Te Whakatikatika me te Tīmata

Puta noa te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, ko te waka te whaea o ngā tāngata haere moana ā ko te kaiwhakatere te pāpā. I mua i te wehenga ko tā te kaiwhakatere he whakatau:
• kei te pai te haere o te waka
• kua rahi ngā kai me te wai
• e tika ana te wā wehe.
He tokomaha te hunga āwhina i ēnei momo whakaritenga.

E mōhio ana te kaiwhakatere waka ki ngā huarahi o te moana nui. Mō ngā rā o mua tata o te haerenga, ka āta whakaarohia te huarahi e whāia ai. E mōhio ana ia ki ngā whetū katoa o taua huarahi, ngā momo huarere ka kitea e ia, me ngā huarahi ohorere PAPAKUPU ohorere - tūpono mai ana tētahi huarere rerekē, he huarahi anō hei whai mā te waka ki te whakakōtitihia te waka e ngā au e ngā hau rānei.

Ki te nuinga o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa, pēnei me Hatawara, me whai e ngā kaiwhakatere ngā kawa PAPAKUPU kawa - tapu, tikanga, karakia i mua i te haerenga, pēnei i te kore mahi ai, te kai rānei i ngā kai i whakaritea māna anake. Ko tāna anō he whai i ngā kawa PAPAKUPU kawa - tapu, tikanga, karakia whakamaru i te waka kia kaua e pāngia e te kino. E kīia ana kei ētahi kaiwhakatere he mana anō o runga o te taiao, o te huarere hoki.

Ka whakaritea e Mau Piailug te kaiwhakatere o Hatawara tana rōpū, me te haere ki te urupā o tana pāpā i mua i te haerenga
Nei au ka noho, i te mea … He aha te ingoa o tēnei? He urupā. Āe, ko te urupā tēnei ō taku pāpā. Nāna ahau i whakaako ki te whakatere. Koirā … inā tere au atu i konei ki Haipani, ki whea rānei. I te mea nāna ahau i whakaako.

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