā kaitāngi. Ko tēnei he marae pūtahi matū. Ahakoa ngā rawa whenua, pērā i te mānuka rānei ko te rerenga, e āhei ana kia whakamahia hei hanga i ngā marae whakarite, e hanga ngā marae matū i ngā rawa e kitea nei e ngā tangata. Kua whakaritea ngā rawa nei hei whakamana i a koe i runga i te hunga whakangungu. I tēnei tuhinga, ka mahi mātau hoki i ngā korero e pa ana ki te mea he aha te pai o te ngawhe i runga i te marae pūtahi matū, me pēhea ka whakamana ia ngā kaitāngi ki te whakapai i ō rātou pūmanawa, me pēhea te roa o tana noho, me pēhea te tino ahurei ki te marae pūnaha, ā, me pēhea ngā take tiaki whenua e hiahia ana mātau ki ngā marae nei.
He iti anō ngā painga e mohio nei koe i te wa koe e pakihi ana i runga i tētahi marae hīkoi whakapapa. Ki te tīmata, ka hiahia rawa ngā marae whakapapa ki te tirotiro, engari kaore i te nui ngā mahi whakahaere e hiahiatia nei i raro i ngā marae konua. Heoi, ngā marae konua whakamahinga hou hei hoko me te maha o ngā wai me te tirotiro hei whakamahana i a rātou kia noho i raro i tō rātou āhua. Engari, kaore ngā marae whakapapa i te hiahia ki te maha o ngā mahi whakahaere. E hīnākea ana tēnei kia mohio atu koe i te wa kia pai ai te whakawhitiwhiti, ā, he iti noa iho te wa kia mahara ki te whaimana i te marae kia noho i tōna āhua pai.
Tētahi atu mea pai nui mō ngā marae pūkana hōiho whakaputau ko te mea heoi ka tuku i te wānanga ki te kawe i te pai raweke. E hīnātko ana, e iti ana te mate o te kohere ā-waha i te wā e tākaro ana koe, ina koe kawhiwhi rānei, ara koe pūaruhe rānei. Ina koe tautohu rānei, ina koe whakamuri rānei i tō whiti, kāore i a koe te whakarite i te kohere ā-waha rānei, i te kohere ā-mata rānei, nā te mea ka hangaia te tuara o te marae whakaputau whakaputau hei whakarite i te pai o te haerenga herehere. Nā reira, kāore anō he iti te take o te pai, engari he nui te mārare, he nui hoki te whakahirahira!
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Kua hangaia ngā marae pūkana hōiho whakaputau i te hunga whatiwhati hei whakatū i te whānuitanga, hei whakatū hoki i te whenua kai tākaro. He nui tēnei, nā te mea ka taea e koe te whakarongo ki te mea ka mahi ngātahi te marae — ahakoa kei te rangaranga, kei te ua, kei te hara, rānei te hau. Ko tēnei ka whakamahia e koe ki te whakapai i ō mahi, me te whakangungu i tō kaihaka.
Te mahi o te pūkana māngai whakamaru hou i runga i te mata o tētahi marae pūnaha he pai ake. E hīmata ana koe i te pere i runga i te whakapono me te āhuatanga matika. Ka puta anō ngā rama whakaiti ki runga i ō hoa, ka mutu koe i te kīanga mō te wā e huringa ana, ka noho tonu te pere ki roto i te kīanga. Ko te hanga o te marae pūnaha whakarite i ngā pai ki runga i a koe hei whakangungu i te hunga rangatira pūnaha nui rawa atu.
Ko ngā marae pūnaha whakarite he iti noa iho o ngā momo marae pūnaha nui rawa atu. Ka riro ngā marae tawhito i te rākau me te reretahi, ka hiahia tonu ki te whakatika i te wā, ka hoki haere. Ka riro i te huarere, ka riro i te whakamahinga nui. Heoi, ko ngā marae whakarite, ka hanga hei whai mō ngā tau e huinga ana, me te iti noa iho te manaaki.
Ki te kikorangi koe i runga i tētahi marae whakarite i ia rā, ka kitea mai ai, ka mahi ai hei hou mō ngā tau e huinga ana. māra tākaro hangarua e hīnati ana he wā kia kaua e whakaaro nui ki te mea he aha te āhua o te marae pūtahi, nō te mea i roto i te whare koe e ngawhe ana. Kaore koe i te whakaae ki te tirotiro i te whakahaere, nā tēnei ka taea e koe te whakapakari i te wā e miharo ai koe i runga i te marae.