Ka rangahau tātou i ngā take me te whakamahi rākau whakamīharo me te rōpū whakawehi ā-waha he hiahia, pēhea te tiaki i tō whakapā pūhoro, pēhea te whakamahi i aua mea hei whakatutuki i te whenua me ngā kaihau, pēhea te whiriwhirihia i te whakapā pūhoro tika mō tō pūtake, me pēhea ka whakaaungia e rātau i te taiao.
Te pūmau he mea e whakainumia ana e ngā kararehe i roto i te pā. Ka taea e ia hei uara pai mō te whenua, engari ka taea hoki e whai wāhi āhea i te kore raweanga i te kawe ake i a ia. E āwhina ana ngā tohu pūmau i ngā ringaringa o ngā kaiwhiwhiaki ki te whakapāpā i te pūmau i runga i ō rātou māra. Nā tēnā ka wehe atu ngā uara ki te whenua i tērā e hiahiatia ana ngā uara. Ko te tohu pūmau he tikanga mō te hanga whenua ora anake, mā te whakahē i te kōhuru i ngā uara, ā, mā te iti i te mate ō te wai.
Kei reira koe i te whakaaro kia taea e koe te nui rawa o ō uaua pūmotu wehi kuhu roa ko tēnei he whakamārama i te hoki mai i te āhua pai rawa. Whakamahi i te tikanga kīwaha me te aro atu ki tērā i runga i te waehanga o te wā, ka taea e koe te whakahōpai i ngā pūnaha me te tiakina i te mahi pai. I te wā e mahi ana koe i te poraka, mohio koe ki te whai i ngā tohutohu me te mutu i te wehe me te roa pai.
kōwhiringa whakawai rautaki he hanganga taonga nui tēnei i te take nitira, piriponi me te potaetea hei hāngai i ngā whenua. Ki te whakaritea te rorohiko ki te whakawāhi i te paku ki runga i te whenua, ka whakapono au ko tēnei tētahi ara hei whakaora i ngā whenua. Ka taea hoki e te paku te tiaki i te maero o te whenua me te whakahē i te korenga. Ko te poraka paku tētahi rorohiko e taea ai te huri i te paku matua ki tētahi mea e āhei ai ki te whakanui i ngā huarapa.
Kei raro i te maha o ngā momo rārangi whakawhiti wai mō te hoko e taea ana i ngā āhua me ngā rahi katoa. Mō ngā pūtake iti e hiahiatia ana ngā whakapā iti i te āhei ki te whakauru ki ngā wāhi iti; mō ngā pūtake rahi e hiahiatia ana ngā whakapā rahi e taea ai te whakamana i te maha o ngā taonga. He hokinga hiahia hoki kia tētahi whakarite i te momo pūhoro e whakapā mai ana koe, me āheinga i ngā whakapā e pai rawa ana mōu.
Whakamahia tētahi rara paihere uta rautaki he pai mō te whenua, he pai mō ngā kaihau me te taiao hoki. Ki te whakawehi i te pūhoro i runga i te wharewhiti, ka taea te whakahēkenga i te hokoata o ngā huaika ki ngā awa me ngā roto. Ki te pīrangi ngā huaika i te whenua, ka hanga paihikara me ngā take mō te wai. Ki te whakapā i te pūhoro me te whakapā pūhoro, ka whiwhi haere ngā kaihoko i te mana motuhake ki whea me pēhea ka haere ngā huaika ki runga i ō rātou māra, e hēngi ana ki te tiaki i ngā puna wai whenua.