Ka whakaaro koe i te haere i runga i tētahi karetā kowhatu kea whenu i te wā e karo ake ana koe i runga i tētahi māra rākau hou. Heoi, kāore ēnei māra he māra huihuinga, engari he take nui noa rāngai e hiahia ana ki te whakamahi i aua māra mo ngā kīanga whutupō. Haere atu mai ki a mātau ki te whakamātau i ngā paunga nui o ngā māra rākau hou mō ngā karo me ngā manukura rite tonu.
Karo i runga i tētahi papa whare poi mā te korero nā Yingming, he nui te paunga i tēnei, no lā te whakatō whenua hokohoko e whai ake nei i te tonga. E hika ana tēnei he mea nui, inā ka noho koutou i runga i tētahi māra ki te paihere, ka mutu ko te momo utu e pai ai. Kaore he mea nui te pūtake o te whenua hei whakapai i te wai, ā, ka whiwhi mai i te wai e tiaki ana i te taiao. He pai rawa te whakamahere i te wai hei whakaiti i ngā whatunga, ā, he mea nui te wai hei tiaki i te papatūānuku.
Ko te whenua whakamarumaru he wā kia pai rawa te kī tēnei ko tētahi pūtake hoki. Ko te whenua me ona rau e maha nei he pai noa iho ki te whai i te mea pai, kaore i te whanake i ngā āheinga. E taea ana e ngā kaiwhawhai kia whai i te mea iti ake i te whakamahi i te whenua whakamarumaru. Kaore te whenua whakamarumaru i te mea nui ai i te whenua toto, kaore he korenga. Ki te ua, ka taea e ngā kaiwhawhai te whai i te mea pai, kaore i te whakapae i te korenga. Ko tenei ka taea e te kī te haere tonu mai i te mea pai o te rangi.
He māngere parquet pūkorero whare hei whakahōhonutanga me te whakawhanangatanga i runga i te wa mo te whakarite i tana kanohi me te whakatakoto i te whakaaetanga o te whenua mo te whawhai. Ko tenei kanohi ka whakapai i te rerenga o te whenua, ka noho pai, ka noho tika. I waenganui atu, ka hiahia ano hoki ki te whakawhiti i te kaupeka rautaki ki te whakariterite i te whenua hei whakarite i te mea pai me te whakapai. Kei a koutou te hiahia ki te whakariterite i te whenua i te mea pai, kaore i te whakapae i te whenua.
He aha te take, e whiwhi ana ngā māra hīkoi i te whakaaetanga mō ngā marae rānaki hei whakamahere i te itinga o te mahi whakahaere i runga i ngā whenua toto. Kua whakamahi hoki i ngā whakawhiti hau ki te whakarongo i ngā mata o ngā māra hīkoi hei tautohu i te kuhu herehere. Kia nui te noho me te haumaru mō te kēia ki te whai i ēnei māra. Ki te pai koe i a koe i runga i te marae whetū māra, ka pai ake te whai i te mahi me te waiata.
Ka hanga te kawe i runga i tētahi māra hīkoi Yingming he kawe hīkoi ki te whakatū mai i tētahi kēmu ki te ara ki te toru, me te kēmu pai ake mō ngā kēia me ngā manukura whakamārama. Ko te mata horoi o te māra kei reira hei whakaae ki ngā kēia ki te whakamahi atu ki te piko me te whakaputa i te papa ki ngā hoa. Ki te mā te kākano o te māra, ka ea noa iho ki ngā kēia ki te kite i hea hoki e haere ana rātou i roto i tētahi nuinga. Ka whakaae kēia ki ngā kēia ki te whai i te mahi pai ki te kore raweke i te kuhu i te kore hararei.
Kua heke whakamahiti te whakapakari i te rākau hou tuatahi. Ki te nāianei, kua hanga ngā māra me ngā rauemi āhuarangi, pērā i ngā raupō me te karepe, e mahi ana hei whakamahere i te wawe ka tae ki te oneone matihaki. Ko tēnā e mahi ana hei whaka pai i te karo i runga i te rākau hou. Heoi anō ētahi māra o nāianei, e āhei ana ki ngā rangitaki whakareherehere i roto i te whenua hei whakangawha i te urupa i te wā e kitea ai te rā. Nō te mea nei ngā whakapakari katoa o ēnei rākau hou mā te whutupō, kua noho rātou hei whakanui mō ngā nuinga o ngā kīanga whutupō i runga i te ao.