I tēnei ao tere o ēnei rā, kāore anō kia rite te hiranga o te noho wai māori ki tēnei wā, engari ko te otinga māmā rawa atu—te urunga atu ki te wai māori, wai māori—ka warewarehia i roto i te whakamahere tāone. Whakauruhia te puna inu iti nei: he mea nui o ngā wāhi tūmatanui, ehara i te mea he mahi noa engari he tohu hoki mō te oranga tonutanga, te hapori, me te auahatanga.

He Pūtake o te Wātea me te Oranga Tonutanga

Ko ngā puna inu tūmatanui ngā toa rongonui o ngā hanganga tūmatanui. Ehara i te mea he inu wai noa iho ā rātou e tuku ana—e whakatairanga ana i te wai māori, e whakaiti ana i te whakamahinga kirihou kotahi te whakamahinga, ā, e whakarato ana i tētahi rauemi e wātea ana ki te katoa. I ngā tāone nui kāore i te tino taurangi te urunga atu ki te wai inu ma, ko ēnei puna he tohu mō te whai wāhitanga me te ōritetanga.

Hoahoa me te Kaupapa

Kāore ngā puna inu o ēnei rā i te mea he mea ngāwari, he mea whai hua hoki. Ka whakakotahi ngā hoahoa hou i te ataahua me te mahi, ka huri i ngā puna hei mahi toi tūmatanui, me ngā raina maeneene me ngā āhuatanga auaha pērā i ngā teihana whakakī pounamu. He maha ngā wā ka hangaia me te whakaaro ki te taiao, me te whakamahi i ngā rauemi he pakari, he pai ki te taiao, he ngāwari hoki te tiaki. Ehara i te mea ka whakarei ake tēnei panonitanga hoahoa i te wheako kaiwhakamahi anake engari ka hangai hoki ki ngā whāinga whānui o te oranga tonutanga.

He Wāhi Huihui mō ngā Hapori

Haunga tōna whai huatanga, he wāhanga nui ngā puna inu o te hanganga pāpori o ngā wāhi tūmatanui. Ka karangahia he wā okiokinga me te taunekeneke, ka noho hei wāhi tūtakitanga kore ōkawa e tūtaki ai ngā tāngata o ngā momo āhua katoa. Mai i ngā papa tāone pukumahi ki ngā tiriti marino, ka noho te puna hei wāhi tūhono tahi—he whakamaumaharatanga i roto i te ao pukumahi, mā te tango i tētahi wā ki te inu wai ka taea te whakakotahi i te tangata.

Te Ao o te Wai Whakamakuku

I te whanaketanga tonu o ngā tāone nui, me pērā anō hoki ngā huarahi e whakaarohia ai e tātou te wai whakapūmau a te iwi. Tērā pea ka whakauruhia ngā puna inu o muri mai ki ngā pūoko hei aroturuki i te whakamahinga wai, hei āwhina i ngā kaunihera ki te tiaki rauemi kia pai ake. Tērā pea ka uru atu ki roto ngā hangarau atamai e purea ana, e tātari ana hoki i te wai i te wā tonu, kia mau tonu ai ngā paerewa kounga wai teitei.

Hei whakamutunga, ehara te puna inu i te taputapu wai anake—he tohu ia mō te whakapai ake a te hoahoa whakaaro nui i te āhua o tō tātou noho. He mahi auaha iti engari he whai pānga e whakamahara ana i a tātou ki te hiranga o te urunga atu, te oranga tonutanga, me te hapori i roto i ō tātou wāhi tūmatanui.