Ki te haere koe ki te kura rānei, ko wai i noho i roto i te motokā? Ka taea e koe te kite i ngā raarangi o te oneone? I tēnā whakamārama, me ngā raarangi kei runga nei, he raarangi haumanu, ā, he nui te hēmi i a koutou katoa e whakamahi ana i te one. I hangaia ngā raarangi haumanu hei āwhina i te haumanu, ā, kia mohio ai ia katoa pēhea te haere i te pai. Nō reira, kaore he wāhi pai te ara one mō ngā motokā rānei, mō ngā bausi; kaore anō he wāhi pai mō ngā hīkoi rānei, mō ngā raerae haere. Whakapae atu i raro i tēnei, me whakamātau koe i aha te whakaaro o koe i mua mai i te hono o ēnei raarangi ki tō tātou tāone hei take ā-motu, kaore au i mohio... [Read more.... about Roadsigns 101: How Do These Lines Keep Our Roads Safe?
He mīhini nui atawhai te whai ake i tētahi momo pūngao e whakamahia ki te rapu rārangi waka. Nō reira, me āhei tā taua kī ia he pūngao termoplasitiki. Ka horoia ngā kāri pihere nei i te wai-tari, ka tomo hoki i te pūngao i tēnā wā. Ka mahi tētahi tariwhe ko tana mahi he toru mai ki runga i te ara. Ka tuarua te pūngao ka marino, ka tahuri ki te whakatika, ka kitea tonu i te po. Ko te rārangi mōhio nui rawa, ka whakahaua ngā tāngata kaiwhakaawe waka, ka noho tonu i te ara pai... He nui rawa anō hoki tana mana whenua, ka noho moe roa ai ki mua i te hiahia ki te whakarereke. Me utu tēnei momo whaiaro, inā he mōhio ki ngā katoa e noho ana i te ara.
Te hanganga, te ara hei whakarite kia oti ai ngā tikanga whakamahere mō te haere i te huarahi. Tētahi ara e mahi ana ā tēnei wā he rārangi huarahi mōhio. He mea tataki iho ēnei rārangi, ka mārire ki te māharahara i te pūmotu e noho tuatahi ana i tēnei takiwā. Ko tēnei te āhua o enei rārangi i te pūmotu e mārie ana i te māharahara, ka tohu ki ngā kaihaere kia mohio ki te tūranga o te pūmotu. Tētahi whakamātau atu he waka haere ano. Ka whakamahi ngā waka nei i ngā kāmera ā-matihiko me ngā hautau hei whakamārama i te tūranga o te waka i runga i te huarahi. Ka āhei ia ki te haere i waenganui i ngā waka e noho ana i roto i te rohe, me te kore whanaketanga. Ko tēnei hanganga he mea nui ki te whakamana i te haere mo ngā tangata.
Nō reira, e hia nei ngā whakapuaki nui o ngā rara kei mua nei me ngā mahinga e taea ana e mātou neke ki te kaiherehere i tēnei wā, e āwhina ana i a mātou haere kia tuatahi anō he mea nui noa iho, engari he pai rawa anō. He mea kē: Pūoro Rori LED Ae, kua tino kite koe i tēnei, e pūoro ana enei pūoro i te rori, tae atu ki te ara o te aeropu, kēhua nei hei whakamārama i te po iti rānei, me te huarere kino, kia kitea e te tangata i ngā mea e pā mai ana i tōna waho. Ko tēnei he mea nui, nā te mea ka whai kaha te whakamātau ki te mohio i hea hoki te haerenga. He mea hou kei runga: ngā tohu rori whatitiri-sunlight. Ka puta ake te mārama i ēnei tohu, ka whakamahi i te mārama o te rā kia kitea ai e ngā kaiherehere i te wā o te ua nui. Kia taea te hanga hou nei te whakanui i te ara rori hei wāhi pai, hei wāhi haumaru mo mātou katoa.
Ka whakamahia tēnei hei whakaatu i te mea ko te whanonga o muri nei he pūmau kāore i te mutunga. Me neke atu te wā, ka riro te weu ki te noho kore kitea. Ka kitea hoki ēnei i te wai - he mate mō ngā papa me ngā motokā, engari kāore he take kia tahua i ngā rārangi katoa. Nā reira, ka nui ake te mōhio ki te whakarite i ngā rārangi haere hei kitea mātau. Tētahi huarahi hei whai i tēnei he tirotiro me te whakatika i tō taiao kāinga tonu i te wā e tino iti ana. Ka whai kē ngā mīhini nei hei whakatika me te wehi (tāpiri rānei) i ngā rārangi i te wā e iti ana. Kāore i ahu ngā rārangi nei i te whakahaere...kāore anō he mea mō rātou anake engari mō te oranga o te katoa!
Whai take i te whaimana o te kāwai pai raweke rori e taketake ana, e whai ake nei i te pūngao raeti whanonga. Kia whai mana raweke tonu mātou i te aha katoa o te whare raweke rori, ka taea e mātou te whakamahere i ngā whakatupu pai ki ngā hiahia ā-koutou.
Ko te pūngao raeti whanonga i roto i te Taitoko, ko tō tātou whare nui 10,000m2 e kawe ana i tētahi wāhanga nui o ngā rānaki katoa e pā ana ki ngā hiahia katoa o te raweke rori. Kei te mihi ake mātou i ngā wā rere tawhiti, ka tiakina e mātou i ngā kaihokohoko kia tae mai ki te wā.
Hāngai ngā whakamahere mō te kura huarahi me te pūnaha tautoko matua i muri i te hoko. Ko ngā mahi o mua e āhei ana ki te taunaki i te utu kotahi taua, ko te katoa o ngā rauemi whakarite ara huarahi e manaaki nei i ngā pūnaha o naianei i roto i ngā kīwī e whai mana ana i runga i te ao. Kei te whai take tātou mo te whai wawata me te whai painga i ngā tikanga whakamahi e hokohoko nei.
Ko te kapa mahi mō te kura huarahi kei te whai take ki te whakarite i tētahi whakamahi matua mō te whakaritenga ara huarahi. Ki te whakamahi i ō rātou mātauranga me te mātauranga i roto i te marae, ka whakarite rātou i ngā whakamahi hei whakamana i ōu hiahia taketake me ngā momo hanga, e whai ana i te pai raweke raweke me te pai whakahaere i ngā kaupapa whakarite ara huarahi.