Chapter 11
Te Pūtā Kia Taki e Tū tekau mā tahi
Taketake
埏埴以为器，当其无，有器之用。
凿户牖以为室，当其无，有室之用。
故有之以为利，无之以为用。
Whakamaoritanga
Whakakōwhaihia te one ki te hanga i tētahi oko, i te wā e mōrea ana tērā, kei reira te whakamahinga o te oko.
Keria ngā kūaha me ngā matapihi hei hanga i tētahi whare, i te wā e mōrea ana tērā, kei reira te whakamahinga o te whare.
Nā reira, ko te mea kei reira hei painga, ko te mea kāore i reira hei whakamahinga.
Whakaaroaro Hōhonu
He aha tēnei upoko mō?
E tohu ana tēnei upoko i te mana o te wāhi Māori. Ahakoa te kaha o ngā wāhi katoa, kāhore te whare, te oko, te waka e whakamahia ana mēnā kāhore he wāhi ngohengohe, he wāhi mōrea, he wāhi tūpāpaku. Ko te ngohengohe, ko te korapora, ko te wāhi kāore i te tino kaha, tēnā te wāhi nui rawa atu.
He aha tēnei ki ahau?
Ka aro ake au ki ngā wāhi e noho mōrea ana i roto i a au anō. He maha ngā mea e kōkiri nei ahau, ngā whakaaro, ngā mahi, ngā hononga. Engari, ko te wāhi Māori kei waenganui, ko te wāhi e taupū, e tau mai ai ngā mea katoa - tēnā te wāhi e hiahiatia ana. Me ako ahau ki te tuku i te wāhi mō te hau, mō te wairua, mō te rangimārie.
He aha tāku mahi āpōpō?
I tēnei rā, ka titiro au ki tētahi wāhi kei roto i a au, pērā i tētahi kōhanga, tētahi rūma rānei, ka tau ai ngā mea. Ka karakia mō te mōrea, te tūpāpaku, te korapora. Ka tuku i tētahi wāhi ki te wāhi nui - kia kaha ai ngā mea katoa kei roto i a au.
Wāhanga Honohono
Ōku Huritao
He aha tēnei wāhanga e whakaoho i a koe? Ka pēhea koe e whakamahi ai?