Mata o te parau hurihuri, Koro oneone raro, Wāhanga parau pāmu, Mata parau ātete-kakahu, Mata whakamau kōhao tapawhā
He mata parau ahuwhenua taumaha tēnei i hangaia mō te keri oneone kaha rawa.
He hoahoa koi, koi hoki, me ngā awaawa whakakaha āhua-V ōrite i runga i te mata,
ka whakarei ake i te pai o te tapahi me te ātete ki te kakahu.
E rua ngā kōhao whakairi tapawhā (kotahi kei runga, ko tētahi kei waenganui),
Mā te mata ka mau te pūmau me te haumaru i te wā e whakamahia ana.
He mea hanga mai i te maitai koranu kaha-teitei kua tukatukahia ki te wera me te paninga pango ārai-waikura,
he tino pakari, he ātete pai ki ngā pānga, ā, he tino pai te ātete ki te waikura,
te whakarite i te roa o te ora ratonga ahakoa i roto i ngā āhuatanga parae uaua.
Haunga ngā whakapainga ki ngā rauemi matua, kei roto hoki i te hoahoa hanganga o te pito o te koko ngā āhuatanga atamai. Mā te kakano ārai-paheke āhua-V i runga i te mata ka mau te oneone i te wā e whakamahia ana, ka ārai i te paheke me te whakarite i te hohonutanga parau whenua pumau me te ōrite. Mā ngā kōhao pūtu paerewa kua keria i mua ka whai hua, ka watea hoki te tāutanga me te whakakapinga, ka taea ai te hototahi tika ki ngā mīhini parau whenua rongonui me te kore he whakarerekētanga tāpiri, ka whakaiti nui i te wā kore mahi mō te tiaki. I te wā kotahi, ka whakarei ake te paninga ārai-waikura pango i te ātete ki te waikura, ka whakarite kia mau tonu te mahi pumau o te pito o te koko ahakoa i roto i ngā mahi o waho mō te wā roa.
Mō te mahi ahuwhenua nui, ko te whiriwhiri i te pito koko waro he tikanga kia iti ake ngā utu katoa: kia iti ake te auau o te whakakapinga wāhanga, kia iti ake te ngaronga o te mahi me te wā kore mahi, me te whakarite hoki i te kounga o te whakatipu me te whakatakoto i te turanga pai mō te tipu o muri mai. Ahakoa te wawahi i te oneone, te parau hohonu, te tango otaota rānei, ka tukuna e tēnei pito koko he mahi pumau me te pono, e āwhina ana ki te whakapai ake i te kounga me te whai huatanga o te mahi ahuwhenua.
I te anga whakamua o te mahi mīhini ahuwhenua ki te whai huatanga me te penapena pūngao, ehara i te mea he whakapai ake noa iho ngā pito o te koko waro i ngā taputapu tāpiri, engari he taahiraa matua anō hoki ki te whakatairanga i te arotautanga o ngā tauira whakaputa ahuwhenua, kia pai ake ai, kia pumau ake ai hoki ia mahi parau whenua.











