Kei te mahara koe ki te wāhanga kino rawa atu o te mahi i roto i te taiwhanga? Ki ahau nei, ehara i te whakarite otinga, i te whakahaere rānei i ngā tauhohenga. He anga atu ki tētahi totohu kī tonu i ngā oko karāhe paru i muri i tētahi whakamātautau. He tino hoha te whakaaro noa ki tēnei mea: he toenga ngaro e piri ana ki ngā ipu, he paparanga piri i te raro o ngā ipu Erlenmeyer. He tino uaua te horoi kia ma.

I te takurua, i whero, i matao hoki ōku ringaringa i te horoinga i raro i te wai makariri rawa. Ehara i te mea he kawa noa iho te whakawhiti i waenga i te hopi horoi, te waikawa, me te kawakore, engari he kino hoki ki tōku kiri. Mā te horoi ki ngā paraihe, ka ngaro tonu i ahau aua kokonga uaua ki te tae atu. Ko te wāhanga tino whakarihariha? Ina puranga katoa ngā mea - he whakamātautau tere hei whakahaere me ngā hua hei whai, engari i noho tonu ahau ki te whawhai me te puranga karāhe paru. Ka mamae tōku tuara, ka mātakitaki i te wā utu nui e memeha haere ana. Tino whakarihariha!

Kātahi ka whiwhi tā mātou taiwhanga i tētahi mīhini horoi karāhe aunoa XPZ—he taputapu nui, tapawhā, totoka. I te tīmatanga o te whakaurunga, i ruarua ahau. Ka tino mahi tēnei mea? He mahi tinihanga noa iho rānei? Ka taea te horoi kia rite ki te ma o te ringaringa? Ina koa ko ngā toenga uaua, piri.

I taku whakamahinga tuatahi, i ruarua ahau. I muri i te pukapuka tohutohu, i whakarōpūtia e au ngā karāhe, i whakatakotoria ki raro ki runga i ngā titi o te whata, i nekehia te whata ki roto, i kati te tatau, i tīpako i te huringa, ā, i pēhi i te tīmatanga.

I te haruru iti, ka tīmata te mīhini ki te mahi. I rongo ahau i te rere o te wai, me ngā ringa rehu e hurihuri ana. I taku tirotiro mā roto i te matapihi porowhita iti, ka kite ahau i ngā pupuhi wai e puta mai ana i ngā taha katoa—runga, raro, maui, matau, kāore he kokonga mate. Ko ngā toenga i roa ai taku horoinga, kua kitea kua pupuhihia, kua rewa, kua horoia atu.

I te tangi o te tangi hei tohu kua mutu te huringa, ka huakina e au te tatau. Āe! He kanapa te ma. Kāore he ira wai i roto, i waho rānei, me te kore rawa he toenga. I taku oma i roto i te pounamu, ka rongo ahau i te ahua ahurei, maeneene, me te ma o te karāhe kua horoia pai. He ma rawa atu i taku e taea ai te horoi ā-ringa, me te kore e kōrero mō ngā toenga matū i ōku ringaringa. Tae noa ki ngā kokonga uaua o ngā pounamu kaki whaiti me ngā pounamu rōrahi.

Mai i taua wā tonu, kua tahuri ahau. Anei te take he tino rawe:

1. He penapena wā nui! I mua, e 30 meneti pea te roa o te horoi ā-ringa i tētahi puranga karāhe, ā, ka ngenge ahau. Ināianei? Utaina, kati te tatau, pēhi i te pātene, ā, kua oti! Ka haere tonu ahau ki taku mahi tūturu—te tuhi tuhipoka, te whakarite mō te whakamātautau e whai ake nei, te tango noa rānei i tētahi wā poto mō te kawhe. Mā te mīhini e horoi i a au e mahi ana i te pūtaiao.
2. Ka penapena i te kaha, ā, ka kore e pāngia ōku ringa! Kāore e raru i te wai hukapapa me ngā matū kino. Kāore e pangia ngā maihao, kāore hoki e mamae te tuara. He nui te harikoa, inā koa i te takurua.
3. He tino ma, ā, he rite tonu! Mēnā ka whiriwhiria e koe te huringa tika, ā, ka whakamahia he hopi horoi nui, ka kanapa te putanga o ia wahi. He tino pono ngā hua. Kāore he manukanuka kei pāngia ngā hua o āpōpō e te ngenge i tētahi rā.
4. He mīharo te mahi ki ngā toenga uaua! Mā te whakakotahitanga o te wai pāmahana teitei, te pehanga wai kaha, me ngā hopi horoi motuhake ka taea te whakahaere i ngā toenga tino uaua ka pātai i a koe mō ō whiringa oranga mēnā ka horoia e koe mā te ringaringa.
5. Kia tau te rangimārie! Ina koa mō ngā whakamātautau tairongo, ngā tauira rānei e pāngia ana e te poke, he mea whakamarie ake te mōhio kua horoia ngā karāhe ki te pāmahana teitei e te mīhini (ā, kua whakamarokehia, i runga i te tauira) i te horoi ā-ringa.

Nā, ko tēnei mīhini te tino mahi a tā mātou taiwhanga. Whai muri i tētahi whakamātautau, ka kawea mai e te katoa ā rātou oko karāhe paru. Whakakīia te whata, pēhia te pātene, kua oti! He tino whakamarie te rongonga i te ngunguru i te kokonga—me te mea kei te mahi puku tetahi (tētahi mea rānei) i te wāhanga tino hoha o te mahi.

Tērā pea ka whakaaro koe he utu nui, he wāhi nui, ā, ka ruarua koe mō tōna whai huatanga i mua i te hoko i tētahi. Engari i muri i tō whakamahinga, kotahi noa te whakaaro: he aha ahau i kore ai e hoko wawe i tēnei? Te horoi i ngā oko karāhe? Waiho noa mā te mīhini horoi. He tino rerekē te āhua.