Kei a koe i kitea ai he pouaka wai me he paetū katoa? He mea tino māori! Naianei ka taea e koe e whai ana i to pouaka wai matihiko ake pea, 'me te paetū katoa,' mai i Xiyake. Tena koutou katoa, tae atu ki nga painga o te waahi pouaka wai matihiko i roto i to raeti.
Kei te aroha au i te haere i roto i te kurae—engari he aha rawa atu i tēnei, ko te haere i roto i te kurae me he pare hāngai. Ko te pare mārama hei mata ki te ao moana. E taea ana e koe te kite i ngā mahi kei roto i te kurae mai i roto rānei! He mea pōhara nui rawa, penei i te kite i runga i te kohanga manu mō ngā momo whakarere!
Kei te kitea e koe tō peihana hei kīwai kino me he kīwari kīwai? He kīwai, nō reira ka noho hou āhua hoki, ka kite ai ō hoa me ō whānau i a koe he tangata pai. He mea iti nei i runga i tō kākano.
He kīwari kore pae, ka pai ake tō waiata, ka noho pai rawa te hunga e kawe ana i te wai. Ka kite koe i te wai, nō reira ka pērā i te mea e kawe ana i roto i te moana kīwai. He reta pukapuka i tō peihana!
Ki te mea koe e hiahia ana ki te whakatutuki i to pouaka wai hei whakapai i te akiaki, ka rawe te kuhu atu ki te huinga tuatahi. Ko te aronga hou ka whakatika mai i te wehenga o to taha marae kei raro i te rangi. He mea penei ko te whakawhanake kanohi mo to pouaka wai e mahi nei i te whakamahara o nga tangata!
Ko te huinga tuatahi he maha rawa atu te noho me te whakatika i te whanaketanga. E toru nga rau karangaranga e awhina ana i a koe ki te kite i te pouaka wai, me te aha he mamae ki runga i te pouaka wai, a ka awhina tēnā ki te whakatika i to pouaka wai. He mea penei ko te pouaka wai matihiko kei runga i a koe e noho matihiko ana, ake tonu e pai ana te tirohanga.