I taku whakatuwheratanga i te tatau, ko te kakariki i peke pōrearea ki roto i ngā kanohi, pērā i te karere ngawari i tukuna mai e te taiao, i whakatō puku i te ata noho ki roto i tōku ngākau. I tēnei wā, kāore au i tūtaki ki ngā tipu kakariki noa, engari me te paihere tohu rūpahu kī tonu i ngā manga pīni rai e whā i tūtaki pōrearea, e tatari puku ana i roto i tōku matapihi, e whakaputa ana i te momo āhuarangi mahana e kore e taea te kōrero.
Ki te titiro tata atu, ko tēnei manga mire e whā ngā mātā he tino hononga o te taiao me te toi! He ngawari ia hua iti me te mea ka taea te maturuturu wai, ā, he kanapa pakupaku te rā, e hiahia ana te tangata ki te toro atu ki te pā atu, me te rongo i te tino āhua o te ao tūturu. Ā, ko ngā hua iti, ataahua, e marara ana, e tohu ana i waenganui i a rātou, he koura me te kakariki e raranga ana, he rite ki te peita whenua tino ngawari i te ngahuru.
Ko te mea tino miharo ki ahau ko tōna hoahoa he auaha – e whā ngā peka, e pupuri ana i te ataahua o te taiao, me te huatau hoki o ngā whakapaipai whare. Ahakoa kei te taha o te tēpu, kei te kokonga rānei o te rūma noho, ka taea tonu te whakapai ake i te āhua o te wāhi, kia kī tonu ai te whare katoa i te momo tuhituhi māmā.
I ngā wā katoa i te pō pouri, i te rā pukumahi rānei hei hoki ki te kāinga, titiro ake ki ēnei manga mire e whā, ka pupuhi te ngākau i te ia mahana. Kāore e kōrero, engari i roto i te huarahi tino ngawari, ka whakaora i tōku ao iti. Ko ngā manga mire e whā, pērā i te harikoa iti o te ao, e whakamahara mai ana ki ahau i roto i te pukumahi me te haruru, he tino marino, e tatari ana kia kitea e tātou, kia manaakitia.
Ki te mea kei te rapu koe i tētahi mea hei whakamarie i a koe mō tētahi wā poto, he pai ake te mau i tēnei pā ngawari o te kāinga matomato. Whakapono mai, koinei te mea tino motuhake i roto i tō whare iti ataahua.

Wā tuku: 17-Pepuere-2025