Mō te hunga katoa e hiahia ana ki te whakamana i te harikoa o te haere i muri i te kāinga me te hokinga mai i runga i tō rāwhiti, ka pai rawa ngā eka rīpea motokā hei whakamaharatanga mō koutou! Ko ēnei waka he mea mohio pai ki te haere ki runga i te paeroa me te mōhio ki te whakamahi i te wā.
Nō te mea he hangarau hou ngā eka rīpea motokā, ā, ka whai huarahi tonu, ā, kaore i te whakanui i te whakaaro! Ko te pūputu rorohiko mō ngā tāngata kei ngā pū kēhua e whakatupu ana i ngā hanga kei te whai take, ā, he nui ngā mota ekitikiti. He pai me te whakahau tēnei ki ngā papa hei whakaeke anō i ngā papa tūmatawhānui rānei, nā, inā ka noho ngā waka tuara-toru nei i roto i te WAIKATO. Ā, ko ngā waka tuara-toru ekitikiti e kitea ana e ngā iwi katoa i waenga i te kotahi ki tētahi atu.
Ko te haere i runga i tētahi waka hiko iwa, he mea nui rawa! He tirotiro iti i te tahā, ka kite koe i te ara i waenganui i te wāhi tika. Nānā ki a kāwai rīkerīke ā-pakeke he pai noa ki te haere i roto i te wāhi, te haerenga i roto i te pātiki, ki te mahi i ngā kaupapa. Ki te mea he katoa hiko rātou, kāore koe e hiahiatia kia tae ki te hau oranga rānei, ki te whakapakari i te rangi me te hāpai i te hau kino.

He tino hiahia nei ahau mo nga mea kei roto i a au i te maha o ngā motokā e rere ana i ngā whakamahi ā-pūkoro. E ai ki a koe ka taea te whakarite i te nui o te waihotanga hei haere atu i runga i te paihere, engari he taumata e pai ana te motokā ā-pūkoro. Ko tenei korero he pai rawa te motokā ā-pūkoro hei whiringa pai mo te haerenga ā-rangi, no reira rīkerīke rīkerīke mo ngā tāngata matua ka haere tonu i te hiranga nui i te kotahi tuhinga.

I mohio au i mua he pai rawa te haere i runga i tetahi motokā ā-pūkoro mo etahi atu mea. Kaore ano he wawao, he waho rawa te kawe - he mea nui kāwai rīkerīke mō ngā pakeke he pai hoki mo te ao. Kei te pai te whiriwhiri i te motokā ā-pūkoro i waenganui i te waka whatiwhati, ka heke iho te upoko paratene, ka heke hoki te tohu papa i a koe. Ki te kii nei, he maha nga mea pai o te motokā ā-pūkoro, kaore i te whea, me te iti noa iho te tirotiro.

He pēhea anō te mea, nā runga i te motokā eka rīpea rānei, nō te aha ka hē ki te pai. Ka taea e koe te whakamahi i aua mo ngā haere iti i roto i te papatipu rānei, nō reira mō ngā mahi whare rānei me te haere ki te mahi. He toru wheke ngā motokā eka rīpea, nā tērā ka noho wātea ā-ringaringa, ahakoa iti te mōhio ki te haere, ā, papa e toru hiko kē mō ngā tāngata whānau he whakaaetanga pai mō te hunga katoa e kore nei e mōhio ana ki te noho haumaru i runga i tētahi papa hoko iwa matua. Nō te mea he pai rawa ngā eka rīpea motokā mō te tamariki e hiahiatia ana i tētahi momo waiatawaka rānei, nō reira mō te hunga pakeke e hiahia ana ki te haere i runga i tētahi ara whakawāhi.
Ko ā mātou waka tōru hōu ā-hau he wāhanga o tā mātou whakamātautau i ngā ara hāngai ki te taiao o ngā waka ā-hau. Kua whakaae mātou ki te pūrākau o te whakamātau, o te ao kākāriki, me ngā mahinga e whakamātau ana i ngā ara hāngai ki te taiao. Kua whakaae mātou ki te whakamāhua i ngā kōpae kākāriki, ki te whakamāhua i te whai hua o te hiko, ā, ki te tautoko i ngā whāinga e whakamātau ana i ngā ara hāngai ki te taiao—kua whakaatu nei i tā mātou whakaae ki ngā mahi e whakamātau ana i te taiao.
ko mātou ngā waka tōru hōu ā-hau e whakaae ana i te whanonga o ngā whakamātautau me ngā whāinga o tā mātou hāpai i ngā whakamātautau me ngā whāinga, kia whakamātau ai ngā waka tōru hōu ā-hau o mātou i ngā whāinga e rere ake ana o te whakamātau o ngā tāone. Ko tā mātou whakaae ki te auaha hei whakamātau i tēnei ao, hei whakamātau i ngā whakamātautau hou hei whakamātau i ngā ara hāngai ki te whakamātau, ā, hei whakamātau i ngā kiritaki o mātou ki ngā whakamātautau hou o ngā waka ā-hau.
Ko ō mātou kiritaki te tuatahi i ngā mahi katoa o tā mātou. Kua whakaaetia mātou ki te whakaputanga i te āwhina me ngā ratonga mō ngā waka tōru hōu, kia rereke ai ngā whakawhitinga katoa i ngā whāinga. Ka hanga mātou i ngā whanaungatanga roa ki ngā kiritaki mātou i te whakarongo i ō rātou hiahia, ā, i te whakamārama anō i ō mātou ratonga me ngā hua.
ka whakamārama mātou kia tika ngā waka tōru hōu o mātou i te hanga i ngā whāinga o te pūkenga o te ao, ā, e whakamāmā ana i ngā whakamātautau pūkenga kaha. Ka whai mātou i ngā waka tōru hōu mai i te tahanga tuatahi o te whakamārama, a, aki noa ki te mutunga o te whananga, kia tika ngā hua katoa i ngā whāinga o ō mātou kiritaki. Ko tā mātou whakaaetanga ki te pūkenga he whakamārama i te whakamānawa ki ō mātou kiritaki, ā, he whakamārama anō i te whakamānawa.