He aha i te wai ka noho i ngā wehewehe wai e mahi ana hei whakapakari, he aha te take kia kitea ai te wehewehe nui ki te kainga? He pai rawa rātou hei whiriwhiri mō te whenua, nō te mea ka puta mai i ēnei wehewehe wai he iti iho ngā hā o te kino i runga i ngā wehewehe matua. Nā tēnei he mea nui, nō te mea ka noho ēnei hā hei kaihākiri i te marae ātea, e maha ana ngā pūtake o te kino i āhua nei i tā rātou ngenenge ki tātou tinana me te taiao. Ka pai hoki rātou mō tōu whare, nō te mea ka whakarite atu rātou ki te haere, he iti noa ō rātou ngenenge, me te waimarie ki te whakaora i te kawenata i muri i tōu hanga.
Hei whakarite, ka puta i ngā paihona hangarau me ngā hāpai āhuarangi e karangahia ana ko ngā VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) ki te rangi. Nō reira, he nui ngā hā o ēnei hāpai, kāore i whai wāhi mō te oranga tangata rānei, mō te ao rānei. Ko ngā paihona kiritai rānei, paihona horoi i te wai he whakarite iti iho i te take whakamate, nā te mea he iti iho ngā tūtohu whakamate. Kei te mohio rawa tēnei mea i a koe i tō whare kei runga hoki i ō tamariki rānei, ō manu whenua rānei, inā he pai ake te whakamahi i tēnei i roto i tō whānau, ā, i a koutou hoki e takoto nei i runga i ō ringaringa whenua. He pai anō hoki tēnei i runga i tō whānau me te taiao, nā te mea ka tiakina, ā, kei te wā kua noho iho ngā paihona kiritai.
Hei taki pūrepere hoki ki te hanga o tētahi kākano whakamau i ngā matawhairohe e rite ana ki ngā tohu, ngā kōhīnga me ngā rara. Ko tēnei kākano whakamau he āwhina ki te tiaki i enei matawhairohe i te whakaekehanga mai i te whakamahi tonu, i te wai me ngā pūmau. Ki te heke pūrepere ki runga i tētahi tohu i hangaia ki te pūrepere, ka mutu te pūmau i te whakapuku atu i te mea nei, nā te mea he pūrepere wai anō hoki, ka puta he momo tohu kua kitea hei whakatika i te miro me te hou. Ka whakapiri i te horo ki te waho me te hanga i tētahi paetaha kauwera e tiaki ana i te wai, ko tēnei ka tiakina ōu matawhairohe kia pai tonu te whakaaturanga mo tetahi wā roa.
Kei reira tōu tirohanga hei whakamātau i ngā wāhi e taea ana ngā pene wai e noho ana. He nui ngā tūtohu o ēnei, pērā i te miro, te mete ki te koneti, kātahi he mea hirapono. Nō te pene - ka noho ēnei pene wai tino waiaro hei whakamahi, ā, ka taea te whakamahi i aua pene ki runga i tōu poraka, tōu roroa rānei, rānei ko te hara. Anō he mea tino haere te waewae, kāore i te roa kia whakahou mai ai tō whenua. Ki te mea pene wai, me whakamahi i tō ringa whaiaro matua, i tō roroa rānei, kia pai ai te whakatō i te pene, kia pai hoki te tirohanga. Me maumahara anō kia whakautuhia ngā tohutohu, kia mohio pea koe i te whakamahi pai rawa i tō pene, kia puta ai ngā paerewa pai.
Ki te huri atu ki ngā pene wai, ka noho iti ake te pānga ki te taiao, ā, ka pai ake hoki te whare nei. Kei reira tonu he kawe whatitiri, heoi pea kei te pene kotahi, ka taea e koe te whakamahi i tō whare hei whakamahana. Ka taea e koe te whakarite i tētahi whakawai nui ki roto i tō whare, ā, ki te hapori hoki, ki te huri i tēnei iti atu, me whakamahi i ngā pene wai mo te hauora.
Ki te hunga nui o ngā kaiwhakarite tohu i roto i Aotearoa, ko tā tātou pūnaha wai kei te whakaaetanga i runga i ngā hanga katoa e hiahiatia ana e koutou mō ngā ara tohu. Ki te whakapuakitanga i te whanaketanga, tono tātou i te wā e tere ana, e taka ana i a koutou me ēnei taonga ki te wā e tika ana, kāore i ngā tahuri.
Whakamana i ngā whakaaro o tētahi pūnaha wai e rua tekau tau ana i te mahi i roto i te rōpū. I te wā e whai ana mātou i te ao, nā reira mōhio mātou ki ngā momo itiiti o te hunga whakamahere e whakamahi ana ki te tohu ara.
Ko tō mātou rōpū, ko ngā mahi o ngā ingenienga me te kawekawe i te kupuwhakatetanga matua-mai-kaipū hei whakarite i ngā whakaaetanga whakauru mō ngā huarahi. Whakaae mātou ki ngā whakaritenga tūhono e whakamahia ana i tō rātou pūkenga i roto i te maraea, ka whakahoki i ōu hanga me ngā take. Tēnā kia whai hua tōna nui rawa ā-tau me te tirotiro i tō karauna tūhononga.
Whakanuia te wairuatanga i runga i tō mātou whakahaere whai noa atu. Ko ngā mahi a mātou, ka whakaae ki te tau kotahi whakahaere kore, me te nui atu o ngā kaiwhakatetanga matua-mai-kaipū me ngā tahuhu o ngā pūnaha tūhononga huarahi i whakapono ai ngā pātengi whakatetanga. Kia whakaae mai, kei te whakapono mātou ki te whai muri tonu me te whai hua o tō kōrero whakahaere.