He papa wheke toru ngā pēpeke hiko, he hiko anō hoki. Ka whakahaere te hiko i te papa wheke, ka noho wātea ake ai te haere wheke. Nō te nuinga o ēnei pēpeke, ka hangaia hei whakatiki i ngā taonga, hei haere anō ki waho i te moana. Heoi anō ka tohu rātou i te upoko o te hunga herehere, e pai ake ana mō tō tātou whenua. E huringa ana ō tātou whakaaro mō te āheitanga. papaheke Hiko Waka Taonga s. Ka tukuna e tēnei tuhinga he mōhiohio mō ngā pēpeke hiko me ēnei tāngata e pai sianei!
Nō te tau 2005 ka whakatūhia ngā kawe hoko eka rorohiko i runga i te Tīkapa Moana. I whaka hangaia hei tūtohu āheinga mō te hīkoi o ngā taonga ki waho i ngā motokā me ngā traki. Ka tae ki te Tauhou Mōhana i te tau 2010, e pā ana ki te moana. Nō reira, kei te nui ake te noho whenua o ngā kawe hoko eka rorohiko i runga i te ao i nēnei rā. Kātahi ka whakamahia hei whakangungu i ētahi atu he mea, pērā i te haere tonu, te mahi, rānei ko te tainoho.
Ko tēnei tētahi o ngā pai rawa mō pūtēte kawe rorohiko mo nga tangata whai ora ko te āhua, he tino whakaiti ngā mahere kēmu mō te whakamahi i te motokā rānei, i te taratara rānei. Kaore rātou i te whakamahia i te pēra nui ki te hoko rānei, kei te hanga hoki i te maha o ngā taurite moni e whai ake ana i ngā tau. He mea nui hoki rātou hei hoahoanga moana, inahea ka puta mai ngā hākiri whatitiri. E whakamahi ana ngā kēmu matua āwhiwhinga i roto i ngā mahi katoa mai i ngā tuku, kaimahi kai ki ngā kēmu ai hau!
He whakatūhia ngā kēmu matua āwhiwhinga hei tino waihanga noa iho hei tirotiro. Ka taea e rātou te kawe i ngā mea nui, nā reira ka noho whakaarohia rātou hei whakamahi mo te kawe i ngā mea. Ki te tika, he āheinga rātou ki te kawe i runga i te 800 pao! Ko tēnei kēmu he mota āwhiwhinga, ka tautoko i te kaiarahi ki te whakawhiti i ngā maunga paihikihiki me te iti tonu mahi. Nā tērā ka noho tino tūmanako mō ēnei e hiahia ana ki te tuku, rānei te whakamahi i tō rātou waka hei ara whakatere.

Kei te whiwhi i te āheitanga ki te taumata 20 maihi ki te awa i ia wā, e tika ana ēnei kaihiko hei whakamahi mo te haere i runga i ngā mahutonga pukapuka i ngā paetae ā-tāone. Ko te poaka matāu o te papa hiko kēhua e noho ana i mua i te kaiarahi, me he mea nui tēnā hei āwhina i te kaiarahi i te whakawehi me te whakatūhia. Ka taea e nā runga nei te korenga hei whakarite i ngā mea kia mau i te ua rānei, ā, kei roto i ēnei āheinga āhuatia hoki ngā pūtake whakaruruhau hei whakangungu i te tirotiro.

Ko ngā kaihiko matāu e rahi nei te whakatōpu. Kua hokona e ētahi atu urupa kai ngā motokā turetu hei kaihiko matāu, hei tauira. Nō reira, he iti noa iho ngā utu whakahaere, ā, he pai ake hoki mō te ao. He mea nui hoki ngā kaihiko matāu i waenganui i ngā kaipakihi whakapakari. Ka taea e rātau te hīkoi i runga i ngā mahutonga motokā, ā, ka taea hoki te whakatuku i ngā pakete me te iti rawa i ngā mahutonga.
Ko te tuatoru, mō te whakawāhi i ngā wāhi tūturu, kei reira ngā take moana, e huihui ana ngā pēpeke hiko. Nō te nuinga o ngā kaiwhakaaroheke-ā-tāone. Pōti me te rite ki te manu, he pai rawa rātou mō te oranga tāone. Ko te whā, he iti ā-muri ēnei pēpeke, nō reira ka āhei rātou ki te whakatiki i ngā taonga me ngā tangata. Ki te mutunga, he mōhio nui te haere i runga i ēnei pēpeke hiko! Kei a roto i te nuinga o ngā tāngata te aroha ki te whakamahi i a rātou mō ngā mahi tini, ki te mea hoki ka hiahia rātou ki te whakarongo i ō rātou whenua.
Ko ō mātou kiritaki te tuatahi i ngā mahi katoa e mātou e whakamāhinga ana. Ka whakamāhinga mātou i tēnei waka tōrere hiko hei whakamāngai i te ratonga kiritaki pai ake me ngā tautoko. Ka whakamārama mātou kia rite ngā whakawhitinga katoa ki ōu mātua āhua. Ka whanonga mātou i ngā whanaungatanga roa ki ō mātou kiritaki mā te whakamārama i ō rātou hiahia, ā, mā te whakapai ake i ō mātou ratonga me ngā hua.
Ko tā mātou trike kāwhe rorohiko, nō reira e hanga ana ngā rokoiti rorohiko katoa ki ngā paearu pai rawa hē te whakahaere pai me te aromatawai pai. Mai i te tuhinga o te hanganga i te orongonui, ka whakaae mātou ki ngā paerewa whakatika, kia taea e ia kaimahi ēnei wā kei a matou. Ko tēnei whakapono ki te pai rawa hē e whakatū ai i te whiwhinga whakawhanaunga i runga i te whakapono, me te tirotiro ki te pai.
Ko tā mātou whakamāhana he whakapai ake tonu i tā mātou hanga pūtaiao me ngā whakamāngai. Mā te whakamahinga i ngā utu mō te rangahau me te whanonga, ka whakamārama mātou kia rite ngā waka tōrere hiko ki ngā hiahia o tēnei wā mō ngā waka tōrere hiko mō ngā taonga. Ko tā mātou whakamāhana he whakamātautau, ā, ko tēnei hei whakamārama i tā mātou noho i te tuatahi o te pakihi. Ka tuku mātou i ngā whakamāngai hou kia whakapai ake ai te nekehanga, ā, ka tuku hoki mātou i ngā hanga hiko o te ao i tēnei wā ki ō mātou kiritaki.
Kei tā mātou rokoiti rorohiko he whakapae ki te whakangungu i ngā ara whanonga kaitiaki whenua. Kei tā mātou te whakapae ki te ao kāwhe rorohiko me te ao kahurangi anō, ko tēnei te take. Kei tā mātou te whakapae ki te whenua, me ngā mahi e kitea nei: te whakamahi i ngā rara pai-whenua, te whakapai i te whiu-ora, me te whakarite i te kīanga kahurangi.