Ko te kaupapa matua o te pouaka whakapaipai he pupuri i te ataahua pumau o ngā whakapaipai, he ārai i te puehu me ngā matūriki i te rangi kia kore e waikura, kia kore hoki e mau te mata o ngā whakapaipai, ā, he wāhi rokiroki pai hoki mō te hunga e pai ana ki te kohikohi whakapaipai. He maha ngā momo pouaka whakapaipai rakau noa, i tēnei rā ka matapakihia e tātou te whakarōpūtanga o ngā pouaka whakapaipai rakau: Kei te wātea ngā pouaka whakapaipai rakau i te MDF me te rakau totoka. Ka wehea te pouaka whakapaipai rakau totoka ki te pouaka whakapaipai mahogany, te pouaka whakapaipai paina, te pouaka whakapaipai ōki, te pouaka whakapaipai matua mahogany, te pouaka whakapaipai ebony....
1. He pouri ake te tae o te mahogany, he taumaha ake te rakau, ā, he mārō ake te kakano. I te nuinga o te wā, he kakara tō te rakau tonu, nō reira he tawhito, he whai kiko hoki te pouaka whakapaipai i hangaia ki tēnei rauemi.
2. He parauri te rakau paina, he kōwhai, he kiripaka. He tae tūturu te pouaka whakapaipai i hangaia ki tēnei rauemi, he mārama, he ataahua te kakano, he parakore, he kanapa te tae, e whakaatu ana i te kakano ngāwari. I roto i te pukumahi o te tāone nui, ka whakatutukihia e ia ngā hiahia hinengaro o te tangata kia hoki ki te taiao me te tuakiri tūturu. Heoi, nā te ngohengohe o te kakano o te rakau paina, he ngāwari te pakaru me te huri i te tae, nō reira me tiaki tonu i te wā e whakamahia ana i ia rā.
3. Ehara i te mea he rakau pakeke anake te rakau ōki, he kaha nui, he taumaha motuhake, he hanganga motuhake, he matotoru hoki te kiko, he mārama, he ataahua hoki te kakano, engari he ātete makuku, he ātete kakahu, he ātete tae, he whakapaipai oneone hoki. Ko ngā āhuatanga o te pouaka taonga i hangaia ki te ōki he rangatira, he pumau, he huatau, he māmā hoki.
4. He mārō, he māmā, he maroke te makahō, ā, ka mimiti haere. He parauri māwhero te nuinga o te wā, ā, ka pai ake te kanapa i te roanga o te wā. He rerekē ngā tae o te kakano o tōna whānui, he hiraka tūturu, he tino ataahua, he ngawari, he huatau te kakano, he rite ki te hiraka te āhua. He ngāwari te tapahi me te whakarite i te rakau, he pai te whakairo, te tae, te here, te tae, me te here. He āhua rangatira, he huatau hoki ngā pouaka whakapaipai i hangaia ki tēnei rauemi. He momo makahō te makahō, kāore te tae o te pouaka kohatu i hangaia ki a ia e pūmau, e kore e mārama, e kore e mārama te kakano, tera pea e huna, e kitea rānei, he mārama, he rerekē.
5. He momo rakau pango te ngākau, he mā te rakau (he parauri, he kikorangi-hina rānei) ki te parauri whero-mārama; he pango te ngākau (he pango paru, he kakariki rānei) me te pango koretake (he rārangi me ngā atarangi whakawhiti). He kanapa te mata o te rakau, he mahana te pā atu, ā, kāore he kakara motuhake. He pango me te mā te kakano. He mārō te rauemi, he ngawari, he ātete ki te waikura, he pakari, ā, he rauemi utu nui mō ngā tāonga me ngā mahi ā-ringa. He marino, he taumaha te pouaka whakapaipai i hangaia ki tēnei rauemi, ka taea te kite mā te kanohi anake, engari mā te whiu anō hoki. He ngawari, he mārama te kakano o te rakau o te hiraka, he ngawari, he kore e kitea, ā, he maeneene te pā atu, pērā i te hiraka.





