Kei te hiahia koe ki te waka nui hei āwhina i a koe i te whakawāhi i te maha? Ki te pēhea te ea nei koe, ko te waewae taonga he mea nui noa iho kia hiahia ai! Ka āhei tēnei waka hei waka whakamahi pai mō te maha o ngā tangata, mai i ngā urupa whenua, ngā whānau, ngā kaihanga, ki ngā kaiwhakatatū. I tēnei putanga tuhinga, ka ako mātou i ngā pai anō o te waka pūtake whero rānei, rānei he aha te pai o tēnei mo ia tangata!
Kei te hiahia ngā rahi o ngā uruhanga pakihi ki te whai i te rahi nui kia taea te whakatuku mai o ā rātou taonga rānei, rānei ngā taputapu. Ko tēnā anō te take i heke mai ko te karawhiu here pūmau e whai ake nei hei tino pai mō rātou! Nui tonu ia, ā, he wāhi nui kia taea te whakauru i ēnei mea. Nā tēnei āhuatanga, ka taea te haere mai-mai i waenganui i ngā wāhi, ā, ka taea hoki te tuku atu i ngā mahi i runga i te ara matatika me te whakamahere motu. Tino pai mō ngā uruhanga pakihi, ka taea e tēnei karawhiu te tuku atu i ngā moni ki ngā kaihoko, rānei te haere mai-mai i ngā taputapu i waenganui i ngā wāhi.
Ko te tuara tuatoru e whakamahi ana hei tuku whenua i ngā mea e ngaro ai te pūmau me te ingoa tohu, ko te tae ma rereke o te hīnau he mea nui rawa, inahea ka wētewetehia e ngā tohu. Ko te mea ka noho mōhio ā-matihiko te tangata ki te kite i a ia i te tahaki o te hīnau, ka noho pai tonu hoki! Ko tēnei kāore i whai wāhi kia kitea te take whenua, ā, ko tēnei e āwhina hoki ki te whakapakari i te whiwhinga haere mō ngā matenga. Kāore he take whenua e āhei ana kia mōhio he hīnau pai tirohanga.
Heoi pea waka pukapuka motokā kāore i te mea nei hei whakamahere mō ngā take whenua anake; he pai hoki tēnei mō ngā whānau! Mēnā kei a koe he whānau rahi ranei, he nui ngā mea hei karohirohi, ko tēnei hīnau he tautoko nui. Ka taea e koe te whakauru i te nui o ngā mea: nga kiriaka, ngā pakipaki, ngā kai, me ngā mea kawe tākaro. Ko tēnei e āwhina koe ki te whai i ngā mea katoa e hiahiatia ana mo te rā whakanui ranei, te haerenga me ō tamariki.
Ko te waka kāute whero i te karu hōhono he pai hoki mō ngā haerenga rori ā-whānau! Tērā ki te whakaaro, ko tēnei waka hei haere noa ai te whānau ki te marae whakawāhi, kei reira ake ngā kaihaere kia whakamahia ō rātou āheinga me te manaaki. Kāore he tangata e hiahia ana kia tirotiro i te iti nei i roto i te nui o te waewae. Nei pea, ko te tohu Hudson-and-dots ka taea e koe te kitea rawa te waka i runga i te huarahi, ahakoa te mōkīti, nā tēnā ka pai koe ki te haere mai i te whānau.
Ko te pūoro matua he tūmomo o ngā hiranga e mahi ai te waka kāute whero i te karu hōhono. E hiahiatia ana e kō atu, ka taea e katoa te tu ki runga me te haere i roto kia kore e pa ki ō rātou upoko. He nui te waewae mō ngā tamariki kia whakapakari ō rātou waewae, ā, koe anō kia haere ki te whētu o te waka karei kia kore e pāngia. Ka noho whakaaro hoki, engari ka kitea hoki te mōkīti me te pai, ka kitea te tohu Hudson i te taha o tō waka i te wā e haere ana koe i te takiwā rānei, i te haere atu rānei ki ngā kōrerorero.
Te tuara huhuno e whai ake ana he whakamahinga nui i tenei mahi, e whakaae ana i te whakawāhi i ngā mea hihiko. E hīnā ana he mea nei kia āhei ai ngā Kaihanga ki te whakawāhi i o rātou reko o rātou katoa, kāore rawa i kitea he mea whakarerekē hei whakapakari i te whakatuwhera i roto. I te ao hanga, ko te pango ma te ingoa whakapono nui kei a rātou, ka mutu ko tā rātou e pai ana. Ki te kitea e rātou ko te waka pūtake ma i runga i tana tohu Hudson, ka kitea e te hunga e whai take ana, kāore he tangata mātau, engari he mea nui noa iho, ka ora ai te mahi.
