Te Ora Ngāhau i te taha o te Moana

I ia wā ka kōrero mātou mō te moana, ka puta mai tētahi rerenga kōrero - "E anga atu ki te moana, me ngā putiputi o te kōanga e puāwai ana". I ia wā ka haere ahau ki te taha moana, ka tangi tēnei rerenga kōrero i roto i tōku hinengaro. Hei whakamutunga, ka tino mārama ahau he aha ahau i aroha ai ki te moana. He rite te whakama o te moana ki tētahi kōtiro, he rite te maia ki tētahi raiona, he rite te whānui ki tētahi mania, ā, he rite te mārama ki tētahi whakaata. He mea ngaro, he makutu, he ātaahua tonu.
I mua i te moana, te iti o te moana e pā ana ki te tangata. Nō reira, i a au e haere ana ki te takutai moana, e kore rawa ahau e mahara ki tōku wairua kino, ki tōku pouri rānei. E whakaaro ana ahau he wāhanga ahau nō te hau me te moana. Ka taea tonu e au te whakawātea i a au anō me te pārekareka ki te wā i te takutai moana.
Kāore he mea miharo te kite i te moana mō te hunga e noho ana i te tonga o Haina. Ahakoa tātou e mōhio ana ki te tai timu me te tai timu. Ina tai timu, ka rukuhia e te moana te papa o raro o te moana, ā, kāore he takutai onepū e kitea. Ko te haruru o te moana e pā ana ki te pakitara moana me ngā toka, me te hau hou o te moana e pupuhi ana i te mata, ka marino tonu te tangata. He tino pai te oma i te taha o te moana me te mau taringa. E 3 ki te 5 ngā rā o te tai timu i te mutunga o te marama me te tīmatanga o te marama o te maramataka Hainamana. He tino oraora. He rōpū tāngata, te hunga taitamariki me te hunga kaumātua tae noa ki ngā pēpi e haere mai ana ki te takutai, e tākaro ana, e hikoi ana, e rere ana i ngā manu tukutuku, e hopu ana i ngā kōpaka me ētahi atu.
Ko te mea whakamiharo o tēnei tau ko te hopu kōpaka i te taha o te moana i te tai timu. Ko te 4 o Hepetema 2021, he rā paki. I taraiwa ahau i taku pahikara hiko "Bauma", me te tiki i taku irāmutu, me te mau koko me ngā peere, me te mau pōtae. I haere mātou ki te taha moana me te wairua harikoa. I tō mātou taenga ki reira, ka pātai mai taku irāmutu "he wera, he aha te tini o te tangata e tae wawe mai ana?". Ae, ehara mātou i te tuatahi ki reira. He tini te tangata. Ko ētahi e hikoi ana i te takutai. Ko ētahi e noho ana i runga i te taiapa moana. Ko ētahi e keri ana i ngā rua. He tirohanga tino rerekē, he oraora hoki. Ko te hunga e keri ana i ngā rua, ka mau koko me ngā peere, ka noho ki tētahi takutai iti tapawhā, ā, ka rūrū ringa i ētahi wā. Ko māua ko taku irāmutu, ka tangohia ō māua hu, ka oma ki te takutai, ka noho ki tētahi tauera pōke o te takutai. I ngana mātou ki te keri me te hopu kōpaka. Engari i te tīmatanga, kāore i kitea e mātou tetahi mea i tua atu i ētahi angaanga me ngā oncomelania. I kitea e mātou he maha ngā kōpaka i hopukina e te hunga i tō mātou taha, ahakoa i whakaaro ko ētahi he iti, ko ētahi he nunui. I pōuri mātou, i āwangawanga hoki. Nō reira, ka tere te whakarerekē i te wāhi. Nā te tai timu, ka taea e mātou te neke tawhiti rawa atu i te taiepa moana. Ahakoa, ka taea e mātou te hikoi ki raro i waenganui o te piriti o Ji'mei. I whakatau mātou ki te noho ki te taha o tētahi o ngā pou o te piriti. I ngana mātou, ā, i angitu. He nui ake ngā kōpaka i te wāhi i kī tonu i te onepu ngohengohe, ā, he iti noa te wai. I tino harikoa taku irāmutu i te kitenga i tētahi wāhi pai, ā, i hopukina e mātou he maha atu ngā kōpaka. I ringihia e mātou he wai moana ki roto i te peere kia ora ai ngā kōpaka. I muri tata iho i ngā meneti, ka kitea e mātou kua mihi mai ngā kōpaka ki a mātou, ā, ka menemene mai ki a mātou. Ka puta ake ō rātou mahunga i roto i ō rātou angaanga, ka manawa i te hau i waho. I whakama rātou, ā, ka huna anō ki roto i ō rātou angaanga i te wā i ohorere ai ngā peere.
E rua hāora te roa o te rere, kua tae mai te ahiahi. Kua piki ake hoki te wai moana. He tai timu. Me tākai mātou i ā mātou taputapu, ā, kua rite ki te hoki ki te kāinga. I te hikoi waewae kore i te takutai onepū me te wai iti, he tino mīharo. Ka pā te pā ki te tinana me te hinengaro, ka tino marino ahau, me te mea kei te kopikopiko noa ahau i te moana. I a mātou e hikoi ana ki te kāinga, ka pupuhi te hau ki te mata. I tino harikoa taku irāmutu, ā, ka karanga ia "He tino harikoa ahau i tēnei rā".
He mea ngaro tonu te moana, he mea makutu, he mea whakaora, he mea awhi i te hunga katoa e hikoi ana i tōna taha. E aroha ana ahau, e koa ana hoki ki te oranga e noho tata ana ki te moana.