Kei te ngenge to heke kāinga whakairo? Kei te kitea mai ko tōna rerekētanga, ā, kei te hiahia koe ki ngā take hou mō tō ao? Kua whakaaro koe ki te whakamahi i te kiri pūkorero aho toru mō te whakatūhono i tōu whenua? Kaore anake ngā pakiaka nei hei whakamahere mō te whakatika me te whakarite, engari ka taea hoki e koutou te whiriwhiringa i ngā mahi kēhei hei whakanui i tōu wāhi. I tēnei tuhinga, ka kōrero tātou mō te aha ngā pakiaka o te kanohi nei he momo whakapono pai, mēnā he aha te mahi koe e whakaaetia kia whakatupu ai i tōu whenua, ā, he aha ngā take mō te whakatū i tēnā i tēnā wā, me te tirotiro iho i te mātauranga o te mārō i muri iho i te hanga i ngā momo whakaahua. Koia nei, me whakamātau tātou i te ao o ngā pakiaka heke kāinga matū.
He maha ngā paunga hē ki te whakamahia i ngā roa tūruroa hei pane kōwhatu, nō reira ka whakaaro koutou ki a rātou mō tō kōwhai wāhi maunga. Kua hangaia he whakapai kia manawa nui ai ki te noho, āe? He iti rawa te mate i te pērā me ngā peke – Ka hinga te rākau, ka noho tonu ngā mete i runga i te wā e huringa ana ngā āhuatanga, arā, kaore i tae ki te whakarereke mai i a ia. Ki te whakatau atu koe ko te tūtonu o te maha o ngā tau ki mua me te tirotiro iti i ngā mahi whai manaaki e kī ana koe mō tō kōwhai whakahē, ko te tūruroa mete kāore e kitea.
Te paunga tuarua o te whai i ena paerau he mea nui noa. He manawa nui ake ratau, ka taea ratau te tiaki i to marae i waenganui i nga kaiherehere. Ki te he ki te whakaaro mo te haerenga whakamua, karekau hei whangai i te whakapuaki o te paepae metal i te mea e penei ana koe i te korenga o nga tangata ki runga i to whenua. No reira, he iti noa iho te hiahia mo te whakahaere me te whanuitanga. Ko te mea kotahi i tere ai koe he mea hanga i a ia ki te wai me te poaka, ka mutu ka pai ano.
I te mutunga, ka haere atu matou ki te mea HE KEA ratau! Ka taea e te kiri paepae metal te whakaaturanga i to marae whakawehi he mea nui ake, me te maha o nga momo whakapono e taea ana koe te whakaatu. Ka taea e nga rau e whakamahia mo te mahi o nga piripiri whatu te whai i etahi atu raruraru, e tonu ana i etahi atu rangi - he maha noa iho mo koe te kawe mai he tino pai ki te whakatoi i te ara i kitea ai to whare.
He iti noa iho ngā whakaaetanga e hiahiatia ana e koe i te waekura o te rapu i te pae pūnaha maero, kia whiwhi ai koe i te tino whakaaro pai. I mua i te tīmata, whakaritea te wheako i te mea e hiahiatia ana e koe ki te paenga o tō wāhi. Ki te hiahia koe ki tētahi pā kia tiakina ai te whenua rānei, ka whakatau he aha te nui o tētahi. Nā reira, ki te tono koe mo tētahi pae hangaheke hei whakaputa i ō whenua, me piki ia kia kitea e te tangata rānei, kia pai ai.
Ki konei, me whiriwhiria e koe ngā mahi pūnaha hei whakamahia mo tō wāhine. He rima ngā take kia whakamahia, ko te toto uku rānei ko te toto parāoa. Nō reira, he āheitanga ā-iotanga hoki ki ia toto. Ko te toto uku he momo pūnaha nui, nui rawa atu, nō reira ko te parāoa e pai ana engari ka he kei te manaaki i te manaaki i te wai.
Tētahi o ngā mahi nui rawa hei whakaaro i te whakamahi whare poutoa kua hanga mua he mea nui rawa kei te whakatū i au. Heoi, ki te whai i ētahi heputu iti noa, ka taea e ia i ana au. Tuatahitia, kāore i whai koe i ngā take hokohoko e hiahiatia ana hei whakarite i te mahi. Tuarua, me mētuera koe i ō whenua ki te mōhio ki te rahi o ngā pene i te hanga ai. Ko tēnei ka taea e koe te whakamana i te pai me te pai o te whakaaturanga. Tuatoru, me whakawehi koe i ētahi poaka hei whakatakoto i runga i te rerenga tuarongo. Whakamutunga, me whakapiri koe i ngā pene ki ngā pou whakamahere i te toki me ngā pūnaha. No reira, me tirotiro koe i te tika kia pai te whakaaturanga o te pae. Ki te pai katoa i te mahi, ka mau tonu ai te pae pai me te pai. Tetahi atu pai o te pae nei ko te iti noa iho te tirotiro. Ki te tae mai tēnei, ka taea e koe te hokiwhiti i te wai me te horoi. Ahakoa, ki te pēpē te mea, ka noa tonu te whakahoki.