Te Kaupapa o te Hokinga

He aha tēnei upoko mō?

E mea ana tēnei upane kōwhiringa kia mōhio tātou, arā, ko ngā mea e kitea ana he kaha, kāhore rānei, e whakapā mai ana i runga i te raupapa. Me maha rawa te tuwhera, kia taea te tāmia. Me kaha rawa te kaha, kia taea te whakakāhore. Me ora rawa te mea e mate ai, kia taea te tango. Ko te mārama ngaro o tēnei, arā, ko te āio me te ngākau mārie, e kaha ake i te kaha me te hau. Me noho te ika i roto i tōna pūtore, ā, me huna ngā mea whakamate a te iwi, kaua e whakanui.

He aha tēnei ki ahau?

I a au e whakaaro ana mō tēnei upane, ka mōhio au he nui ngā wā e whakahekea ai ōku wheako ki tētahi taumata. Engari i a au e tūmanako ana mō te mea e kaha ai, ka taea te āwhina i a au kia ngākau mārie, kia mōhio kei te raupapa ngā mea. Ka whakaaro au i tōku ao, me huna ōku 'mea whakamate' — ahakoa he pūkenga, he mōhio rānei — me mārie, me hōki. Mā te āio, e ora ai tātou.

He aha tāku mahi āpōpō?

I tēnei rā, ka titiro au ki tētahi wāhi o tōku ao e whakapau kaha ai au ki te 'kaha'. Ka whakamārie au i a au anō, ka tuku i te kaha kia haere, ā, ka tautoko i ngā mea ngāwari, ngā mea mārie. Ka huna au i ōku 'pūkenga whakamate' — ngā whakapae kaha — me tuku kia noho rahi. Ka titiro au ki te ika, me noho i roto i tōna pūtore, me huna, me ngākau mārie.