I te rā i tāuta ai ahau i taku pūnaha osmosis whakamuri tuatahi i raro i te totohu, i rite ahau ki tētahi toa nui. Kua hinga i ahau te wai kino. Ko ahau te kaitiaki o te hauora o tōku whānau, te kaitiaki ki ngā poke, te toa i te pakanga ngaro ki ngā mea totoka rewa. I whakakapia tonutia e au ngā tātari, i tirohia te mita TDS i ia rā, ā, i tino harikoa ahau i ia wā ka whakakīia e au tētahi karāhe.

Kātahi ka puta he mea rerekē.

I tino aro nui ahau ki te kounga o te wai. I whakamātau tonu ahau. I āwangawanga ahau mōna i a au e hararei ana. I rangahau ahau i ngā poke kāore anō kia rangona e au. I pau ngā hāora ki te pānui mō te PFAS, ngā kirihou moroiti, me ngā rangahau hou mō ngā poke hou. I te nui ake o taku purenga, ka nui ake taku āwangawanga mō ngā mea ka puta mai.

He ma ake taku wai i mua. He kino rawa atu taku manukanuka.

Koinei te āhua o te parapara wai: ko te taputapu tonu e oati ana i te rangimarie o te hinengaro ka taea te huri hei pūtake o tētahi momo manukanuka hou. Ina arotahi tātou ki te parakore, ka tūpono tātou ki te ngaro i te tirohanga whānui.

Te Whānautanga o te Whakaaro Whakama
I tīmata noa iho. I kōrero mai tētahi hoa ki ahau mō ngā tūponotanga o te mata i roto i ngā paipa tawhito. He whare tawhito tōku. I whakamātauria e au te wai. Kāore i kitea te mata, engari ko te mea kei reira tonu, kua nui.

I hokona e au te pūnaha matatau rawa atu i taea e au te utu. E whitu ngā wāhanga. I tangohia katoatia e ia. He tino parakore te wai, kāore he reka. I whakahīhī ahau. I haumaru ahau.

Engari kātahi ka tīmata ahau ki te pānui. He maha tonu ngā tūmomo mōrearea hou. He maha atu anō ngā poke. I whanake tonu te pūtaiao. Ko te mea i kiia he haumaru inanahi, he mea whakapae i tēnei rā. I neke haere tonu ngā pou whāinga, ā, i whaia tonu e au.

Ngā mea kāore au i mōhio: Kāore te pūwhakamāori wai i te āwhina i ahau kia haumaru ake. Nā te mea i nui ake ai tōku mōhio ki te āwangawanga. Nā te mōhio ki ngā mea kei roto i taku wai—ahakoa kāore i reira—i hanga he āwangawanga tonu.

Te Rārangi Angiangi i waenganui i te Mārama me te Pōuri
Kei hea te tūpato whai whakaaro ka huri hei hiahia kino?

Ngā tohu i warewarehia e au:

Kāore au e inu wai i hea atu engari ko te kāinga anake

I mauria mai e au taku ake wai ki ngā wharekai

I rangahau ahau i ngā poke i taku wā waatea

I āwangawanga ahau mō te wai o aku tamariki i te kura

Kāore i taea e au te mutu te whakamātautau i taku wai tātari, ahakoa he pai tonu

Ki te titiro whakamuri, kua huri taku kaiwhakapai wai hei paraikete haumaru. Koia te tohu kitea o taku mana whakahaere kore e kitea i runga i tētahi ao pōrearea. I te nui ake o taku whakahaere i taku wai, ka nui ake taku whakaaro kei te whakahaere ahau i ētahi atu mea. Engari kāore te whakaaro noa o te mana whakahaere i āwhina.

Te Pūtaiao o te Manukanuka Wai
He ingoa tēnei mō tēnei āhuatanga: te chemophobia. Ehara i te wehi i ngā matū katoa, engari i te wehi i ngā poke matū. He mate hou tēnei, e whāngaihia ana e ngā mōhiohio whānui, e taupatupatu ana hoki e wātea ana i ō tātou ringaringa.

Ko te Whakahaere Hauora o te Ao, te EPA, ngā mana whakahaere wai ā-rohe, me ngā rōpū tautoko katoa e whakaputa ana i ngā rārangi o ngā poke me ō rātou taumata "haumaru". Ko te raruraru, he whāinga nekeneke te "haumaru". Ko te mea e haumaru ana mō te pakeke, kāore pea e haumaru mō te tamaiti. Ko te mea e haumaru ana mō te rā, kāore pea e haumaru mō te oranga katoa.

