Ko te haere waka he mahi ngenenge ka pai, e whakataha ana i te whānau katoa. He mea nui te noho i roto i te whare hīkoi, i raro i ngā whetū. He momo whakaarotanga iti: me he wāhi moe māua i te pō. He whare kāinga whatiwhati āhua me te pūhanga ka taea te whakamahi i tēnei wā.
He whare hīkoi kaiwhakaāhua he mea nui noa iho tēnei ko te papa māku kia whakapūmaunga ai, ka whakamahia i roto i te whare. Ka tukuna koe i runga i te whenua kia pai rawa ai te papa māku nei i raro i a koe. Ko ngā rākau hāngai o mua he nui me te maha, ko ngā rākau hāngai whakaaro mahana he haere me te waho taea. I whakaritea hoki inaianei kia taea te whakatika i ngā whakahaere auaha, mea nui he pai tonu inaianei mo ngā haerenga whakaaro mahana katoa.
Tētahi āhuatanga kia whai i te wā e pai ana i te noho taeao tonu he mea koe i hoki i te papa hāpori taeao. Inahea koe ka noho ki runga i tērā, ka noho i runga i tēnei i roto i te ao nui. Kāore nei e mohio ana koe ki ngā whatu rānei, ngā rakau rānei e whiu ana ki a koe i roto i tō tinana. Ki runga i te papa hāpori, ka ea koe, ka tūhura koe ki te ra o te rangi, ki te hā o te whenua, me te ao nui.
He aha tēnei taeao tonu karekau i te papa hāpori? Ko ia te wāhi māku kia noho ai i te mutunga o te wā roa. Ahakoa koe kei te noho taeao i roto i ngā ngahere, ki uta ki te moana, ki te maunga hoki, he pai rawa koe i te mea pai rawa kia noho ai ki runga i tēnei. Noho pai ake tēnei i te papa kotahi iti rānei, i te torotoro kaka rānei hei noho. Mā te papa hāpori, ka whakapakari, ka whakamutu haere, ko tēnei e hīkoi ana i te wā kia whakaritea ai te taeao tonu, ka whai wā ake koe ki te whakamahi i te ao nui.
Ki te kāore koe i whakaaēhātia te whakamahi i te pōro hawahe mō te haere waka, inaianei he waehanga rangatira hei whakamahia. Kei te nui rawa atu ngā pōro hawahe pai noa ki Rongyida, e pai ana mō te haere waka. Ka taea e koe te whiriwhirihia i ngā rahi ā-kai nei me ngā roa hangaitia, hinga rawa atu i te pōro pai. Pōro hawahe pai ake, haere waka pai ake.