Pūwhakamāori wai taputapu, Tātari maha-wāhanga hei tango i ngā poke, Tāutanga Koreutu, Tātari ā-tinana hangarau uku, Ka taea te horoi maha

Te hoahoa ara wai whakapae
Kia rite ki te ahunga rere o te wai, kia nui ake te horapa o te pā i waenga i te tātari me te wai, kia tino pai ake ai te purenga o te wai.
Kounga wai motuhake, Kāore he poke tahi
Ka wehea motuhaketia te wai mata me te wai parakore kia kore ai te wai puna me te wai parakore e poke tetahi i tetahi. Me whakarite kia ma, kia haumaru hoki ia pata wai parakore e whakamahia ana e koe.

Ngāwari ki te tāuta Ngāwari ki te whakamahi
Ka taea te tāuta tika i te pūwero wai ki runga i te pūwero o te kīhini kia pai ai te inu i te wai parakore. Kāore he tāutanga motuhake, kāore he hiko, kāore he wai para.
Rahi Iti, Tātari Kaha
Ka taea te hopu ki te nikau o te ringa; he hua tino hiahiatia mō ngā kīhini me ngā horoi whare

Huānga tātari horoi
He ōhanga, he hoa taiao hoki, he roa te ora ratonga, he ngāwari ki te horoi me te whakahou anō

Mā te hoahoa iti ka māmā ake te tātari
Hei whakapai ake i te hua, i tino whakangāwarihia e mātou mai i te āhua ki te hanganga.
Te tātari uku diatom parakore
Mā te tātari uruhanga ā-tinana kua takaihia ka tino pai ake te tātari. I taua wā anō, he nui te rerenga horoi wai, ka taea te whakatutuki i ngā hiahia wai o te kīhini.