
Kua ara ake koe i te ata me te mea he makawe raranga? Kua pā ki ahau tēnei āhuatanga, ā, koinei te wāhi epotae hirakaka tae mai ki te whakaora. Ko tePōtae Makawe Hiraka Paparua Hokomaha a te wheketere, he pōtae makawe moe ritengaHe maeneene te kakano e whakaiti ana i te waku, e kore ai e raruraru ō makawe, e ārai ana hoki i te whati. Hei tāpiri, ka mau tonu te makuku, ka waiho ō makawe kia makuku, kia kore hoki e pōrearea. Ahakoa he miro, he ngaru, he tika rānei ō makawe, he mea whakamiharo tēnei taputapu ngāwari hei pupuri i ngā makawe hauora, ataahua. Ā, ko te mea pai rawa atu? Ka tiakina hoki tō makawe i te pō, kia ātaahua ai tō āhua i te oho ake.
Ngā Whakaaro Matua
- Mā te potae hiraka ka makuku ō makawe, ka ārai i te maroke me te pakaru. He pai tēnei mō ngā momo makawe miro, makawe kua rongoatia rānei.
- Ka whakaiti i te waku i a koe e moe ana, ka whakaiti i ngā whiri me ngā whati. Ka āwhina tēnei i tō makawe kia ora tonu, kia iti ake hoki ngā pito pakaru.
- Whakapaia ō makawe, ā, kia tika te mau i te potae. Wetekina ō makawe, kia maroke hoki i te tuatahi.
Ngā Painga o te Whakamahi i te Pōtae Hiraka

Te pupuri i te makuku me te wai
Kua kite koe i te āhua o te mimiti o ō makawe i ētahi papanga? Kua kite ahau i taua āhua, i te oho ake me ngā whenu maroke, pakarukaru, e rite ana ki te kakau witi. Koinei te rerekētanga nui o te potae hiraka. He rerekē ki te miro, ki ētahi atu rauemi mimiti rānei, he iti ake te mimiti o te hiraka, arā, kāore e tangohia ngā hinu tūturu o ō makawe. He tino āwhina tēnei mēnā he maroke, he miro rānei ō makawe, nā te mea ka āwhina i te pupuri i te makuku i te pō.
Anei tētahi whakataurite tere:
- HirakaKa pupuri i te makuku o tō makawe mā te pupuri i ngā hinu māori.
- HātiniKa pupuri hoki i te makuku engari ka taea te hopu i te wera, ka waiho pea tō kiri tumuaki kia hinuhinu.
Mena he makawe kua rongoatia ki ngā matū, he makawe angiangi rānei tōu, he mea nui te potae hiraka. Ka whāngaihia ō makawe ki te makuku e tika ana, ka whakatairanga i te makawe kia hauora ake, kia kanapa ake i te roanga o te wā.
Te Ārai i te Pakaru me te Wehewehe o ngā Pito
I ara ake ahau me ngā pōraruraru e ahua uaua ana ki te heru. I taua wā ka mōhio ahau ko taku taupoki urunga te take. Ka hangaia e te potae hiraka he arai maeneene i waenganui i ō makawe me ngā mata taratara, ka whakaiti i te waku. Ko te tikanga he iti ake ngā pōraruraru, he iti ake te whati, ā, kāore he pito wehewehe.
Anei ngā take he tino whai hua ai ngā potae hiraka:
- Ka tiakina e rātou ō makawe mai i ngā kino i puta mai i ngā hipoki urunga taratara.
- Ka pupuri i te makuku, ka noho makuku te makawe, ā, ka iti ake te pakarukaru.
- Ka whakaitihia e rātou te waku, ka whakaitihia hoki ngā whiri me ngā whati.
Mena he makawe miro, he makawe kakano rānei tōu, he mea whakaora tēnei. Mā te maeneene o te hiraka ka noho pūmau ō miro, ā, ka ārai i ngā kino koretake.
Te Tiaki i ngā Momo Makawe me te Whakaiti i te Pōro
Kua pau ngā hāora ki te whakapai ake i tō momo makawe, ā, ka oho ake koe me te pōrearea? E mōhio ana ahau ki te uauatanga. Ka pupuri te potae hiraka i ō makawe i a koe e moe ana, kia oho ake ai koe me tō momo makawe e mau tonu ana. Ahakoa he whakakoi makawe, he miro, he whiri rānei, ka whakaitihia e te potae te waku, ā, ka ārai i te whiri.
