Kei a tātou katoa taua mea mahi marino i te kokonga o te kīhini tari, o te rūma okiokinga, i tō ake kāinga rānei: ko te mīhini whakaputa wai. He maha ngā wā ka warewarehia, ka hanumi ki te papamuri tae noa ki te wā e matewai ai. Engari he tino toa tēnei taputapu iti i roto i ō tātou oranga o ia rā. Kia ringihia he mihi!

Ehara i te mea ko te wera me te makariri anake

Ae, ko te makona tonu i te wai matao i te rā werawera, i te wai wera rawa rānei mō te tī o te ahiahi, mō ngā nūru tere rānei, koinei te āhuatanga matua. Engari whakaarohia he aha te meatinoe whakarato ana:

1. Te Whiwhinga Wai Mau Tonu: Kāore e tatari kia rere tonu te wai mātao, kia koropupū rānei i roto i te pūwero. Ka akiaki i a tātou ki te inu wai atu mā te ngāwari me te ātaahua (ina koa ko te kōwhiringa whakamatao!).
2. Te Whakamāmā me te Whaitake: He tino māmā noa te whakakī i ngā pounamu wai. Me hiahia koe ki te wai wera mō te ōti, te hupa, te whakahoromata rānei? Ka oti i roto i ngā hēkona. Ka whakangawari i ngā mahi iti puta noa i te rā.
3. He Penapena Pea: Ki te whakawhirinaki koe ki te wai pounamu, ka taea e te tohatoha wai e hono ana ki ngā pounamu nui, ki te pūnaha puna wai rānei (pēnei i te pūnaha totohu i raro i te totohu, i te pūnaha POU rānei) te whakaiti i te para kirihou, ā, tera pea ka penapena moni mō te wā roa, ki te whakaritea ki ngā pounamu kotahi te whakamahinga.
4. Te Pokapū Hapori (Ina koa i te Mahi!): Kia pono tātou, ko te wāhi whakamatao/whakaputa wai he wāhi pai rawa atu mō ngā wā whakatā poto me ngā kōrerorero ohorere me ngā hoa mahi. Ka whakatairanga i te hononga - i ētahi wā ka tīmata ngā whakaaro pai, ngā kōrero pakiwaitara rānei mō te tari i reira tonu!

Te Kōwhiri i tō Toa

Kāore i te ōrite te hanganga o ngā taputapu tohatoha katoa. Anei he whakamārama poto mō ngā momo:

• Ngā Pouaka Whakaputa Pounamu: Ko te mea rongonui. Ka whakatakotoria e koe he pounamu nui (ko te tikanga he 5-karani/19L) ki raro. He māmā, he utu tika, engari me hiki ake te pounamu me te tuku/ohauru.
• Ngā Pouaka Whakatakoto-Raro: He taahiraa ake! Whakatakotoria te pounamu taumaha ki roto i tētahi wāhanga kei raro – he māmā ake ki runga i tō tuara. He ātaahua ake hoki te āhua.
• Ngā Pūwero Whakamahinga (POU) / Ngā Pūwero Whakamahinga-Matua: Ka honoa tika ki roto i tō paipa wai. Kāore he mahi taimaha! He maha ngā wā ka whakauruhia he tātari matatau (RO, UV, Waro) e whakarato ana i te wai parakore ina hiahiatia. He pai mō ngā wāhi e nui ana te haere o te tangata, mō ngā kāinga rānei e hiahia nui ana ki te tātari.
• Wera me te Mātao vs. Mahana Rūma: Whakatauhia mēnā e hiahia ana koe ki aua kōwhiringa pāmahana tere, ki te wai tātari pono rānei i te pāmahana rūma.

Te Whakamātautau i tō Pūrere Tuku Iho

Kia pai ai te mahi a tō toa wai:

• Horoia i ngā wā katoa: Horoia te taha o waho i ngā wā katoa. Horoia te paepae maturuturu i ngā wā katoa – ka paru pea! Whāia ngā tohutohu a te kaihanga mō te horoi/patupatu o roto (ko te tikanga me rere he winika, he wai horoi motuhake rānei mā roto i te tāke wera).
• Hurihia ngā Tātari (mēnā e tika ana): HE MEA HIRAHIRA rawa atu mō ngā ipu wai kua tātarihia/pou. Kaua e aro ki tēnei, ā, tera pea ka kino ake tō wai "kua tātarihia" i te wai tātaita! Tohua tō maramataka i runga i te roa o te wā e whakamahia ana te tātari me tō whakamahinga.
• Whakakapia wawetia ngā pounamu: Kaua e waiho he pounamu kau ki runga i te ipu whakakī-runga; ka taea e te puehu me te huakita te uru ki roto.
• Tirohia ngā Hiri: Me whakarite kei te ora ngā hiri o te pounamu, ā, kei te ma, kei te mau hoki ngā pūwāhi hononga o te kaiwhakaputa hei ārai i ngā turuturu me ngā poke.

Te Raina Taketake

He tohu te pūwhakatakoto wai i te hoahoa māmā, whai hua hoki e whakaoti ana i tētahi hiahia taketake o te tangata: te ngāwari o te uru atu ki te wai ma, whakahauora. Ka penapena i te wā, ka pupuri i te makuku o te wai, ka whakaiti i te para (ki te whakamahia tika), ā, ka āwhina anō hoki i aua wā poto o te hononga tangata.

Nō reira, ā tērā wā ka whakakī koe i tō karāhe, i tō pounamu rānei, me whai wā poto koe ki te maioha ki tēnei mea whakamiharo. Ehara i te mea he taputapu noa iho; he horopeta oranga o ia rā, he mea ngāwari ki te whakamahi! He aha te mea tino pai ki a koe mō tō mīhini wai? He wā whakakatakata mō te whakamatao wai? Tuhia ki raro!

Ngā mihi nui ki a koe mō te noho makuku!