Ka āhei ngā mātaitai ki te whakamahi i tō rātou pūkoro hei whakawehi i ngā hua kai i te taha matihaki, me te whakamahi i tētahi pūmotu wehi motuhake. Koia nei pērā i te wīra nui i runga i ngā rataka e āhei ana ki te haere-haere i waenganui i te whenua. Ka awhina te pūmotu i te whakaora i te wai, ā, ka taea e ia te whakamana i te mea kia puta ai te wheako wai tika ki ngā reretanga hei whakatipu.
Te tātari Gengze pūmotu wehi kuhu roa kāore i te tuhuratia, ā, ka āhei i ngā mātaitai ki te whakawehi i te wai ki ngā wāhi e hiahiatia ana. Kāore he wai e whai wāhi ana ki ngā wāhi kāore i te hiahia ki te wai, koia nei he whakaora i te wai. He mea nui te wai, me tiaki mātou.
Te tātari Gengze rākau whakapūmau i te wai ka noho nui tēnei i ngā mahi a ngā mātaki whenua. He mea hohoro, he mea iti i te waea i te wai mō ngā kai. Ka taea te tuku wai ki roto i tēnei wāhi nui, me āheahe. Nō reira ka taea e ngā mātaki whenua te whakamahia i tana wā me tana hiahia ki te whakatipu i ētahi atu mahi mō te pāmu.
Te tātari Gengze rākau whakapūmau i te wai i runga i te poutoko ka taea te whakamahi mō tētahi hanganga nui o ngā kai, hei tae atu ki ngā hua whenua, ngā hua rākau, me ngā kai. Ka pai te mahi mō te tuku wai i ngā marae ā whenua me ngā pūrua. Ka taea te whakarerekē i te rākau, nā tēnei ka taea te tuku wai ki ngā taumata katoa me ngā taha katoa. Nā ēnei āhuatanga ka noho whakaaweawe me te whaimana mō ētahi atu whakamahi.
Te pouaka whakaruru ratounga pūhā huri i te marae mō te rautaki waiwhi ka taea te āwhina i ngā kāpia ki te hanga pai ake me te whakamahere i te wai pai mo ngā rākau. Ka kitea e ngā rākau e pai tuutuu ana i te wai, ka taea rātou hoki te whakapiki i te nui o ngā mahi me ngā hua whenua. Ko tēnei he kawe i te whakatika o te mahinga kai: Ka taea e ngā kaiwhakahoki kai te huihui i te nui o ngā kāpia me te whakapai o te moni. He mea nui ki te tirotiro ki ngā kāpia, ki te tuku i te wai e hiahiatia ana kia ora ai.
Te pouaka whakaruru utu waihori pūnaha he ratounga whakauru i hangaia hei whakamahi i waenganui i ngā whenua iti, pērā i ngā whenua noho me ngā tahataha maunga. Ki runga, ki raro i ngā tahataha, ka ea te ratounga i a koe i te tino waimarie, kaore i te pakaru. Ko tēnei he whakaae i ngā kaiwhakahoki kai kia whakawhiu i o rātou kāpia i te wehenga, ahakoa ngā whenua whakamāharahara. He mea nui ki te whai i tētahi ratounga ka taea te mahi i waenganui i ngā whenua, kia taea e ia katoa ngā rākau kia tangohia te wai e hiahiatia ana.