Anei te mea e tino whai hua ai ngā potae hiraka:
- Ka hangaia he ārai i waenganui i tō makawe me te urunga, hei ārai i te whāriki.
- Ka whakaitihia te makawe pōuri mā te pupuri i te makuku me te whakaiti i te paturopi.
- He tino pai ēnei mō te pupuri i ngā momo makawe, ahakoa te momo.
Ki te mea kua hoha koe ki te whakahou i ō makawe i ia ata, he hoa pai te potae hiraka. Ka penapena wā, ā, ka ātaahua tonu te āhua o ō makawe i ia rā, i ia rā.
Me pēhea te whakamahi whai hua i te pōtae hiraka

Te Whakarite i ō Makawe i mua i te Whakamahinga
Ko te whakarite i tō makawe i mua i te whakakakahu i te potae hiraka te mea nui hei whakanui ake i ōna painga. Kua ako ahau he nui te āwhina o te whakarite iti ki te pupuri i te hauora o ōku makawe, kia kore ai e pōrearea. Anei taku mahi:
- Ka paraitia, ka wetewetehia rānei e au ōku makawe i mua i te moe. Mā tēnei ka whakaiti i ngā raruraru, ā, ka noho maeneene tonu ōku makawe.
- Ki te maroke te makawe, ka pania e au he whakangawari makawe, he hinu whakamakuku rānei. Ka noho makuku tonu ōku makawe, ka noho pūmau hoki mō te pō.
- He tohutohu nui tēnei: kia tino maroke tō makawe. He pakarukaru te makawe mākū, ā, he nui ake te tūponotanga ka whati.
He tino rerekē te āhua me te āhua o ōku makawe i te ata i ēnei mahi ngāwari.
He Aratohu Hipanga-i-te-Hipanga ki te Mau i te Pōtae Hiraka
Ahakoa te āhua māmā noa iho o te mau i te pōtae hiraka, mā te mahi tika ka noho tonu, ka tiakina hoki ō makawe. Anei taku mahi:
- Ka tīmata ahau mā te parai, te wetewete rānei i ōku makawe hei tango i ngā pona.
- Ki te heu iho ōku makawe, ka hurihia e au tōku mahunga ki raro, ka kohia katoatia ōku makawe ki roto i te potae.
- Mō te makawe roa, ka mirohia e au hei pūru wetekina i mua i te whakamau i te potae.
- Ki te mea he makawe miro taku, ka whakamahia e au te tikanga "paināporo" hei kohikohi i a rātou ki runga i tōku mahunga.
- Kia uru tōku makawe ki roto, ka whakatikatikaina e au te potae kia piri pai engari kaua e tino kikī.
He pai tēnei tikanga mō ngā momo makawe katoa, ahakoa he tika, he miro, he piupiu rānei tō makawe.
Ngā Tohutohu mō te Whakapūmau i te Pōnati me te Whakamarie
He mahi uaua te pupuri i te potae hiraka kia mau tonu i te pō, engari kua kitea e au ētahi tinihanga e whai hua ana:
- Kia tino piri te taupoki o te waka. Ka paheke te taupoki i te pō.
- Kimihia tētahi he here rapa, he whitiki rānei e taea te whakarite. Mā ēnei āhuatanga ka noho haumaru, ā, kāore e tino piri.
- Ki te hiahia koe ki te mau pūmau, ka taea hoki te whakamahi i te potae satin me te tiaki tonu i ō makawe.
Mā te kimi i te taunga me te papanga e tika ana ka whakamarie, ka whai hua hoki te mau i te pōtae hiraka. Whakapono mai, ki te tika te mahi, e kore rawa koe e hoki anō!
Te Tiaki i tō Pōtae Hiraka me te Ārai i ngā Hē
Ngā Tohutohu mō te Horoi me te Whakamaroke
He mea nui te pupuri i te ma o tō potae hiraka kia mau tonu ai tōna kounga me te whakarite kia tiakina tonutia ō makawe. Kua ako ahau he iti noa te tiaki e hiahiatia ana mō te hiraka, engari he pai te mahi kia mau tonu ai tōna āhua me tōna āhua pai. Anei taku horoi i aku:
- Ka whakakīia e au tētahi peihana ki te wai matao, ka tāpirihia he iti o te hopi horoi ngawari, pērā i te Woolite, i te Dreft rānei.
