Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ahakoa he whai whakamiharo te hoatu i te mea ki te hapori i runga i te mahi me te moni, he maha pea nga tangata e mahi ana i te huarahi hē. I whakatūria e Peter Baines te mahi atawhai a Hands Across the Water i muri i te whakapau i te 22 tau ki te Pirihimana NSW e arahi ana i nga roopu hei whakautu ki nga mahi whakatumatuma me nga aitua taiao, a e kii ana he maha nga Ahitereiria e whakatata ana ki te mahi atawhai hei mahi kotahi-ra-i-te-tau. 'Ki te whakaaro te iwi ka haere ratou ki te mahi atawhai me te waihanga i te huringa nui i roto i te ra kotahi ka he noa ratou i te pai, me te whakapehapeha i te kino,' ka mea a Mr Baines ki Daily Mail Ahitereiria. I whakatuhia e Peter Baines te mahi atawhai a Hands Across the Water, i muri i tana whakautu ki te Boxing Day Tsunami o 2004. 'Kei te mahi au ki tētahi waka kai i Hīnei e whakahaere ana i ngā pō e whitu i te wiki hei whangai i te hunga kore kāinga. He rōpū matua o ngā tūao, engari i te wā o te Kirihimete ka nui te hunga e hiahia ana ki te āwhina", te kī a Mr Baines. 'Kia whangaia ngā tāngata kāinga kore i te tau katoa, nō reira kei te whai koe ki te tautoko i ngā tāngata, kei te whai rānei ki a koe? I tino miharo tonu ahau, ā, ki taku whakaaro, e hiahia ana te iwi ki te mahi i tēnei, kia taea ai e rātau te kōrero mō tā rātau mahi i te pōpori kōkito e whai ake nei ka haere rātau ki reira,' i mea ia. I a ia e noho ana i roto i te rōpū kaiārahi i urupare ki ngā whakaeke i Bali i te tau 2002 me te Boxing Day Tsunami o te tau 2004, kua tata ki te 30 tau te roa o te wheako o Mr Baines ki te urupare ki te hunga e matea ana. Ko te kaitohutohu o te tau o Ahitereiria me te kaiwhiwhi tohu Order o Ahitereiria kua waiho hei whaainga mo tona oranga ki te kawe i te rereketanga whai hua me te whai kiko ki nga oranga o te hunga e tino hiahia ana, a e whakapono ana me whai huarahi rereke ki nga mahi atawhai. I roto i tana pukapuka hou, Doing Good for Doing Good, e kii ana a Mr Baines ka taea e te iwi te 'whakakahoretia o te waahi' i te wa e mahi ana ratou ki te kore e whakapau kaha ki te mahi i tetahi mea whai hua, me te hiahia noa ki te ahua o a raatau mahi atawhai. Ko Mr Baines tētahi o ngā kaitākaro whakamutunga o Ahitereiria o te Tau, ā, ko ia te kaiwhiwhi mētara o te Order of Australia. I whakatūria a Hands Over the Water i te tau 2005 ā, kua whakatūria e ia ētahi whare tamariki mokopuna huri noa i Thailand...
I whakatūria e Peter Baines te whakahaere atawhai Hands Across the Water i te tau 2005. E 22 tau a ia e ārahi ana i ngā rōpū e urupare ana ki ngā parekura māori. I kii a Mr Baines he maha nga Ahitereiria e whakatata ana ki te mahi tuuturu i te huarahi he. E tino hiahia ana ia kia whai wāhi ngā tāngata ki ngā mahi atawhai. Hei utu mo te tuku noa, e hiahia ana ia kia mohio te iwi ki te mea e hoatu ana e ratou ki a ia.