Ina haumi koe ki tētahi pouaka rererangi, ehara i te mea ko te hoko pouaka anake tāu — kei te haumi koe ki te haumaru o ō taputapu me te pono o ō mahi. Mā ia haerenga, mā ia whakaaturanga, mā ia kawe waka ka tūpono ō taputapu, ā, ko tētahi pouaka pai anake ka tū atu ki te...
Mena kei a koe te kawenga mō te kohikohi i ngā pouaka konumohe, i ngā pouaka anga-mārō rānei mō tō waitohu, whatunga tohatoha, tono ahumahi rānei, tera pea kei te raru koe i ētahi raruraru maha: Ko ēhea ngā wheketere Haina ka taea te tuku pono i ngā pouaka konumohe kounga teitei i te tauine nui? Me pēhea te...
I roto i ngā ahumahi maha—mai i ngā taputapu hauora me te whakaahua ki ngā taputapu me ngā hikohiko—he mea nui te tiaki i ngā rawa utu nui i te wā e rongoa ana, e kawe ana hoki. He maha ngā wā ka hē ngā pouaka konumohe kua oti te whakarite, ka waiho ngā pakihi me ngā raruraru i roto i te tiakitanga, te whakaritenga, te peka rānei...
Ahakoa he waitohu koe, he kaituku, he miihini rānei, he uaua te kimi i tētahi kaihanga pouaka konumohe pono. Tērā pea me whai parenga pakari koe mō ngā taputapu, ngā mea whakapaipai, ngā taputapu utu nui rānei—engari kāore i te rite te kounga o ngā wheketere katoa, te whakaritenga, ...
Mō te rokiroki, te kawe, me te whakaaturanga ngaio, ko ngā pouaka konumohe tētahi o ngā kōwhiringa tino pakari me te huatau e wātea ana i ēnei rā. Heoi anō, tera anō tētahi atu mea nui e whakatau ana i te roa o te ora o tō pouaka - ko te kounga o ngā taputapu. Hā...
Hei umanga kua roa e whakarato ana i ngā pouaka taputapu hōiho konumohe ki ngā momo ahumahi, kua kite mātou i te pānga nui o te whiriwhiri i te pouaka whakapaipai hōiho konumohe tika ki te pakihi. Ahakoa he kaihokohoko rarahi koe, he kaituku, he...
Ko te kawe i ngā taputapu utu nui—ahakoa he oro ngaio, he whata pāpāho, he whakaaturanga LED, he taputapu DJ, he taputapu tika rānei—ka puta mai tētahi wehi tonu: me pēhea mēnā ka pakaru te pouaka? Ahakoa he torutoru mirimita o te he o te tūnga, he ngoikore ngā taputapu, he iti rānei te matotoru o te pahuka, ka pakaru pea te wāhanga...
Kua rongonui ngā putea whakapaipai Oxford mō te hunga e rapu ana i te huinga o te pakari, te whaihua, me te kāhua. Ko tētahi o ngā pātai matua ko te roa o te ora o ēnei putea, he mea nui hoki te roa o te ora mō te hunga e whakamahi ana i ēnei putea i ngā wā katoa, e haereere ana rānei...
Mena kei te rapu koe i ngā pouaka moni—ahakoa kei te kohikohi moni koe, kei te hoko moni kua whakarōpūtia, kei te whakahaere i tētahi whare mahi miniti, kei te hoko atu rānei i ngā taputapu—e mōhio ana koe ki ngā wero: ngā moni utu nui e hiahia ana kia tiakina, te ataahua o ngā kaikohi, ngā rauemi rerekē (rakau, konumohe, kirihou, pepa), ngā mea ritenga...
Ina tae ki te whiriwhiri i tētahi putea mahi mā tō rōpū, mā ō kiritaki rānei, he mea nui ngā whakaaro tuatahi. Ehara i te mea he putea noa iho te putea mahi mō te kawe tuhinga, rorohiko rānei—he tohu ia mō te ngaiotanga, te reka, me te momo. I roto i ngā kōwhiringa maha e wātea ana, ko ngā putea mahi konumohe me...
Mena he tohunga whakapaipai koe, he tohunga whakapaipai, he kaihoko waitohu rānei, kua mōhio kē koe ki te hiranga o te pouaka whakapaipai hurihuri. Ehara i te mea ko te kawe noa i ngā mea whakapaipai - engari ko te whakaritenga, te pakari, me te āhua i a koe e haereere ana mai i tētahi kiritaki ki tētahi atu. Engari ko te kimi i te mea tika...
Mō te mahi i roto i te umanga ataahua, ehara i te mea ko te pupuri i ngā mea kia pai anake te noho whakarite—engari ko te penapena wā, te tiaki i ō hua, me te whakaatu i a koe anō he tohunga. Mā te whakarite whakapaipai pai pērā i te kete whakapaipai hurihuri ka taea te hanga i te rerekētanga...