Kei a koe i mōhio tonu ki tētahi pūtēte kawe rorohiko ? Ko tēnei he papa e hiahia ana tēnā nā tātou katoa kia kitea i runga i ngā oneone tai, he toru wheiwheia, kei te whakamahia he hiko! Kei te wehe tēnei waka i te mea tuatahi, kaore he papa tika nei he mea hoki kei te āhua o ēnei motokā. A pūtēte kawe rorohiko kea nui ake i te papa tika, nō maha ngā wā. Te matapae tino whakahirahira, ko ngā paunga nā.
I nāianei, te mea nui rawa o tētahi pūkōwhiti kawe taonga hikoī he mea e āwhina ana i te taiao ki te pai. Kāore te pūkōwhiti kawe taonga hikoī e hiahiatia ana i te nafta, hei whakawhiti i ngā hau o te rangi me ngā pūtake kaihāpai āwangawanga! He iti noa rā anō i tētahi motokā, kāore i te mohio he maha ngā wā e whakamahia ai te haere ki te whakarite pākihi. Nā tērā ka kore te tūhura motokā ki te maha, ko ngā ara he haumaru mō te katoa o ngā hoa huarahi.
He mea nui ano etahi atu o nga pai ki enei papaheke Hiko Waka Taonga na ko te mea nui kei a koutou! Ka taea e koutou te whakamahi i enei mahi tonu i te ao nei pērā i te haere kai kai, na te whenua. Tēnā whakaaro tonu ki te haere i runga i to peke mea kawe moe—hei hoa rōpū. Ki te he ake nga hoa me te whanau papaheke Hiko Waka Taonga ki te mea he waiora nui te whakaaro. He whiwhi koe i roto i ngā wāhi hou, āe, i runga hoki i tētahi wāhi iti noa. Ka nui ake te waihangatanga me te kawe rorohiko i te haere me ngā hoa.
He aha te take i te mea he mōhio nui ngā pūkaha eke? Kēkahia ana e te motokakahu i te waewae, ka noho koe i te haere me te kawe rorohiko i te motokakahu i te waewae, ka noho koe i te haere me te kawe rorohiko i te motokakahu i te waewae. Ka pai rawa te haere mō te motokakahu i te waewae, ka ea koe i te hau eka. Ko te mea hoki, ka kite koe i ngā taonga katoa i runga i te muri o te pūkaha! Ka taea e koe tēnā hei whakamahia mō ngā taonga whare, mai i ngā mea whare ki ngā pakiri nui, ko tētahi mea e mahaki nei i tētahi pūkaha nui. Ki te tika, ka kite koe i te hanga tuatahi o ngā mea e taea ana e te pūkaha kahui nei.
Kei te whakarerekē ngā pūtikitiki hiko i ā tātou whakaaro mō te haere i ēnei rā e nui ana. He whaihua nui rawa rātou hei whakatupu i te kaiwhakarite motokā — īngari mō te haere herehere ki runga i te tāone. Ko tēnei ka noho tika; ka haere koe ki te paku waihanga, heoi pea ka haere koe ki te hoa nā runga i a koe, ka nui ake te wāhi me te huarahi i runga i tētahi pūtikitiki hiko i te mea ka haere koe ki runga i tō motokā. He tino iti anō hoki te utu o enei i runga i ngā motokā, nā te mea kaore koe i te hiahia ki te hoko nafta, ko tēnā kaore koe ināianei i te hiahia ki te takawaenga iwi. Ka whakamana tēnei koe ki te whakapau moni nui, e pai ana i ngā tangata e noho ana i waenganui i ngā taumaha moni.

