He mea pai rawa ngā turbini wai, he meka e mahi ai i te take i runga i ngā tikanga matihiko me te horoi. E whai ake nei te whakaaturanga iti i te wā e mahi ai rātou, ā, he aha rātau ko ngā huinga e hiahia ana ki tō tātou whenua.
Nō te whakaritorito o ngā wai, e āke ana ngā tomo wai me ngā poraka nui, engari ka whitiwhiti rātou i te hīkoi mai o te wai māua ki a rātou. Ko tēnā wāhi e tū tonu nei kei roto i ngā awa rānei ko ngā pūhurohuro me te maha o te wai e kōrero nei i runga i a rātou. Ka whakawhanakea he poraka wai iti hei turuturu whakamahere mō te wai, hei whakatika i te wai ki te tae atu ki a ia. I te waenganui i te hīkoi mai o te wai ki runga i ngā kauwae o te tomo wai, ka puta rātou ki te whitiwhiti, koia nei te mea e mahi ana hei hanga i te hiko i te whare, i ngā kura, ā, i ngā tāone hoki.
Ko ngā pūtēte wai he momo whenua hoki hei whakato i te wai māori, nā reira ka whakamahi i te wai kīwaha hei whakatō i te wai māori. He wai: Ki te mea ko ngā whenua pūngao pērā i te kauri rānei ko ngā whenua katoa e whakamahi ana, ko te wai he whenua kāore e noho rawa atu ana. Ko tēnā he kī, ka puta tonu te wai ki te whakatō i te wai māori kāore nei e muku i te taiao. Ki te whakamahi i te wai, ka taea e mātau te whakaiti i ngā whenua e taea ana ki te whakamutu, ā, ka whakamana ai tātau whenua.
He whakahaere tirohanga, ko tētahi kī, ko te tiaki i ō mātau hiahia i tenei rā, kāore i te whakapae ki te hunga mō āpōpō ki te tiaki i ō rātou hiahia. Ka taea e ngā pūtēte wai e tautoko ana i tēnei i te whakatō i te wai māori me te wai māori. Ki te whakamahi moni matatara hau s, ka whai wāhi mātau ki te hanga mahi, whakamahia te āhuatanga o te taketake me te tiaki i tōna taiao. Nā runga i ēnei huarahi, ka taea e mātau te kawe i te iti me te tiaki i te whenua me ngā pepeke whakatipu.
Pūtēti wai: He mīhini e whakihara ana i te mana o te wai kuhuna hei wāhi. Ki te pae te wai ki ngā raupapa, ka whiria, ka horopū te pūtake e tākiri ana ki tētahi motokakahu. Ka whakawai tonu te motokakahu i tēnei mana whiria ki te wāhi, ka taea e ia te whakamahi i ngā kāinga me ngā pouako. Ko tēnei he wāhi nui e hoki nei i te rereka, nā reira ko te pūtēti wai he pai rawa te huarahi ki te whakaputa i te wāhi kiko.
Ngā turbini wai, pēnei i ngā hirere wai, he tōrū nui mō te tangata me ōna whenua tuatahi. He mea nui noa iho ngā hiranga o te hirere wai, inarahi kore e whakatupu ana i ngā āhua karapa nei, e awhi ana ki te tahuri mai i ngā kaiwhara-whara ā-wāhi me te pakari haere i te poroiti ā-matapae. Nā te mea ka taea te whakaheke tonu, ka taea e mātou e whai take ana i tētahi hunga take tūhononga e rite ana ki tō mātou tūroa, ka taea e mātou e hanga i tētahi tūroa hei whakamahere mō ngā uri e ora nei i muri i a tātou, ā, hei tika, mō tātou anō.