Ko te mahi whenua he hiahia nui mō tātou, nō reira ka tae atu ki tā tātou kai kotahi i ia rangi. rākau whakamīharo me te rōpū whakawehi ā-waha me whai i ngā momo rakau tika me ngā momo hunga hanga hei whakapakari i ngā tipu ora. He momo whakahaere taurangi takutaku tētahi o ēnei rākau whakarite. Koahea nei te whakarite hei āwhina i ngā kaiwhakahoki kai ki te hanga i te maha tonu kai ki te whakarite i te mīhini wai ki ō rātou tipu.
He taonga nui te wai me whakapūmau, me whakamahia. Nō reira, ina he hunga e pāngia ana i te kai, he tino hē ki te whakamahi pai i te wai mō te mahi whenua. pūmotu wehi kuhu roa āka whakaaeae anō i te wai ki te taumaha ki roto i ngā kiri o ngā raupapa. Ko tēnei e āheinga ana ki te iti i te wai e hurihia ana ki te rangi rānei, ko te wai e huri ana i runga i te whenua.
Tētahi momo āhuatanga ratou he whakamātau tuaropū kei te tūranga, e awhina ana i ngā kaiwhakaako ki te whakawehi i ō rātou māra me te watea. Ka takahia he rākau roa i runga i tētahi pūtaka i te tekoteko, kia whakawehi i ngā hua i roto i tētahi poro. Ki te whakamahi i tēnei whakamātau, ka āhei ngā kaiwhakaako ki te whakauru i te whenua nui atu i te tirohanga, tirotirohanga, tirotirohanga, tirotirohanga, tirotirohanga, tirotirohanga, tirotirohanga, tirotirohanga.
I mua, kāore i te ngenetanga i te kaiwhakaako ki te whakawehi i ōna hua ki runga i te ringa, nō reira he mahi nui, he wā nui. Ki te ao nei, ki te tono o te āhua matihiko, rārangi whakawhiti wai mō te hoko ka taea te whakahaere i te wai me te poipoi o te tomokanga. Ka whakatakoto i ngā rā ki te whakawehi i te wai ki ngā māra, ka taea hoki te whakamana i ngā hua kia puta te wai i te wā e hiahiatia ana. Ko tēnei pūnaha hoki e tiaki i te wai, e iti rawa i te rite, e awhina ana ki te whakapai i te mahi kaiwhakaako hei pai noa iho ai ki te Papatuanuku.
Nā te whakamana i ngā kaiwhakaako kia puta mai i te kaiwhakaako nui atu me te whakamahi i te iti rawa wai, kōwhiringa whakawai rautaki he aha hoki te whiwhinga moana. Ki te tiakina i te wai me te iti i te pūtake whatu, ka taea e ēnei rākau whakangungu te tiakina i ō mātou puanga wai. Nō reira, he take nui kei runga i ēnei rākau kia whai oranga ai te whenua. Ka taea e ēnei rākau whakangungu te mahi i ngā huamahi hou pērā i te wai o te rā, e pa ana ki te ao anōharmore. Ki te whakamahia ēnei rākau, ka taea e ngā kaiwhakahoki kai te hanga kai i tēnā mea e pai ai mō ngā pepeke ki muri.