Ki te koe e noho ana tētahi waka rangi, heoi ā he mea kē koe e kite ana i te whare, tētahi take tuatahitia ko tētahi whare poutoa kua hanga mua : mai i te Whare Jingang, ka whiwhi koe i ngā pai mea e āhei ana ki te whakatū i ngā pai tae atu ki te whakamahana, ā, ki te oranga / tiaki i te oranga. Nā reira, i tēnei tuhinga ka mohio koe i te mea he aha te hanga whare aki, tō hiahia ki te hanga i tētahi whare pai ki ngā mea kei a koe, me ngā nui atu o ngā painga e taea ana i te mahi i runga i tētahi whare.
Kape Hauora o te Waka Rere: Ko te whata hangi waka ariki te hāpai i tōu waka rere mai i ngā āheinga. He whakaiti i ngā paenga waka rere ki ngā huringa hou rānei o te hāpori whenua, e kite ana i te ua me te hukarere rānei, me te mātau atu ki te uru mahana o te rā. Me whai kia wehea ai tēnei momo tūmau hei tiaki i tō waka kia mau i te korewai me te korekore i ngā tūruwha o te rā, o ngā hau rānei rē anō, nō reira ka noho pono koe i te mahi nui e whakatika ana kia noa ai.
Te tuarua o ngā take he whakaiti moni i te wā roa nā te whakatū i te... whare rori poutoa te whakamahia i te wāhi o taumata hīkoi ki waho i te huarere e āwhina hoki i te whakamutunga i ngā whara whakangaro ki ngā mea pērā i ngā pōro huka rānei, ko te kawe wai i roto i ngā wāhi e hiahiatia ana he whakatika mahi nui. Ki te kino, inā kē he ua, ētahi atu he ua me te uru hau e whai rawa nei i te koroni, ka taea e koe te tahuri iho, kaore i te pai te whakapai, me te ata huri mai i te aoterangi, kaore i te pai te whakatika i te whiti. E āhei ana te hanga ki te whakaiti i ēnei take, kei te mutunga ka tiakina koe i to moni.
Ko te hunga iti nui rawa o te whakatūpū i to waewae whakaaro hanga he mea nui hoki, no reira ka āhei koe ki te mahi tēnei me te hanga o te poraka. Ka mahi ngātahi te Whare Jinggang ki te whakatika i tēnei kaupapa hei whakarite i te pai rawa. Tuku tonu mai ki a mātau i tenei wā, ā, whakaae mai ki te hunga mōhio pai ake o mātau ki te whakawhanake i tō wāhi hanga kei kitea ai e koe. Ki te hiahia koe ki te whakatūpū i tētahi wāhi nui atu, rānei, me ngā hua ā-wāhanga ā-matihiko, ka āhei tēnei hanga ki te whakaae ki ngā tikanga.
Whakaaetia ngā whakaaro o tō tāmahi hei whiriwhiri i ngā pūngao, ngā rahi me ngā taonga e hiahia ana koe ki te hangi. Tuatahitia, he hiahia koe ki tētahi whare mīhini e pai ana i roto i te mea e pai ana i waho... āe, ka hanga nei mātau hei whai mana. I te taha o ngā whakapakoko anō hoki, ka mahi mātau hei whakamana i tōu wāhi kia nui rawa atu ki te whakarite i ō waka-ā-rangi, engari heoi anō he wāhi tūtonu hei whakariterite i ngā mea kē, arā, hei whakatū tonu i te mahi whakatenetene (ki te tika) rānei ko tētahi whakaaetanga e taea ana e koe ki te whakarite i ētahi mema kaimahi mō te wā e hiahiatia ana.
Ko tētahi whare hāpai iroiro e whai ake nei i te nui o ngā pūtake matua mō te wā e whai ake nei i runga i te hanga tuatahi, ka mutu ko ngā āhuatanga katoa e whakaae ana ki tō hou whare hei whirinaki mārie! Nā, ko tētahi hua matua he whakapakari i ōu iroiro (hangar) i roto i tētaea whare. Whakatakoto i ngā waewae whakatere me pēhea ka noho tō tama haeretanga i roto i te whare, i te toka kaha rawa e ai ki ngā rauemi hanga kaha o te ao. Ko te mea pai rawa he kore hoki koe e hiahia ana ki te whakaoti me te whakahoki anō i ngā mahi whakatika i runga i te wā e whai ake nei – kāore he mate i runga i a koe; ka mahi anō hoki i ngā uara o ngā utu iti.
Ko tētahi whare hāpai aki, ka haere atu koe ki te whakamahana hoki, ka torikiria he nui o ōu wā me ōu māhita. Kaore i te iti ai te tiaki noa i a koe, ka whai wā tonu anō, e mea ana he utu e pā ana ki a koe i roto i ngā rā. Kāore he whiwhi rawa nui tēnei i te nehe mō ēnei e hiahia ana ki te whakaora i ō rauemi moni tonu i te whakaputu. Nā te mea he nui ngā moni hei whakarite i ngā waka rangi, ko te whakauru i a rātou i waenganui i ngā mate kotahi, pērā i te hāpori rānei, me ngā mate hanga i te tangata, he mea nui ki te tiaki i tōna uara.