Ngā Pūrongo Hua

He tūru pae rātana konumohe o waho, he anga konumohe mātotoru, he whatu rātana tawhito. He tino pai mō ngā taupee me ngā pae taha puna kaukau. I te rere o ngā inu o te ahiahi, rongohia te hau e pupuhi ana i roto i ngā papa rātana hei whakangā mārie—ka whakanuia tonutia tō wāhi me te wairua hararei.

He huinga tāonga anga konumohe whatu-ratana tēnei, he mea whatu ki te āhua hararei o Āhia ki te Tonga-mā-rāwhiti, ā, ko te anga konumohe e huna ana i raro i te raranga ratana—he ātete ki te rā, he ātete ki te ua, he kore waikura hoki, he mea tino pai mō te waiho i waho i roto i tō māra, i tō taupee rānei i te tau katoa. Ko te tuara piko, he mea whakakīkī e anga ana ki tō hope me ō hope, kia taea ai e te tokoono te noho humarie...

He tūru tīki tēnei mō te whakamahi i waho, ā, he māhana te rakau tīki, e karapotia ana e te hau o te ahiahi. Ko ōna urunga ngohengohe he rite ki te totohu ki roto i ngā kapua—ka piko ki roto i te inu hukapapa, ā, ahakoa te hau, he mārie ake. Nā te ātete o te tīki ki te rā me te makuku, e kore e pakaru ahakoa kua tekau tau te pakeke i roto i te māra.

He tūru māra tīki whatu taura tēnei, he taura whatu-ā-ringa tōna, he āhua ngohengohe, he rite ki te awhi kapua. He anga tīki tūturu tōna, he māhana te rakau—whakanohoia ki roto i tō māra, ā, ka ngawari ake te hau. Nā te ātete o te tīki ki te pirau me te ngatata, ka ātete ia ki ngā taupee kua mākū i te rā me te haumākū o te takutai, ā, ka kanapa ake i roto i te tekau tau o te whakamahinga. Ka whakamahia e te whatu taura te...

He huinga tūru me tēpu o waho he anga konumohe, he anga konumohe me te anga tīki whakaata, he rite ki ngā taonga rakau tūturu, ā, he ātete hoki ki te waikura. Ka noho ngawari tonu ngā urunga kua whakakīia, kāore e piko, kia pai ai te manawa ahakoa te whakamahinga roa o te raumati. Nā te mea kei te taha o te puna kaukau, ka ngawari ake te hau. Ko te pakari o te mahi...

He āhua marino, he āhua marino hoki ngā tūru o waho, engari kei te āwangawanga koe kei pakaru i raro i te hau me te rā? Ko tēnei tūru māra he taura matotoru, he konumohe te otinga tino pai! He mea hanga te taura matotoru ki te nairona kaha-kaha, he mea whatu hei tauira whai kiko, whai kiko. He rite tōna tae hina mārama ki te paraikete kapua, e hanumi pai ana ki te otaota māra hei kawe mai i te taiao ki roto me te hau mārie...

He huinga tūru māra rātana mā tēnei he ranunga tino pai o te ataahua me te whaihua. He mea hanga te rātana mā kia manawa, kia pai hoki mō te kiri, kia noho mātao ai koe, kia kore ai e werawera ahakoa ngā wā roa o te raumati. Ka ātete tōna anga ki te waikura, ā, ka tu atu ki te ua nui, ki te rā werawera, me te rehu tote takutai. Whakanohoia ki roto i tō māra, ā, ka hangaia tonutia he āhua pai e tōna kakano rātana parakore...

He tūru whakangā mō te māra, he konumohe konumohe kei waho. Ka taea e tōna anga konumohe ātete-waikura, ā, ka tu atu i te ua nui, te rā werawera, me te rehu tote o te takutai. He hoahoa iti, he maha ngā whakamahinga e hono pai ana ki ngā otaota o te māra me ngā whenua o te taha o te puna kaukau, ka hurihia e ia tētahi patio hei wāhi hararei. Whakanohoia ki runga i tō papa, ā, ka wheakohia te kakano whakarewa matao...

He nohoanga taura-whatu tēnei tūru māra, he anga konumohe koranu hoki, he wira hoki. Ka whakaratohia e te nohoanga whatu he whakamarie manawa, ka ārai i te werawera i ngā wā roa o te raumati. Ka ātete te anga konumohe ātete-waikura i te huarere kino—mai i te ua nui me te rā wera ki te rehu tote o te takutai. Hurihia noa ki raro i te marumaru hei hanga i tō wāhi whakangā tino pai.

Ka whakakīia te māra e te tūru tīki whatu taura ki te ataahua taiao. Ka tukuna e te tīki he kakara rakau ngawari, ā, ko te whatu taura he muka tipu tūturu. Ko te noho ki konei ki te inu tī me te pānui pukapuka he rite ki te awhi i te ngahere.

He tūru tīki whatu taura mā te māra. He nohoanga whatu taura ā-ringa tēnei e whakarato ana i te whakamarie manawa, pērā i te noho i raro i te hau moana i ngā rā raumati. He anga tīki e whakamanamana ana i te anga mahana, te kiko taiao - kua kaukauhia e te rā, tae noa ki tōna atarangi e whiti ana i te ataahua mangere o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. Tāpirihia ki tētahi tēpu kawhe rātana me ngā kapu kokonati, me ngā punga tīki whatu taura e rite ana ki te āhua hararei i tō kāinga.

He taonga "tahaetia" tēnei tūru tīki o waho i te ngahere. Mā ngā hinu tūturu o te tīki e tiaki i a ia mai i te harore i muri i te ua nui, ā, ka ārai i te pakaru i raro i te rā werawera. I roto i te wā, ka māeneene ake te tupu o ōna kakano, ka ātaahua ake, me te mea nei kua whatua te pakari me te mahana o te ngahere ki roto i ia muka.