Te Kona: Me pēhea ra koe i te tiaki i to puhou i runga i a koe i te wa o te rangi, kahore hoki koe i te whakarite i te korenga? Kei te hiahia koe ki te whakautu i to kopeaka waka puhou?
Mō te tangata e pāngia ana i ngā hīnātore: tira pūkoro moe. Ki runga i tēnei, ka ē kitea ea tō pūkoro i hea koe. He tira pūkoro moe e whakapakari ana i a koe ki te meinga i a koe i te whakamahi i ngā kura, nōho ai koe ki te pātaka tākaro rānei. Kāore pea koe e hiahia ana ki te whakawhitiwhiti i roto i tō hōiho rānei, ki te titiro ki ō pouaka rānei i te hunga o tō pūkoro – he tira pūkoro moe e āhei ana koe ki te meinga i a koe i te wā e hiahiatia ana e koe!
Ka taea hoki e koe te whakapā mai ki ō hoa me ō whānau i runga i te piupiu waka kōrero mō te tinana. Ki te hiahia koe ki te karangatia ki a kōu māmā hei mea koe kei te haere whakamutunga nei ki te kāinga, nōho atu rānei he pukapuka kōrero ki tō hoa nui e mihi ana i ngā mahi o te wiki, ka hiahia koe ki te whakaekea i tō waka kōrero. He piupiu waka kōrero mō te tinana hei tiaki i tō waka kōrero, ā, kia pārekareka ai koe i te hono i a koe me ngā tangata e pūmau koe ki a rātou.
I tēnei rangi, ka haere mātou i runga i ngā mea kua whakaaro koe ki roto i te piupiu waka kōrero mō te tinana. Ka tiakina tō waka kōrero e ia, ā, ka tohua mai e ia kia kore e pūtere, kia kore e riro. Nō reira, ka noho waewae koe, ka hīkoi, ka paikari, kāore i te pātata kia mau tonu i tō waka kōrero. He taonga tūmanako tēnei e hāngai ana ki tōnā oranga.
Ko tēnei kei te whanau mai ki te kopeaka waka puhou, he mea hiahia koe e pai ana i a koe i te mea koe e noho ai i roto i to mahi puhou. E kite ana ia i te tiaki i runga i to tinana. Ka taea e koe te miharo i te waehanga, ka ngaro koe i te aroturuki, ko to puhou i ngaro. He reira hoki nga rarangi, ka taea e koe te kawe i tetahi kopeaka waka puhou e tuhono ana ki to wairua!
Kaore ano nga tamariki i te tuhituhi mo te kopeaka waka puhou; he pai tonu hoki i nga tangata whai! Ko te kopeaka waka puhou he taonga pai rawa mo te matua nui i te mea koe e pai ana i te whakapakari i to puhou i te ara o nga tamariki i te paekura, hei konei ko te hunga mahi e haere ana i te mahi. Ahakoa koe i te whakatikatika i o mahi ranei, i te whakangungu i to tinana i te whare pora ranei, ka tiaki te kopeaka waka puhou i to puhou i te wahi i e ai koe.