Te whakamahere wai— he hunga matatini e āwhina ana i ngā kaiwhakahoki mahinga ki te hāngai i o rātau kūropi i runga i ngā huarahi motuhake. Ki te kore e whakamahi i ngā huarahi iti — pērā i ngā pūhukihuki rānei, he mea whakamutu i te wai ki o rātau whenua, ka whakamahi ngā kaiwhakahoki mahinga i ngā whakahaere wai ki ētahi wāhanga anō o te whenua. Nā reira, ka whakaora i a rātau wā, i a rātau moni, ā, ka mohio hoki i te taiao.
He taumata nui hoki te whakahaere waipiro nei i te taha, kia taea ai ngā mātaitai kai ki te whakamahia te wai i runga i ō rātou whenua motuhake. E hīnātia ana e tēnei mea ka kore e pūmau ana te wai ki ngā wāhi kāore i te hiahia, ā, ka whakaora moni, ka whakaora hoki ēnei awa mō tātou. Rapu Wai Whakamahi Ki Te Taha ka taea hoki te whakangau i te wā o te mātaitai kai ki te hanga i ō rātou māra i ēnei rā e rite ana, ā, ka whakawhiti i a rātou wā kia mahi i ēnei mahi matua hoki ki runga i te marae.
Te mahi whenua matihiko he momo mahi whenua e whakamahi ana i te hunga matihiko ki te āwhina i ngā kaiwhakaaweawe i a rātou mahi. Te whakamahana huinga anō he tūranga nui mō te mahi whenua matihiko: kei a ia te tuku i te kai kia waiwai mai i te wā, i te wāhi i e ai ki te wai. whakawehi puhipuhi ka taea anō e ngā mātāwaka kai te hanga i te mea iti ake me te whakamahi pai i te wai.
Ka āhei tētahi mātāwaka me te whakawai Gengze ki te whakapono he mea nui te wai e utaina ana ki ngā rākau, ā, i te wā tika. Kei tana awhina kia puāwaitia ai ngā rākau me te hanga i te mea iti ake. He mea nui te whakaiti i ngā utu wai me te whakapuaki i te kai iti ake hei kai mo te hunga tangata e nui ake nei.
Ka pūpū mai ngā whakawai takitahi i te wai ki ngā paipai kei roto i ngā whenua mahi. pūnaha whakawehi wai kei te nehe ngā pīpu, e āwhina ana i te wai kia tupeke mai, ā, kia hāngai ki ngā kūropi. Ki te whakatika i te hāpai o te wai, ka taea e ngā kaiwhakahoki mahinga kia tirotirotia e ia rākau he iti noa iho i te mea kia puawai ai, kia ora ai.
I tenei rā o tāea, ko te mea nui rawa kia tau atu ngā kaiwhakahoki mahinga ki ngā huarahi mahi e tiaki i te taiao me ngā rawa. E āwhina ana te hunga matatini o te whakamahere wai i te whakahaere i te wai hei whakapai i tana whakamahi, me te iti i te mokemoke. Ki runga i te whakaae a ngā kaiwhakahoki mahinga i ngā whakahaere wai, ka āwhina i a Papatūānuku kia ora tonu, kia paunga i ngā pepe tūroa e tae nei.