Mena he rangatira poti koe, he kaiwhakahaere marina, he tangata aroha rānei ki te moana, e mōhio ana koe ki te hiranga o tētahi taura tauranga pono hei tiaki i tō waka, hei whakarite hoki i te haumaru o te taunga. Kua hangaia ā mātou taura tauranga kounga teitei kia tū atu ki ngā āhuatanga tino kino o te moana, kia puta ai he pakari, he kaha, me te rangimarie o te hinengaro mō ngā āhuatanga taunga katoa. Ahakoa kei te taunga koe i tētahi waka whakangahau iti, i tētahi waka nui, i tētahi waka arumoni rānei, kua hangaia ā mātou taura tauranga kia tutuki, kia hipa ake hoki i ō tumanakohanga—koia ēnei te whiringa matua mō ngā tohunga moana me ngā kaiwhaiwhai o te ao katoa.

