Ngā tōkena takirua ahua tawhito o te puna me te ngahuru

He mea nui kia mau i ngā wāhine katoa he takirua tōkena miro mahana, whakamarie hoki. E kore e taea e ā mātou tōkena miro wahine Mori mō te ngahuru me te takurua anake te kawe mai i te manaaki mahana ki ō waewae, engari ka meinga hoki koe kia rite ki te mea kei roto koe i ngā ringa o te taiao, me te rongo i te rangimārie me te ataahua me tōna momo Mori ahurei.

He mea hanga tēnei tōkena miro ki te miro parakore kounga teitei, he ngawari, he pai hoki mō te kiri, he pai te uruhanga o te hau, ka taea te mimiti i te werawera o te waewae, ka noho maroke, ka noho whakamarie hoki ngā waewae. I taua wā anō, ka whakamahia e mātou he tukanga whatu pai i roto i te tukanga whakaputa kia pai, kia ōrite hoki ngā tōkena, kia kore e ngāwari te huri, kia pakari. Ko te tae o ngā tōkena he tae whenua te nuinga, pērā i te parauri, te beige, te kōwhai, me ētahi atu, e hoatu ana he kare ā-roto mahana, ā-taiao hoki ki te tangata. Ahakoa he kākahu ōkawa, he kākahu ōkawa rānei, ka nui te tāpiri a ēnei tōkena miro wahine Mori mō te ngahuru/hotoke ki tō āhua whānui.

Hei ārai i te makariri o te ngahuru me te takurua, i tāpirihia e mātou te nui tika o te muka mahana ki ēnei tōkena miro hei whakapai ake i te mahi mahana o ngā tōkena. Ahakoa i te makariri o waho, ka rongo ō waewae i te manaaki mahana. Hei tāpiri, he taurite te roa o ngā tōkena, ka taea te tiaki pai i ngā pona me ngā kōpū waewae, ā, ka karo i te kounga o ngā taipitopito o te whakataetae:

Ka aro nui mātou ki ngā taipitopito katoa, ā, ka whai mātou kia whakaratohia ki a koe ngā hua kounga teitei. Kāore te hoahoa koretake o te waha o tēnei tōkena miro e kukume i te waewae, engari ka ārai hoki i te paheke o ngā tōkena. Ka tāpirihia hoki e te raro o te tōkena he matūriki ārai-paheke hei whakanui ake i te waku, hei hanga hoki i a koe kia haumaru ake, kia pumau ake hoki i a koe e hikoi ana.