Ka whakaaro ētahi tāngata me tatari kia tae mai te kōanga kātahi anō ka hoki ki te māra. Engari he wā mahi tonu te hōtoke. Ka taea te whāngai i te oneone, te whakatika i ngā pouaka māra, te whakamahere i ngā hua, me te whakatō i ētahi tipu pakari ki te makariri.
Ko te māra kai ehara i te wāhi whakatipu kai anake. He wāhi ako, he wāhi kōrero, he wāhi manaaki. Ka mahi tahi te tamaiti, te pakeke me te kaumātua, ka rere ngā mātauranga i waenga i ngā reanga.
Whakaritea te oneone
Me tirotiro te wai e rere ana i te whenua. Ki te noho tonu te wai ki ngā pakiaka, ka pirau ngā tipu. Tāpirihia he wairākau pai, he rau pirau rānei, ā, kaua e takahia nuitia te oneone mākū.
Ka taea hoki te uhi i te oneone ki te rau, ki te kakau rānei hei pupuri mahana, hei whakaiti i te taru, hei whāngai i ngā noke.
Kōwhiria ngā tipu e tika ana
He pai ētahi kākāriki, riki me ngā tipu pakari mō te wā makariri, engari ka rerekē te āhuarangi o ia rohe. Me kimi tohutohu mō tō takiwā, tō momo oneone me te nui o te rā.
Whakatōhia he iti i ia wiki, kaua katoa i te rā kotahi. Mā konei ka roa ake te wā hauhake, ka iti ake hoki te moumou.
He akoranga mā ngā tamariki
Ka ako te tamaiti ki te manawanui: kāore te kākano e tupu i te pō kotahi. Ka ako hoki ki te ine, ki te mātakitaki i te huarere, ki te tiaki taputapu me te tohatoha mahi.
Kaua e rapu māra tino ātaahua. Ko te paru i ngā ringaringa me te pātai maha tētahi wāhanga nui o te ako.
Tiakina te mātauranga
Tuhia ngā rā whakatō, ngā hua pai me ngā raru. Whakaahuahia te māra, kohia ngā kākano e tika ana, ā, whakarongo ki ngā kōrero a te hunga kua roa e mahi māra ana.
Mā te whakamahi i te reo Māori mō ngā taputapu, ngā tipu, ngā huarere me ngā mahi, ka tupu tahi te reo me te kai.
He māra, he hapori
Ki te nui ake te hua, tukuna ki te whānau, ki te pātaka kai, ki te hoa tata rānei. Ki te iti te hua, ehara i te mea kua kore he painga: kua tupu tonu te mōhio me te hononga.
I te hōtoke ka pōturi te tipu, engari kāore te oranga e mutu. Mā te manaaki i te oneone me tētahi ki tētahi, ka whakarite tātou i te hua o ngā marama e heke mai nei.
Sources and further reading: Te Puni Kōkiri māra kai resources; Garden to Table New Zealand.
