Kei te whakaatu atu mātou i tā mātou mahi auaha hou mō ngā takai kai tauwhiro – te Pouaka Tina Tōka Whakakore-Pai me te Taupoki! He mea whakahīhī ki a mātou te whakaatu i tēnei otinga hoa-taiao e tiaki ana i te taiao, ā, he kōwhiringa watea, pono hoki mō ngā kai tango-atu.

He mea hanga tēnei pouaka tina mai i ngā muka tō, ā, ka taea te whakawairakau, he mea tino pai mō te hunga e aro nui ana ki te oranga tonutanga. He rerekē ki ngā ipu kirihou, ki ngā ipu Styrofoam rānei e roa ana te pirau, ka pakaru noa iho tā mātou pouaka tina i roto i ētahi marama noa iho, kāore he toenga kino e toe ana.

He pakari te hanganga o tēnei pouaka tina, ā, he mea hanga kia tū atu ki ngā taumahatanga o ia rā. Ka taea te pupuri i ngā momo kai maha, mai i ngā hupa wera ki ngā huamata reka, me te kore e wehi kei turuturu, kei maringi rānei. Nā te taupoki kua whakauruhia, ka nui ake te watea, ka ngāwari te kawe me te penapena.

Ehara i te mea ka taea te whakawairakau i ngā muka tō e whakamahia ana i roto i te hanga o tēnei pouaka tina, engari ka taea hoki te whakahou. Mā te whakamahi i tētahi hua o te umanga tō, kei te whakaitihia e mātou te tono mō ngā rauemi hou, ā, kei te whai wāhi atu ki tētahi heke mai pumau ake. Hei tāpiri, ko ēnei muka i ahu mai i ngā māra e whakahaeretia ana me te tika, kia kore ai e pāngia ngā kāinga noho tūturu, ngā pūnaha rauropi rānei.

Kāore tēnei pouaka tina e whakaiti i te mahi. He wāhi whānui tōna e taea ai te whakauru i te nui o te kai, me te pupuri tonu i te hou me te reka. Ka mau tonu te taupoki i ngā reka me ngā kakara, kia mau tonu ai te reka me te kakano o tō kai. He haumaru hoki te pouaka ki te ngaruiti, kia taea ai e koe te whakamahana anō i tō kai me te kore e manukanuka ki ngā matū kino, ki ngā paitini rānei.

Kāore anō kia ngāwari te horoi i muri i te kai reka. Nā te mea ka taea te whakawairakau i tēnei pouaka tina, ka taea noa te maka atu ki roto i tō ipu whakawairakau kāinga, ki tētahi wāhi whakawairakau kua tohua rānei. I roto i te wā poto, ka pakaru hei mea rauropi hei whakarei ake i te oneone, ka whakaoti i te porowhita o te oranga tonutanga.

Ahakoa he kaihoko kai koe, he rangatira wharekai, he tangata rānei e rapu ana i tētahi huarahi kē atu i te takai kai tuku iho, ko tā mātou Pouaka Tina Tōka Whakakore me te Taupoki Taupoki te whiringa tino pai. Kia mau ki te oranga tonutanga me te kore e whakararu i te kounga, i te whakamarie rānei.

Hono mai ki a mātou i roto i tā mātou kaupapa ki te whakaiti i ngā para kirihou, me te waihanga i tētahi aorangi hauora mō ngā reanga o muri mai. Huri ki tā mātou pouaka tina parapara i tēnei rā, kia kitea ai te harikoa o te kai taiao!

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Wā tuku: Hepetema-17-2023