He ora te wai. E rere ana i roto i ō tātou awa, e whāngai ana i tō tātou whenua, ā, e tautoko ana i ngā mea ora katoa. Engari, me pēhea mēnā ka kī atu mātou ehara te wai i te rauemi noa iho? He kaikōrero pakiwaitara, he piriti e hono ana i a tātou ki te taiao, ā, he whakaata e whakaata ana i te āhua o tō tātou taiao.

He Ao i roto i te maturuturunga iho

Whakaarohia te pupuri i tētahi pata wai kotahi. Kei roto i taua porowhita iti nei te mauri o ngā pūnaha rauropi, te hītori o ngā ua, me te kupu whakaari mō ngā kotinga ā muri ake nei. He mana tō te wai ki te haere—mai i ngā tihi maunga ki ngā hohonutanga o te moana—me te maumahara ki ngā whenua e pā ana ki a ia. Engari kei te piki haere te maha o ngā wero i tēnei haerenga.

Te Karanga Wahangu a te Taiao

I ēnei rā, kei te mōrearea te noho tahi o te wai me te taiao. Ko te parahanga, te whakangaromanga o ngā ngahere, me te huringa āhuarangi kei te whakararuraru i ngā huringa wai, kei te whakapoke i ngā puna utu nui, ā, kei te whakararu i te taurite o te ora. Ehara i te mea he take ā-rohe noa te awa poke; he ngaru nui e pā ana ki ngā takutai tawhiti.

Tō Tūranga i roto i te Rere

He aha te rongo pai? Ka puta he pānga kino i roto i ia kōwhiringa ka mahia e tātou. Ko ngā mahi māmā noa iho—pērā i te whakaiti i te para wai, te tautoko i ngā kaupapa horoi, me te whiriwhiri i ngā hua tauwhiro—ka taea te whakahoki mai i te taurite. Whakaarohia te mana o te miriona e whakatau ana i ngā whakataunga whai whakaaro hei tiaki i tō tātou wai me te taiao.

He Matakite mō Āpōpō

Kia whakaarohia anōtia tō tātou whanaungatanga ki te wai. Kaua e whakaarohia he mea hei kai noa iho, engari hei mea hei manaaki. Mā tātou tahi, ka taea e tātou te waihanga i tētahi ao kei te heke mai, ka rere mārama ngā awa, ka tupu te ora o ngā moana, ā, ko ia pata wai e kōrero ana i tētahi kōrero mō te tumanako me te rangimarie.

Nō reira, ā te wā e tahuri ai koe i tētahi taputapu, whakaarohia: Me pēhea te horapa o ō whiringa ki te ao?

Kia noho tātou hei huringa—kia kotahi te pata, kia kotahi te kōwhiringa, kia kotahi te ngaru i ia wā.