He whakaaro nui mo te nuinga o matou he marae kahurangi. Ka taea e tetahi marae pai nei te whakapai i te iti me te whakaaweawe o tetahi whare. Ka taea e au te tiaki i oku rau maire hei mate, engari ka nui te wa me te utu hei whakamahia. Me whakawehi ia, me mowing ia, ko te waa hoki hei whakatika i nga rongoa me nga pesticide hei noho pai tonu. Koinei te take i te pai rawa he whenua uwha matua mai i Yingming mo te hunga katoa e hiahia ana ki te kite i te nui o tetahi peka whenua pai, engari kore rawa i te mahi nui.
Ki te hiahia koe ki te kite i tetahi marae pai, he wero kore, he wero iti noa rerenga whenua whakaputu hei whakatau. Ki te whakamahia te rau uwha matua, kaore koe e hiahia ana ki te mowing i te rau maire i te wiki, ki te hikoi i tetahi waewae roa ki runga i to whenua hei whakawehi i a ia. Kaore hoki koe e hiahia ana ki te mahi i nga rongoa ranei, ki nga pere pere me nga ngarara, e taea ana te panga ki to peka whenua. Na reira ka whai koe i te wa i te haere haere me te whakarei i to peka whenua me to whanau me to hoa, inaianei kaore i te mahi nui ki te tiaki i a ia.
He pai ake hoki te whakarongoa whenua whakamahana i waenganui i te marae whakatipuritanga mo te taiao i runga i te marae tipu ao. Mea atu, e hia ngā wā e hiahia ana te marae tipu ao ki ngā rongoa pūngao me ngā rongoa hanga whenua e taea ai te kaiwhakarite i te whenua me te wai. E āhei nei ngā rongoa nei ki te whakaputu hei mate i ngā tipu, ngā kararehe, ā, he mea nui hoki ngā tangata. Ki te wero atu ki te whakarongoa whenua hanga whenua, kāore i te hia ngā rerekē o enei rongoa. He iti noa iho hoki te wai i tino whai koe ki te whakatakoto i te kōwhaiwhai o te marae.
Ki te kōrero, ko te pai rawa o te whakarongoa whenua hanga whenua he kore tonu koe e hiahia ana ki te tahua rānei, ki te whakawehi i te wai i runga i to marae! Ka kitea he mutunga ki te whakamahi i ngā rā o te mahana ki te whakaputa i te wehenga mowing rānei, ki te kawe i te pipe mō te wai i te marae. Ki te whakarongoa whenua hanga whenua a Yingming, ka āhei koe ki te whakahaere i tōu marae matihiko me te iti rawa ēnei mahi. Ko tēnei he mea hoki kia whai wā koe ki te whakaaro i tōu marae nui rawa, inā kē kia kīhai koe i te whakaaro i ngā mahi.
Kei te tū tonu i te whakapākeha, ka māwhero ngā heru tahuri whenua i te waenganui o ngā huringa huarere, engari ka noho kē ai te marae heru matihiko a Yingming, ka pango me te kino ora i roto i ngā marama katoa. I te takurua rānei, i te ngahuru rānei, i te kīwaha nui rānei ki te wera rānei, ka pai tonu te āhua o tō heru matihiko. Ki te ita nei, ka pai tonu, e taea ana e koe rereta hou rereta uaua kia noho pai tō marae, ahakoa te kaipakihi—mai i ngā kōwhaiwhai kaiwhakatō i te kōanga ki ngā rau whakarite o te ngahuru.
Ko te marae heru matihiko kei tō whare i hanga i te whakaaweawe mai i Yingming Marae Whakamahinga hei whakamana me te tū tonu, ināianei ka pai koe ki te mohio i te whakaae pai i te whakangungu. Ka taea e ia te whakatūpato i runga i ngā waewae nui o ngā tamariki e whakanui ana, ko ngā manu kararehe hoki e haere ana, kaore he wareware i te huringa huarere. Ahakoa, ka noho heru matihiko he tino wāhia me te tino wātea te whakatū, ināianei ka whakamanahia e koe tō marae hou i mua i te mutunga. Ahakoa, kaore i rohirihi ngā pūtake!