Ka whai hua anō hoki ngā pūtikitiki hiko mō ngā tāngata mate iwa hei haere i waenganui i a rātou. E waihangatia ana ngā pūtikitiki hiko i runga i ngā mahi whakahaere iti i ēnei pūtikitiki matua, e hīkina ana nei ngā tāngata kāore i te āhei ki te papa i runga i ngā papa motokara matua ki te whakamahia i a rātou. Ko tēnei ka noho tika; ka whiwhi atu ngā tāngata nui rawa ki te haere papa, ka whai wāhi hoki ki te whakaaturanga i ō rātou whenua takiwā. Ka whai hua anō hoki ngā pūtikitiki hiko hei whakawhanake i ngā take haere mō katoa i roto i te tāone, ka whakatinanatia ai te haere mō katoa!

Ka taea e mātou whakatū ki tō tāwai kainga hei wāhi pai noa iho ki te noho, mā te whakamahi i ngā papa hiko rorohiko. Nui ake te pai o ēnei i ngā motokā; ka heke i te karearea o te marae āwhā me te tautoko i te whakangungu i te porihanga āhuarangi. Ka nui ake ngā tangata e whakawhiti ana i ngā motokā mo ngā papa hiko rorohiko, e ai ki reira, ka pai ake te hā o te rāngai me te whenua ora tonu, ināianei ko te kotahi, rua ranei, nehe atu rānei ngā roa o ngā papa hiko rorohiko. He mea hoki nā kia taea e koe te noho ki te ao kore motokā, he take rerekē kia whakaaro. Ko tēnei ka taea e kē atu ki te whakaaro i a rātou anō i a rātau mahi i runga i te ara wairua whakahaukura.
ko tā mātou whakamātautau he whakamātautau tonu i ngā wāhanga o ngā waka hōiho, ngā waka toru, me ngā waka hiko, i ngā whakamātautau me ngā whakamātautau kia whakamātautau ai ngā waka hiko toru o mātou kia taea ai te whakamātau i ngā hiahia o ngā rārangi o ngā tāone o tēnei wā. Ko tā mātou whakamātautau he whakamātautau i ngā whakamātautau kia tū ai mātou i te tāwhai o te ahumahi. Ka tuku mātou i ngā whakamātautau hou kia whakamātau ai te nekehanga, ā, kia tukua ai ki ngā kiritaki o mātou ngā whakamātautau hou o ngā waka hiko.
Ko tā mātou he whakamātautau i ngā waka hōiho, ngā waka toru, me ngā waka hiko kia whakamātautau ai ngā whakamātautau o te nekehanga. Ko tā mātou whakamātautau he whakamātautau i te taiao kia tū ai he taiao pūmau me te kākāriki. Ko tā mātou whakamātautau he whakamātautau i te taiao, ā, ko ngā whakamātautau o mātou he whakamātautau i ngā kōpae e whakamātautau ana i te taiao, te whakamātautau i te whakamātautau o te hiko, me te tautoko i ngā whakamātautau o te nekehanga kākāriki.
Ko tā mātou whakamārama ko ngā waka hōiho ā-hāngā e toru, ngā waka hōiho ā-hāngā hiko, i hanga kia rite ki ngā pākenga o te whai hauānga pai rawa atu, ā, kua whakamātauria ngā waka hōiho ā-hāngā hiko i ngā whakamātautau hauānga kaha. Mai i te tuatahi o te whakamātautau, ki ngā tahurangi mutunga o te hanganga, ka whakamātau mātou i ngā pākenga kia kaha kia rite ngā hua katoa ki ngā whāinga o ō mātou kiritaki. Ko tā mātou whakamātautau i te hauānga he whakamātautau i te whakamānawa o ngā kiritaki, ā, he whakamātautau i te whakamānawa.
Ko ō mātou kiritaki te wāhi o te pūtake o ngā mahi katoa a mātou. Ko tā mātou whāinga ko te whakaputanga i ngā ratonga pai rawa atu, me ngā waka hōiho ā-hāngā, ngā waka hōiho ā-hāngā hiko, kia rite ngā whakawhitinga katoa ki ōu whāinga. Ka whanonga mātou i ngā whakawhitinga roa ki ō mātou kiritaki i te whakarongo ki ō rātou whāinga, ā, i te whakapai ake i ō mātou hua me ō mātou ratonga.