Tuhia he reta ki ōku mātua e whakamārama ana i ngā take e tika ai kia hokona mai e rātau he kōtiro mōku
E te whaea me te papa aroha,  E mōhio ana koe, kua roa au e hiahia ana ki tētahi kōtiro mōrearea. He nui taku whakaaro, he nui hoki taku rangahau mo nga mea e whai pānga ana. E mōhio ana ahau he nui te pono o te whai mōkai, nō reira kei te tuhituhi atu ahau ki a koe ki te whakamārama he aha ahau i whakaaro ai kia hokona mai e koe he kōtiro mōkai ki ahau, ā, he aha te kōtiro i te kōwhiringa mōkai tino pai ai.  Mā te tiaki i tētahi kōtiro mōrearea e whai mana nui ai ahau. E mohio ana ahau me whakarite e au kia pai te whangai o taku porohita, kia mau ki te pāmahana tika, kia whai wāhi ki te noho i raro i te rama whakawera, i te ra rānei mēnā e mahana ana. E tino pai ana ahau ki te tuku i te wā me te pono e tika ana hei tiaki i taku kōtiro. Ko ahau anake te kaitiaki o te kōtiro, ā, e mōhio ana ahau kua pakeke rawa ahau ki te tuku i ahau ki tōna tiaki me tōna harikoa.  E mōhio ana koe, e mate ana ahau i te manukanuka, ā, ko te kura i ētahi wā ka tino āwangawanga ahau. He maha nga rangahau kua whakaatuhia ko nga kararehe ka whakaiti i te manukanuka me te ahotea i roto i te tangata. E whakapono ana ahau ko te whai i tētahi kōtiro he mea whakamiharo hei whakararuraru i aku āwangawanga, ā, ka nui te ahuareka ki ahau. He rereke ki te whakapono rongonui, he pai ki nga kukupa te tarai i o ratou peera me te kikii i o ratou kauae, a ki taku whakaaro he tino harikoa ki ahau te whakangahau i te kukupa ina hoki mai ahau i te kura.  He tino whaiaro ngā kōtiro. Mena ka whakawhiwhia ki a raatau he waahi mahana hei whakamahana, te uru atu ki te wai hou me te maha o nga kai hou penei i te dandelions, te kale, te huamata me etahi atu huawhenua rau, he tino harikoa ratou ki te waiho ki a raatau ake taputapu. I te mea e noho ana tātou ki te UK, e mahana ana te pāmahana, me hoko e tātou he tēpu torotoro me te papa pai, he rama wera me ētahi hiako e taea ai e te torotoro te huna i a ia. He nui te wāhi mō tēnei i roto i tō mātou kīhini. Ka mahana te rangi, ka taea e te tītī te haere ki roto i to mātau kari i roto i te whare herehere. Ko te tepu torotoro me te rama e tata ana ki te £200 engari he moni tuatahi noa iho tēnei. I muri i tērā, he iti rawa te utu o te pupuri i tētahi kōtiro. Inaa hoki, ka taea e koe te kohikohi i te nuinga o a rātau kai mā te rapu kai, e harikoa ana ahau ki te mahi i te wā e haere ana mātou ki te hīkoi whānau.  He rereke ki te whakapono o te nuinga, ka taea e nga kukupa te tino hoa. Ka rite ki taku i whakahua i runga ake nei, e aroha ana rātau ki te whakatangihia, engari i mōhio rānei koe ka taea e rātau te mōhio i o rātau rangatira, ā, ka taea hoki e ētahi te urupare ki o rātau ingoa? I kitea i roto i tētahi rangahau ka taea e ngā kōtiro te mōhio ki ō rātou rangatira o mua kāore i kite i a rātou i roto i ngā tau, nō reira he hoa rātau, he tino pūkenga hoki. Ka āwangawanga pea koe mō te whakamātao i tētahi kōtiro, engari he nui ngā rangahau i mahia e au mō tēnei, ā, ināianei kua mōhio au ki te mea tika hei mahi. Mēnā ka hokona e mātou he kōtiro, me noho mō te toru marama te roa mai i te mutunga o Hepetema. Ka hiahia mātou ki te whakanoho i tō mātou kōtiro ki roto i tētahi pouaka kua pai te whakawehe. Kāore e taea te pāmahana te neke ake, te heke iho rānei i te 5 nekehanga Celsius, ā, ko tō mātou karaka te wāhi tino pai mō taua mea. Kei roto i a mātau he tohu pāmahana kia āhei ai ahau ki te aroturuki i ngā taumata wera.  I te mutunga, kua tirohia e au te utu mo te hoko i tētahi kōtiro. Ka tūtohu ahau kia hokona e mātou he kōwhai e rua tau te pakeke, nā te mea he iti ake te tiaki e hiahiatia ana e rātau. Ka taea e mātou te hoko i tētahi kōtiro kua whakauruhia ki te maramara mō te £100. A, ka haere mātau ki te hararei, kua kitea e au tētahi Hotel Tortoise e whakahaeretia ana e tētahi tohunga kararehe, ā, e 60 pauna noa iho te utu mō te noho 10 rā.  Ki taku whakaaro ka whakaae koe kua tino rangahau au ki te tiaki i tētahi kōtiro, ā, ko te tūmanako ka whakaae koe kua tino pakeke au ki te tiaki i tētahi mōkai. E tino whakapono ana ahau ka kaha te whakaaro o te kahu manu ki ahau, ā, ka whai pānga pai ki taku āhua. Ae ra, ki taku whakaaro ka koa te whānau katoa ki te whai i tētahi kōtiro. He hoa rātau, he aroha, he mea whakamīharo, he kararehe mohio hoki, ā, ka whai hua tātou katoa i te whai i tētahi.  Ka nui taku mihi ki a koe mēnā ka āta whakaaro koe ki taku tono.  He nui te aroha,  He aha te take?