Tēnā koutou, e hunga whakahau kaiika! Ināianei, kei reira au ki te kōrero mo tētahi mea nui rawa – ngā akirikihi kaiika māngere! Kei te kite koe i ngā wāhi kaiika nui rawa, e mahana ana, e pā he kōhatu mā? Tae atu ki te kite ai koe i te ao waipiro hei muri hei muri! Kua whai manaaki katoa tēnei i te akirikihi karā!
Kei reira te wāhi kaiika i hanga i te mīhini wētahi tino mīhini karakia māngata . "Ko tēnei, pēhea te rereke ki te kākano — kākano māwhero, kākano rangatira — engari kāore." Nōnā te māharahara, i te wa e kitea ana i mua i te akirika māwhero, kaore i kitea! Nō te hiahia, ko te mātai!
Tēnā koe me whakaaro ki te noho i tētahi kōhanga ika ki runga i ō whare, e āpane ana ki tētahi matapihi mā. Hei aha! Ki uta mai i tōna māngai koiro, ka kite koe i ngā ika iti e paku ana, ko ngā kōhera kahurangi e whakanuia ana i roto i te wai, me ngā pūpū hauiti e tae ana ki runga. Kei konei tō paraoahe wai kaimahi, nāianei kei roto i ō whare koe e noho ana!
Ko te akiriketi mā mo ngā kōhanga ika he pai rawa te whakatūroro i te kiriwhara. Tēnā pea, he whakapai, kaore e rere atu. Ka taea e koe hoki te patu haere i runga i tana mata ki runga, kaore e rere atu! Nā te mea hoki he mā te kiriwhara, ka nui ake te mīharo o ngā ika me ngā kōhera. Ko te waehu pai rawa? Ka noho tino wāhi te whenua, kia whai wā tonu ai koe i a ō hoa paraoahe wai!
Kāore koe e mōhio ana nui atu he aroha te whakaiti i te rangi o ō kaiika me ō ngā kōrara hoki, tae atu ki te whakapae i a rātou ki roto i tētahi akvarīma o GlassCages e whakatū mai ana i te akirikihi karā! Ka paku whakahirahira ngā tae, ka kite koe i ngā mea katoa e pā ana ki ō hoa kai waipiro. He pēnei i te mea kia noho koe i te paerua tuatahi mo tēnei whakaaturanga nui a te ao taiao!
Ka pai rawa te akirikihi karā hei whakatutuki i ō kaiika/kōrara, ā, ka pai hoki ki runga i ō whare. ko te whakaaro nei, kia āta whakaaro koe i tētahi wāhi kaiika ahurea hou me te toi i roto i tō whare kaiwhare ranei, i tō whare mokopuna ranei. Ka hanga kōrero pai! Ā, inā he mea hohoro nui te mārama, ka whakauru tonu ia ki ngā whakapakoko whare.