Kāore au i whakaaro ka noho ahau hei tangata e tino harikoa ana ki te tātari wai. Engari anei ahau, e toru tau i muri i te tāutanga o taku pūwhakamāori wai tuatahi, kua rite ki te whakapuaki i te panonitanga o tēnei taputapu iti, ehara i te mea ko taku wai anake, engari ko taku huarahi katoa ki te hauora me te oranga. I tīmata mārire te karanga o te whakaoho. Ko te reka ngoikore o te chlorine i roto i taku kawhe o te ata. Ko te toenga mā e hangai ana i roto i taku ipu wai. Ko te āhua o te hukapapa mai i taku pouaka tio e mau ana i te reka matū i muri mai. I inu wai puna ahau i tōku oranga katoa me te kore whakaaro tuarua - tae noa ki taku haerenga ki te whare o tētahi hoa me te whakamātau i tā rātou wai kua tātarihia. He rerekētanga nui. Ko te Rangahau Pōka Rāpeti I tīmata taku rapunga me te pōhēhē nui. RO, UV, UF, TDS - ko ngā kupu whakarāpopoto anake i nui hei whakaoho i ahau. I pau ngā ahiahi ki te pānui i ngā whakatakotoranga hangarau, te mātakitaki i ngā ataata whakatairite, me te ako atu mō te matū wai i taku i whakaaro ai he mea tika. Ko te mea i tino kitea ko te mārama he rerekē ngā hangarau e whakaoti ana i ngā raruraru rerekē: He pai ngā pūnaha RO mō ngā wāhi he nui ngā konganuku taumaha, he nui rānei ngā kohuke. Ka aro te purenga UV ki ngā poke koiora. Ka whakapai ake ngā tātari waro i te reka me te tango i ngā matū noa. Te Kimi i tā Mātou Taurite Tino Pai. I muri i te whakamātautau i te kounga o tā mātou wai (i kitea he wai pakeke āhua mārō mātou me ngā āwangawanga mō te haukini), ka whakatau mātou ki tētahi pūnaha ranu e whakakotahi ana i te hangarau RO me te whakakaha kohuke. He tino māmā te tāutanga – i whakahaerehia e te tohunga hangarau i raro i te rua hāora. Te Oranga i Muri i te Tāutanga. I tere tonu, ā, i āta haere ngā huringa. Ko te wāhanga tonu: i puta whakarere mai te reka o te wai… kāore he reka. I te huarahi pai rawa atu. I whakakitea mai e te kawhe me te tī ngā reka kāore au i mōhio kei te huna. He nui ake te hiranga o ngā panonitanga āta haere: Kāore e hokona he pounamu wai kirihou Te māia ki te wai e inuhia ana e tōku whānau Te ngawari o te makawe me te kiri (he mea nui hoki ngā kohuke i roto i te wai kaukau!) Te ahuareka o te pārekareka ki tētahi karāhe wai whakahauora Ngā mea e hiahia ana ahau kia mōhio wawe atu Mena kei te whakaaro koe ki tētahi mīhini horoi wai, anei aku tohutohu uaua: Whakamātauria tuatahi – kia mōhio ki ngā mea kei roto i tō wai i mua i te whiriwhiri i tētahi pūnaha Whakaarohia te wā roa – whakaarohia ngā utu me te auau o te whakakapinga tātari Whakaarohia tō wāhi – kāore e kitea ngā waeine i raro i te totohu engari me whai wāhi ki te kāpata Kaua e nui rawa te hanga – ehara i te mea ko ngā whare katoa e hiahia ana ki te pūnaha matatau rawa Te Whakatau Ko te haumi ki tētahi mīhini horoi wai tētahi o ngā whakatau pai rawa atu kua mahia e mātou mō tō mātou kāinga. Ko tētahi o aua hoko onge e puta ai ngā painga kitea i ia rā, i ia rā. Ko te reka parakore, ma o tō mātou wai e hari tonu ana ahau i ngā tau e toru i muri mai – he mea kāore au i whakaaro i mua i te tīmatanga o tēnei haerenga. I ētahi wā ko ngā mea māmā – pērā i tētahi karāhe wai tino ma – te mea nui rawa atu ki te kounga o tō mātou oranga.
Wā tuku: Whiringa-ā-rangi 28-2025

