Ngā mihi, e te hunga aroha ki ngā mahi toi! Ki te mea kei te rapu koe i te taonga tino pai hei whakapaipai i tō whare, me whakaatu atu e au ki a koutou tā mātou kohinga oko uku ataahua i hangaia ā-ringa. Ehara ēnei i te oko noa; he whakanui i te mahi toi, te auahatanga mutunga kore, me te tuakiri ahurei. He kōrero tā ia taonga, ā, e tino tatari ana ahau ki te whakapuaki atu ki a koutou!
Ko te uho o ā mātou oko kei roto i te tikanga whakairo rau ataahua i hangaia e te ringaringa. Whakaarohia he tohunga toi e whakairo ana i ia rau ki ōna ringaringa ngawari. Ehara i te mea ka hoatu e tēnei tikanga he kakano ahurei ki te oko engari ka hangaia hoki he āhua paparanga, ka hanga ia oko kia rite ki te ora me te toru-ahu. He rite ki tētahi mahi toi taunekeneke, he kaupapa kōrero whakamīharo, he pa ahurei ki tētahi rūma.
Kia rukuhia ngā taipitopito.
Tuatahi, me titiro tātou ki tēnei ipu puawai māwhero. He poto, he matotoru, he ātaahua hoki tēnei ipu, e whakaatu ana i te huatau me tōna āhua hou, ātaahua hoki. Ko ngā rau maha-paparanga, porowhita, he mea kōwhiri-ā-ringa ki te waha o te ipu ka hanga he āhua ātaahua, he ātaahua hoki. He tino pai mō te whakaatu i ō putiputi tino pai, hei whakapaipai rānei.
Ki te mea kei te rapu koe i tētahi oko paparanga, ka tukuna e tēnei momo paninga putiputi parauri hohonu he rerekētanga nui, ā, ka whakarei ake i tōna āhua toi. Ka whakaatuhia he āhua tawhito, ā, ka whakauruhia pai ki roto i ngā whakapaipai whare hou, ka honoa pai te hītori me te nāianei.
Hei muri mai, me kōrero tātou mō tēnei ipu karaihe putiputi karaka. He tino ataahua tēnei ipu kikokore, āhua kōne! Ko ōna rārangi maeneene me te tae karaka mahana ka whakakī i tētahi wāhi ki te kanapa. Ka puare noa ngā paparanga o ngā raupua i whakairohia e te ringa, ka hanga he āhua hihiri e tino hopukina ai te kanohi. Ka honoa ki ētahi putiputi mohoao, ka waiho hei pokapū ataahua, mahana hoki, e whiti ana i te auahatanga.
Ki te mea he pai ki a koe te momo tawhito, he mea tino tika kia mau i tēnei ipu karaihe putiputi māwhero me te papura. Ko tōna āhua momona, me te kakano mārama me ngā rau ataahua i whakairohia e te ringa, ka whakamahara i ngā rā o mua. Ko te tae māwhero me te papura ngawari ka tāpiri i te pā o te ataahua ngawari, ka hanga he āhuarangi mahana, whakamarie hoki. Ki te mea he pai ki a koe ngā tae whenua, kaua e mahue te putanga karaihe putiputi parauri mārama e tino pai ana ki te hoahoa o tēnei ipu.
E ono ngā oko motuhake i roto i tā mātou kohinga, e whakaatu ana i te mahi toi tino ataahua me te taketake o ngā uku ā-ringa. Ehara i te mea he taonga whakapaipai noa iho, engari he whakaaturanga auaha, e tāpiri ana i te kanapa ki tō wāhi noho. Ahakoa he kaikohi mātau koe, he tauhou rānei ki te ao toi ā-ringa, ka tino pārekareka ēnei oko ki tō momo āhua ake.
I te mea ka taea e tātou te awhi i te ataahua o te taketake, he aha ai tātou ka makona ai ki ngā taonga whakapaipai i hangaia i roto i te papatipu? Kei roto i ia oko te mahi toi me te ngākau nui o ngā tohunga toi, e kore ai e waiho hei taonga noa iho, engari hei mahi toi e tika ana kia tiakina.
Kawea mai he oko uku i hangaia ā-ringa ki te kāinga i tēnei rā, ā, waiho mā tēnei e whakahihiko i a koe ki te waihanga i tētahi wāhi e whakaata ana i tō tuakiri ahurei. Heoi anō, e tika ana kia whai āhua toi tō kāinga, he hou, he oraora hoki, pērā i a koe!
Wā tuku: Whiringa-ā-rangi 13-2025