Kīhai i mua i te mahi whakatū whenua, ka whakamahia e ngā kaiwhakaako whenua āhua motokā hōhā me era motokā rēhita. Kua noho haere ngā putunga nei, ā, kua whakamahia ki te tautoko i te mahi o ngā kaiwhakaako whenua. I tēnā wā, nā, he momo motokā tuatahi kei te whai mana hoki i te pupuri i te pai - s! Kei ēnei motokā pūngao hou nei, kaore he mea tētahi i runga i te mahi hoki i enei wā, heoi anō he mea nui, heoi anō he mea nui i ēnei motokā huna tangata motu rēhita e kitea ai, engari ko tētahi atu take, he mea whakahaere i te wae me te hōhā. He pai ake tēnei whitiaki i te ao, nā te iti iho i ngā taone i utua, ā, kua whakaiti ake hoki ngā moni motu i utua e ngā kaiwhakaako whenua - e ai ki te mea, ka whakaae mai BayWa.
Kei te whai kaha ngā waka ā-pū whenua rorohiko me te taea i ētahi mahi katoa ki runga i te whenua. Taea e rātou i te kawe pūnui, te tahae māra, ā, hoki nei, te tiwha marae. Ko tēnei hei whakamārama i te mea ka taea e ngā ringaringa whenua e whakamahi i ēnei waka mo ētahi atu mahi nui e mōhio ana ki tō rātou whakamahere. E whai ake nei, ka whakamahi mai ngā waka nei kia kitea ai te oneone o te whenua. Nō reira, i te iti rawa atu i te rahi o ngā waka ā-motu kē, me te tino pai rawa atu i te ara iti me ngā wāhi iti hei whakawāhanga mō ngā wā e mahi ana i roto i ngā wāhi karukaru. Heoi anō, he iti noa te kīngitanga o ngā waka whenua rorohiko i runga i ngā whatu rarangi, ā, kaore i whakatata ki te kōrero nui o ngā kararehe whenua ki runga i te whenua i mahi ai. Ko tēnei he pai tōnū mō ngā ringaringa whenua kia taea e rātou te hoko i ō rātou kāpiti ki te rongoā i te mutunga o te kōrerorero nui o ngā taru.
He nui noa atu te pai o ngā waka hiko-iwi mō te pāmu; ka ora rātou he iti nui rawa o ngā wā me ngā moni mō ngā ringaringa. Ka hoki mai tēnei i te utu iti nei i te utu e tika ana kia whakamahia ai ngā waka nei i te pūngao. He nui ngā tangata pāmu e mahi ana i te whenua i runga i te buget iti. Nā reira, me te nui o ngā mahi e taea ana e ngā waka hiko-iwi, ka taea e ngā pāmu e mahi ake ana i te wā iti. Ka mahi ngā pāmu i te wā iti, ka whai moni, ka whai hua ki te ngenetiviti o te mahi.
Ki te whakatūpūtanga o te taiao me ngā utu rīpeka matua e whai ake nei i ngā tāngata ka huri noa i te tau, kei te kite au i ngā motokā ekiti hei whiwhi kaitohu atu i ngā tau e heke mai nei. I mua atu: Ka Whakakapihia ai ngā Motokā Ekiti i ngā Tauhere Rīpeka? He pai rawa anō tēnei mo ngā mahi whenua, kei te tuarua ki te whai wāhi i ngā painga nui ake o ngā motokā ekiti i roto i te wā e kitea ai. Ki te wā e whakangungu ana i te whakahaere pūmau o ngā mahi whenua, kāore i whai kaha ngā motokā āwheoro ekiti hei whakamahere mō ngā mahi whenua.
Kei te whai katoa ngā ringaringa o ngā mahi hei whakamahinga i ngā waka matua ā-mahi rorohiko. Tētahi: he pai rawa atu hoki aua i ō rātau tuakana e kai ana i te pūmau. Kaore i te tuku āhua ki te rangi, whakamanukanuitia ai te hau whenua pai me te whakangungu i te huringa āhuarangi. Whakamahimahia hoki mā te pai ake o te hau e noho nei hei whakapai i te whenua. Nō reira, kei te pai anō hoki ngā motokā rorohiko nā te mea ka mahi ngahau ake i runga i ngā marae kai (kāore i te hiahia ki te waewae ki ngā kararehe).
Kaore hoki ngā waka matua ā-mahi rorohiko i te taute moe moni hei whakamahinga, nā te mea kaore i te tono i te pūmau. Ki konei ka takohia e ngā hoko whenua i te maha o ngā moni i te wā e hirango ana. He pai hoki ngā motokā rorohiko ki te whakatutuki i te nuinga o ngā mahi ki runga i te mara kai, pērā i te kawe i ngā whatu nui, te tahuri whenua, me te toki toi. Kei te pai hoki rātau ki te haere i waenganui i a rātau me te whakawhanake i ngā mahi mara kai.