Whakahaere Pūngao Rangi: Tētahi momo pai hei whakamahi i te pūngao he rākau karahi whare . Ko tēnā pērā i te whakatū i tētahi mīhini maketi ki te whakaputa i te hau hei pūngao mō ō tātau whare me ō tātau kura. Kāreka e pai ana?
Kei runga i ngā whakairo tuarua nui me ngā rau hukahuka i te tūpuhi. Ka herea ngā rau nei i te hau, ka whiria, pērā i te kahuwhero i te rangi hau. I te whiria e ngā rau, ka whakaatu i roto i te whakairo hau, e mahi ana i te waiata. Ka whakamahi te waiata nei ki te whakatipu o ā mātou māhina, Pā Pūoro, rorohiko, me ēnei hoki. Kei tō taha marae tātou he whare hau e mahi ana i te waiata, i te iti!
He maha ngā pai o ngā Whakahaere Pūngao. "Hei tētahi: ko te pūngao he rauemi whai wāhi, nō reira kaore nei mātau e raupatutia i te pūngao hei whiu i ā mātau pūngao. Ki te nui o te ao, ko tēnā he pai noa, nā te mea kaore mātau e hiahia ana kia whakamahia ngā rauemi energy ki te aha, pērā i te kotara me te orongorongo, e kino ana i te whenua. Kāore anō i tēnā, ka taea e mātau te whakaiti i ōu moni me te whānau o koe i runga i ngā Whakahaere Pūngao.

Ngā Whakahaere Pūngao, Whawhai ki te Huringa Āhuarangi! Ki te whakamahia te pūngao, ka taea e mātau te iti i te upoko, me te tiaki i te papatūānuku mō ngā whakapono a muri iho. Ngā Whakahaere Pūngao me te tono moe. He maha ngā whenua e whakatūhia ana ngā Whakahaere Pūngao hei hanga i te energy e hiahiatia ana i te wā. Ko tēnā pērā i te kī ai, ‘Kei te mōhio mātau ki te oranga o tō mātau whenua, me hiahia mātau kia ora tonu ia.'

Ko tētahi o ngā mea nui kei raro i ngā Whakahaere Pūngao Rangi he mea hira i te taiao. Kāore te pūngao i whai kaihikohiko, hei tauhere āhua i ngā wāhi pūngao e hika ana i te māngai, pēnei i te inu me te kōkō, kāore ia e whakaaturia ki runga i te hāpori rānei, ki te āhuarangi. Ki roto i ō rātou Whakahaere Pūngao Rangi, ka taea e mātou te mahi iti nei ki te tiaki i te whenua, me te tiaki i tana raruraru mō ngā pepeke katoa. He mea mōhio, ko tēnā pērā i te whakawhitiwhiti aroha ki a Papatūānuku!

Kei te nui ake te tono moehe ngā tangata e whanau ana. Kia ora ngā Whakahaere Pūngao Rangi. Ki runga i te hau, ka taea te whakaputa i te watea hei tiaki i ā mātou hiahia. Kei te mōhio ake te pūngao i waenganui i te ao, ka kite koe i te nui o ngā Whakahaere Pūngao Rangi i hangaia i ngā marae me ngā maunga.... He pai rawa te kite i te hurihanga watea i te take!