E kīia mai ana ki a tātou, "He mano tini ngā tūmomo mōrearea kei roto i tō wai, ā, anei me pēhea te ine i aua tūmomo mōrearea." Ki ētahi o tātou, ka waiho tēnā hei tono kia manukanuka tātou, kaua ko te mahi noa i ngā mahi ārai.

Te Pānga o te Placebo: Te Wai Ma me te Rangimarie o te Hinengaro
Anei te pono whakamā i kitea e au: tērā pea i ma rawa taku wai i mua i taku tāutanga i te pūwhakamāori. I roto te wai ā-rohe i ngā paerewa ā-motu katoa. Kāore he mōrearea hauora nui. He paparanga tiaki anō te pūwhakamāori, ehara i te mea e hiahiatia ana.

Engari i pai ake tōku āhua. I pai ake tōku āhua. He pono ngā painga ā-tinana o te wai ma, engari he nui ake ngā painga hinengaro. I mahi au i tētahi mea hei āwhina i te hauora o tōku whānau. Nā tēnā i homai he wairua mana motuhake ki ahau, ā, i whakaiti i tōku manukanuka o mua.

Ko te whakakatakata: Nā te horoi wai i nui ake ai tōku manukanuka i te wā poto, engari i iti iho i te wā roa. I memeha haere te hiahia tuatahi. Ko te mea i toe ko te māia, te maia ki te wai o tōku kāinga. I nui ake te whakamarie i te manukanuka i ētahi wā.

Te Whakaaro Nui o te Ture Pākete-Toru
I muri i te tau o te whakaaroaro nui, i whakawhanakehia e au tētahi anga māmā hei pupuri i te tirohanga whānui. Ka huaina e au ko te Ture Toru-Paekete.

Pākete 1: Ngā Mea Mōhiotia
Koinei ngā poke kua whakamatauria e koe, ā, kua kitea i roto i tō wai. Kia arotahi tō aro ki konei. Mena kei roto i tō whakamātautau he mata, tāutahia he tātari tango mata. Mena kei roto i tō whakamātautau he huakita, tāutahia he UV. He raruraru tūturu ēnei e hiahia ana ki ngā otinga tūturu.

Pākete 2: Ngā Mea Kāore i te Mōhiotia
He mea poke ēnei kua pānuihia e koe engari kāore anō kia whakamātauria. Tērā pea kei roto i tō wai. Kāore pea. Kaua e mataku. Engari, whakataua mēnā ka whakamātauria, ka haumi rānei ki te tiaki whānui (pēnei i te tātari waro kounga teitei e tango ana i te whānuitanga o ngā poke).

Pākete 3: Ngā Mea Kāore i te Mōhiotia
He poke ēnei kāore anō kia rangona e koe—he tūmomo mōrearea e puta ake ana, ā, ka kitea ā muri ake nei. Kāore e taea e koe te manukanuka ki a rātou. Whakaaetia kei te whakapau kaha koe ki te whakamahi i ō mōhiotanga o nāianei, ā, haere tonu.

Ko te tirohanga matua: ko te nuinga o ō tātou manukanuka i ahu mai i te Pākete 3. Ka mataku tātou mō ngā tūmomo mōrearea kāore e taea te whakaingoa, kāore hoki e taea te ine. Ko te otinga ko te arotahi ki ngā mea ka taea e koe te mōhio me te whakahaere.

Te Whakamātautau Hararei
Ko te whakatikatika tino kaha ki taku manukanuka ki te wai ko te haereere.

Ina hararei ahau, kāore e taea e au te whakahaere i te wai. Me whakawhirinaki ahau ki te tātari a te hōtēra, me whakawhirinaki rānei ki te wai pounamu. Kāore he mita TDS i roto i taku peke. Kāore he tikanga whakamātautau o ia rā. Ā, i tētahi ara, ka ora ahau. Kāore ahau e pāngia e te mate. Kāore ahau e pāngia e te mate ngaro. Kāore te ao e mutu.

I taku hokinga ki te kāinga, ka kite ahau: he whānui ake taku turanga wai e whakaaetia ana i taku i whakaaro ai. He taonga nui taku horoi, ehara i te mea e hiahiatia ana. Ko te whakapono e hiahiatia ana e au i roto i tōku hinengaro, ehara i te mea i roto i tōku tinana.

