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Te kohi harakeke
Te kimi harakeke ki hea
Matomato ana te tipu o te harakeke ki te nuinga o ngā wāhi ki roto o Aotearoa. Ki te kimi harakeke ki te raranga, me tīmata ki te tiro ki tō ake māra, ki ngā māra rānei o ō hoa, ka whakapā atu rānei ki tō kaunihera, ki te kaiwhakarite Māori, ki te iwi rānei kia whakaae mai ki te kohi harakeke ki ngā wāhi o te marea. E rua rawa ngā harakeke taketake ki Aotearoa — ko te Phormium tenax me te Phormium cookianum. Ko te tino harakeke mō te raranga ko te Phormium tenax, ko te harakeke rānei, he harakeke nō ngā whenua …
Ko te raranga i te putiputi
Ko te raranga i te putiputi he mahi māmā mō te tauhou ki tēnei momo mahi. Ka āhei te tangata te whakamahi i te katoa o ngā momo harakeke, i ngā momo tipu rau māro. E whakaatu ana ēnei tohutohu me pēhea e raranga i te hibiscus, ā, kei taku pukapuka mō te raranga putiputi hoki ēnei. Ki te whakamahi i te harakeke ki te raranga i te hibiscus nei, whakamahia kotahi noa iho tōna rau …
Tauri mo te tama tane (me te kotiro)
I whakahaere ahau i taku awhewahe raranga harakeke tuatahi mō te taiohi "whakamōrea" i ngā rangi whakatā. I te āmaimai i mua tonu o te awheawhe nō te mea kāre i mōhio ka tae tika mai rātou, ā, pēnā kāre i hiahia ka anipā te noho. Kāre he take o te āwangawanga. I pai katoa ngā mahi, ā, ka pārekareka katoa …
Te whiri-wha kopiko
Ko tēnei momo whiri-whā, ko te whiri i ngā whenu e whā engari ka piko haere i te korenga o te katinga o te piko i te wā e whiri whā ana. Ko te hua o te whiri, ko te whakamahi hei tōrino, ko te whakamahi rānei hei mea pōkai ki te āhua o te koru. He rawe hei raurau, hei whakapīwari harakeke rānei. He pai ake te harakeke ngohe mō tēnei whiri whā, he mea pai i te wā e whiri ana ngā whiri paku. Me whāiti ngā whenu mō ngā whiri paku …
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