Wai. He mārama, he whakahauora, he mea nui hoki mō te ora. Heoi, he maha ngā wā ka warewarehia e tātou, kāore e mōhio ki tōna hiranga ki tō tātou hauora whānui me te oranga. Mai i te whakanui i te pūngao ki te whakapai ake i te nakunaku, he mea whakamiharo ngā mahi a te wai mō ō tātou tinana i ngā huarahi kāore pea tātou e tino mōhio. Me ruku tātou ki te take me noho te wai hei kaupapa matua mō tō mahinga hauora.

Te Whakamakuku: Te Pūtake o te Hauora

E 60% te wai e hangaia ana i roto i ō tātou tinana, ā, e whakawhirinaki ana ngā pūnaha katoa ki tēnei wai. Ko te wai te tūāpapa mō te pupuri i te mahi tino pai o te tinana. Ki te kore he wai e ranea, ahakoa ngā tukanga māmā rawa, pērā i te mimiti matūkai, te tango paitini rānei, ka taea te whakaroa, te mutu rānei. Koia te take he mea nui te noho wai kia pai ai te noho i roto i te tinana puta noa i te rā.

Te Kanapa o te Kiri: Ehara i te Makuku anake

He mea whakamiharo te wai mō tō kiri. Ina mākū koe, ka noho pūmau tō kiri, ka kanapa, ka taitamariki. Mā te inu wai nui ka āwhina i te tango i ngā paitini, ka pai ake te rere o te toto, ka whakaiti i te āhua o ngā ira me ngā kita. He rite ki te maimoatanga ataahua o roto—kāore he utu nui.

Whakanuia tō Pūngao

Kua pōuri kē koe i muri i tētahi rā roa? Ko te wai pea te otinga. Ko te matewai te take e kore e kitea i muri i te iti o te kaha. Ina inu wai tātou, ka pai ake te mahi a ō tātou pūtau, ka nui ake te kaha, ka iti ake hoki te ngenge. A te wā ka ngenge koe, ngana ki te inu i tētahi karāhe wai hei utu mō te tango i tētahi atu kapu kawhe. Tērā pea ka mihi atu tō tinana ki a koe.

Te Wai me te Nakunaku: He Taurite i Hangaia i te Rangi

He toa puku te wai mō te nakunaku. Ka āwhina i te wawahi i te kai, te mimiti i ngā matūkai, me te neke i ngā para i roto i tō pūnaha nakunaku. Mā te inu wai nui ka pai te rere o ngā mea, ka ārai i te mate puku me te pupuhi. Ki te raru koe i te nakunaku, whakaarohia te tāpiri i te wai ki tō mahinga o ia rā.

Te Māramatanga o te Hinengaro

I mōhio koe ka pā te matewai ki tō wairua me tō arotahi? Ehara i te mea ko te wai anake te mea mō tō tinana—engari mō tō roro anō hoki. Ka taea e te wai tika te whakapai ake i te arotahi, te whakaiti i te ānini, me te whakarei ake i te mahi hinengaro. Nō reira, ki te mea kei te pōuri koe, kei te raruraru rānei, he karāhe wai pea te mea hei whakapakari i te roro e hiahiatia ana e koe.

Inu Maamaa, Ora Pai

Kāore e hiahiatia he mahi uaua te whakauru i te wai ki roto i tō mahinga o ia rā. Ka taea e koe te tīmata mā te whakakapi i ngā inu huka ki te wai, te tāpiri rānei i ngā hua hou pērā i te rēmana, i te kūkamo rānei hei whakareka ake i te reka. Me waiho hei mea ngahau—waihangahia he tikanga hei whakarei ake i tō hauora me tō harikoa.

Whakamutunga

Ko te wai te otinga māmā rawa atu mō ngā raruraru hauora e pā ana ki a tātou i ēnei rā. He otinga taiao, he iti te utu, ka taea te whakarerekē nui i te āhua o ō tātou kare ā-roto me ā tātou mahi i ia rā. Nō reira, kia piki ake tātou i te karāhe ki te wai—he huarahi māmā, auaha hoki hei whakapai ake i tō tātou hauora, hei oranga me te kaha me te oraora. Ngā mihi!