- I muri i te whakaranu mārire i te wai, ka rumakina te taupoki o te potae, ka whakaoho mārire, me te aro ki ngā wāhi kua paru.
- Kia ma, ka horoia rawatia ki te wai matao kia tangohia katoatia te hopi.
- Engari i te kōpiro, ka kōpiro mārire ahau i te wai nui kia puta.
- Hei whakamutunga, ka whakatakotoria kia papatahi ki runga i te tauera ma kia maroke ai.
Kaua e whakamahi i te wai wera, i ngā hopi horoi kino rānei, nā te mea ka kino pea te āhua me te tae o te hiraka. Kaua rawa e mirimiri, e kōwiri rānei i te papanga—he tino ngawari rawa mō tēnā!
Te Rokiroki Tika mō te Roa o te Ora
Mā te penapena tika i tō pōtae hiraka ka nui te rerekētanga ki te roa o tōna mau. Ka waiho tonu e au taku ki te wāhi hauhautanga, maroke, kia matara atu i te rā tika. Ka taea e te hihi o te rā te memeha te tae, ka ngoikore hoki ngā muka hiraka.
Ka taea e koe te whakapiko mārire i tō potae i runga i ōna tuitui tūturu, te whakairi rānei ki runga i tētahi whakairinga whakakīkī hei karo i ngā miro. Ki te hiahia koe ki tētahi atu tiakitanga, rongoatia ki roto i tētahi putea miro manawa, i roto rānei i tētahi urunga urunga. Mā tēnei ka ārai i te puehu me te makuku, ā, ka tukuna te papanga kia manawa.
"Mēnā kāore i te tika te penapena, ka raru pea ngā miro, ka memeha te tae, ka hē hoki te āhua o tō potae here hiraka."
Ngā Hapa Noa hei Ārai
Kua hē ahau i ētahi wā ki taku pōtae hiraka, ā, whakapono mai ki ahau, he ngāwari noa iho te karo i aua hapa ina mōhio koe ki ngā mea hei tirotiro māu:
- He raruraru pea te whiriwhiri i te rahi hē. Tērā pea ka paheke te pōtae mēnā he tino wetekina rawa, engari mēnā he tino piri rawa, ka kore e pai te āhua.
- Ko tētahi atu raruraru ko te whakamahi i te rauemi hē. Tērā pea ētahi papanga he rite ki te hiraka engari kāore e rite ngā painga. Me tirotiro tonu mēnā he hiraka tūturu kia kore ai e maroke, e pōturi rānei.
- Kāore rawa e whakaaetia kia mau i tō potae i runga i te makawe mākū. He pakarukaru te makawe mākū, ā, he ngāwari ake te whati.
Mā te mahi i ēnei mahi iti ka mahi te makutu o tō potae hiraka i ia pō!
Kua tino hurihia te āhua o taku tiaki i ōku makawe e te whakamahi i te potae hiraka. Ka tiakina ōku whenu mai i te waku, ka pupuri i te makuku, ā, ka tiakina hoki tōku āhua i te pō. Ahakoa he makawe miro, he makawe ngaru, he makawe tika rānei, he māmā noa te whakarerekē i te potae ki tō tikanga mahi. Mō ngā makawe miro, whakamātauria te tikanga paināporo. Mō ngā makawe tika, he mīharo te mahi a te poroporo wetekina. Ko te auau te mea nui. Whakauruhia hei wāhanga o tō tikanga mahi o te pō, ā, ka kite wawe koe i ngā makawe maeneene, hauora.
"Kāore te makawe hauora e puta i te pō kotahi, engari mā te potae hiraka, ka tata atu koe i ia rā."
Ngā Pātai Auau
Me pēhea te whiriwhiri i te rahi tika o te pōtae hiraka?
Ka ine tonu ahau i te porowhita o tōku mahunga i mua i te hoko. Ko te mea pai ko te piri o te kākahu. Ki te tino wetekina, ka paheke.
Ka taea e au te whakamahi i te potae hiraka mēnā he poto ōku makawe?
Ae rawa! Kua kitea e au he pai ngā potae hiraka hei tiaki i ngā makawe poto mai i te pōro me te maroke. He pai mō te pupuri i te makuku me te pupuri i tō āhua.
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Wā tuku: 12-Pepuere-2025