Ina riro te wai mā hei pūtake o te ahotea: Ngā tohu whakatūpato
Ki te kite koe i ēnei tauira, kua tae pea te wā ki te tirotiro i tō whanaungatanga ki tō pūwhakapai wai:

E nui atu ana i te torutoru meneti te roa o tō whakaaro, tō whakahaere rānei i tō wai i te rā: Te whakamātautau, te rangahau, te tirotiro i te pūnaha, te manukanuka rānei mōna. Mena kei te noho hei wāhanga nui o tō mahi o ia rā, he mea tika kia tirohia te take.

Kāore e taea e koe te inu wai i waho o te kāinga: Mena kei te kawe mai koe i tāu ake wai ki ngā wharekai, kei te whakakahore rānei koe i te wai i ngā whare o ō hoa, kua neke atu tō āwangawanga i te tūpato noa.

Kei te rangahau koe i ngā poke, kaua i te noho i tō oranga: Ki te pau tō wā waatea ki ngā huihuinga kounga wai me ngā pepa rangahau, kua neke koe mai i te mōhio ki te pukumahi.

Kei te whakapau moni koe kāore e taea e koe te utu: Te whakapai ake i ngā pūnaha, te hoko kete whakamātautau, te whakakapi i ngā tātari i te wā wawe rawa. Ko te taumahatanga pūtea he tohu kei te whakahaere te manukanuka i ō whakatau.

Kei te āwangawanga tō whānau mō ō whanonga: Ki te mea kei te āwangawanga tō hoa rangatira, ngā tamariki rānei mō ō whanonga e pā ana ki te wai, kua tae ki te wā ki te whakarongo.

He Tautuhi Anō Whaihua: E Toru Ngā Hipanga ki te Whakaaro Pai
Mena kua waiho tō horoi wai hei pūtake ahotea, nganahia tēnei tautuhi anō e toru ngā taahiraa.

Hipanga 1: Whakamātautau me te Whakawhirinaki

Whakahaerehia he whakamātautau taiwhanga whānui mō tō wai kua tātarihia. Ki te hoki mai he ma, whakawhirinaki ki a ia. Kaua e whakamātautau anō kia hiahiatia rā anō ō tātari kia hurihia rā anō. E kore ngā tau e rerekē ki te kore he mea e pakaru, ā, ka mōhio koe ki tēnā ina oti te whakamātautau.

Hipanga 2: Whakangawaritia tō Mahi Mahinga

Kati te aroturuki i ngā TDS i ia rā. Whakakapia te tātari kia rite ki te wā i whakaritea, kaua hei whakautu ki te manukanuka. Tangohia te taupānga waea atamai mai i tō mata kāinga. Kei te mahi tō pūnaha i tana mahi. Tukua kia mahi.

Hipanga 3: Whakaharatau i te "Whakaaroaro Kore-Wai"

Whakamātauria koe ki te inu wai mai i ngā puna rerekē i ētahi wā. He karāhe wharekai. He whare o tētahi hoa. He puna wai tūmatanui. Kia mataara mēnā kei te ora koe. Ko te whakautu he āe tonu. Whakahoutia kia memeha ra ano te manukanuka.

Te Hari o te Rawaka
I āwangawanga ō tātou tūpuna mō te wai i tētahi ara māmā ake: "Ka pāngia ahau e te mate i roto i ngā haora 24 e whai ake nei?" Nā te ao hou i homai ki a tātou te manawa pārekareka ki te "Ka pā kino haere tēnei ki ahau i roto i ngā tekau tau?"

He koha tēnā. Nō roto mai i tō tātou mōhiotanga ki te pūtaiao me tō tātou kaha ki te whakamātautau me te rongoā i te wai. Engari he taumahatanga anō hoki. I a tātou e rapu ana i te wai tino pai, ka wareware pea tātou he nui noa iho te wai pai.

Kei te whakamahi tonu ahau i taku pūwero wai. Kei te whakawhiti tonu ahau i ngā tātari. Ki taku whakaaro he haumitanga whai hua tēnei mō te hauora o tōku whānau. Engari kua mutu taku aro nui ki ēnei mea. Kua mutu taku whakamātautau i ia rā. Kua mutu taku pānui i ngā rangahau hou. Kua mutu taku kawe mai i aku ake wai ki ngā wharekai.

He ma te wai. He pono te rangimarie o te hinengaro. Ā, heoi anō.