Karekau he raruraru o te pipi ki te tango i roto i tona waha me te ngote, ka tinihanga ki tana tane ma te mohio. Ki te hiahia ia ki te horomia, ka horomia e ia, ki te hiahia ia ki te whakaatu i ana parapara ki nga kaitaraiwa e haere atu ana, ka mahia ano e ia. He rite te mahi a te kakaho, kua rite ki te mahi i tetahi ota a tana hoa aroha, rangatira ranei.
He taiao whakangā, te moana, te takutai. Ka ngotea e te kotiro te tikaokao pakeke o tana hoa me te kore whakama, he kare-a-roto noa.