Rīpeka Hiriwa Whakatutuki - Putunga Here Matua

Kei tēnei rīpea miro kowhatu kea te mā, he materiana whakamahinga mō ētahi atu kaupapa hanga, tohu, me ngā kaupapa taonga. Kei tō taha tuarua he hohoro whakapiri nui rawa, ā, e pai ana ki te mahi i runga i ngā tahuhu kiriwiki, pūmau, me ngā tahuhu rakau. Ko te nuinga o ngā mahi mō tēnei rīpea he mea whakatūpato hei whakamahi mo te hanga, hei tiaki i te tahuhu kia kaua e kōrerotia, ā, e āheinga anō hoki ki te noho hei kākano kai wai kia noho pūmau ai te hua. He mea tino pai ngā whiwhinga matatini, pērā i tana kiko e kore e taea te whanake, kia ea ai te whakamahi ki ngā hanga iti nei hoki. He mea hoki e kore e whakapae ki te kōhuri, e hīmata ana i konei ko ngā tuhinga e taea tonu e noho pai i waenga i ngā wā e huringa. Ki te whai take nui i ēnei hua, ka whakamahi ngā rīpea miro kowhatu mā mo ngā kawe waka me ngā tohu whare, ā, mō ngā kaupapa taonga kāinga ki uta ranei, me ngā hanga pūmanawa, nā reira ka noho tētahi whenua tuatahi hei whakamahi i a ia e ngā tohunga me ngā tangata whakamahi i waenga i ngā rōpū ā-motu.