Kia pūmau, pērā i te maunga! He mea whakamiharo te hiki teitei, engari ko te noho pūmau te kī tūturu—ko te haumaru te mea tuatahi.

E mōhio ana ngā tohunga whakahaere waka mohio ki te taumahatanga o te tuku utanga—ina koa he koretake te whenua, he piri rānei ngā rauemi, ā, he uaua ki te whakahaere. Ka taea e te paheke kotahi te whakararuraru, te whakaroa, te kino rānei. Kaua e mataku: kua hangaia tēnei wakatō-muri "tino pakari" hei whakahaere i aua āhuatanga uaua. Nā tōna hanganga whakapakari, te tohatoha taumaha kua tatauhia, me te tikanga hiki atamai ka māmā ake te tango i te utanga, ka huri i tētahi mahi uaua i mua hei mahi haumaru, maeneene i ia wā.

Ka aro nui mātou ki ngā "kupu e toru" e tino hira ana: te pumau, te pumau, te pumau. Ko ngā kurupae matua whānui me ngā tautoko tuarua o te wakatō, me te hangarau pokapū-iti-o-te-papa-taimaha kua arotauhia, ka pupuri i te waka katoa kia pumau ahakoa te teitei o te hiki. Mā te pūnaha hiki tukutahi atamai ka whakarite kia noho tukutahi ngā mahi waipēhi, ka ārai i te wakatō kei takahuri, kei neke rānei i te wā ohorere—ahakoa i runga i ngā mata onepu, toka rānei, i ngā utanga piri rānei. Ka tukuna he mahi pono, kāore he āwangawanga, ka taea ai e koe te tango i ngā uta pērā i te tohunga i ngā wā katoa.

Ehara te haumaru i te āhuatanga noa iho—he painga matua. Ka tiaki i ō taraiwa, ka pupuri i ō utanga, ā, ka tiaki i tō pakihi. Mā tēnei wakatō-haurua pito-muri, ka whiwhi koe i te māia tino pai mō ō wero kawe waka katoa. Tukua mātou kia āwhina i a koe ki te wheako i tōna pumau, me te mātakitaki i te haumaru ake, te whai hua ake, me te whakahaere katoa i tō mahi kawe waka.