Eke Paihikara, hīkoi, oma haere i tēnei ara kirikiri i te taha moana tino ātaahua arā te Moananui a Kiwa. Ka eke runga tāhuna, ko te kitenga tēra i te whānuitanga o te moana ki Moutohorā, ki Whakaari me ngā Taungahiwi Raukūmara.
Ka taea te eke paihikara puta noa i ngā rumakitanga rākau taketake ahakoa me tūpato i ngā pūnaha rauropi o te tāhuna. Ka whai wāhi koe ki ngā ara ki te akau, ki ngā wāhi whakatā, wāhi kai, kaukau hoki. Ka hīkoia ngā papa hīkoi me ngā piriti kia kite i ngā pou whenua. Ka uru mai te wairua aiotanga ki a koe, ka tuwhera te katoa o Mataatua.
I te mutunga, whakatā i te wāhi whakaruruhau katahi ka hoki anō, ki te kore, haere tonu ki te Ara o Motū. Ka taea te takahi, te oma rānei i te tāhuna – he wāhi tino pai mo te whānau ki te haereere, te maha o ngā ara poto, ngā piki me ngā heke, ngā taki, a, ka taea hoki te huri ahakoa pēhea te tawhiti. Kei a koe! Link to Motu Trails
800 tau ki muri te taunga mai o te waka tuatahi ki Ōpōtiki, ka whakawhiti ake Te Ara Tāhuna mai i taua wāhi me ōna tikanga. E hia whakatipuranga ki muri tae noa mai ki tēnei wā kei te tino mā tonu te akau, te moana, te tāhuna, ngā hiwi, e mōhiotia nei e te iwi o Whakatōhea, ko ngā pātaka kai.
Ka whakaaetia te eke paihikara hiko ki ngā ara Tāhuna.
Ka whakaaetia te hari kurī engari me mau here.
Ka tutū te haukirikiri ki ētahi wāhi o te ara. Kia tūpato, āta haere i tēnei wāhi. Link to Motu Trails