He maha ngā whakaahua tawhito kāore he ingoa kei muri. Ka mōhio pea tētahi kaumātua ko wai ngā tāngata, kei hea te whare, he aha hoki te rā nui. Ki te kore aua kōrero e rangona, ka noho te whakaahua hei mata anake.
Ehara te mahi nei i te uiuitanga tere. He wā whakawhanaunga, he wā whakarongo. Mā ngā tamariki e pātai ngā pātai iti, ka puta mai pea he kōrero nui; me waiho tonu ki te kaumātua te mana ki te kōrero, ki te noho puku rānei.
Tīmata ki te mea e kitea ana
Pātai atu: Ko wai tēnei? Kei hea koutou? He aha ngā kākahu? Kaua e tīmata ki te whakapae. Mā te whakaahua tonu e ārahi te kōrero.
Whakamahia ngā pātai tuwhera
He rerekē te “I harikoa koe?” i te “I pēhea taua rā?” Ka nui ake te wāhi mō te mahara me te whakaaro i roto i te pātai tuwhera.
Tuhia ngā ingoa tika
Tuhia ngā tohutō, ngā ingoa wāhi me ngā hononga o te tangata ki te whānau. Ki te rangirua, tuhia hoki te rangirua; kaua e hanga kōrero kia kī ai te āputa.
Tonoa te whakaae
I mua i te hopu reo, te matawai, te tuku rānei ki te ipurangi, tonoa te whakaae. Tērā pea he kōrero tapu, he kōrero mō te whānau anake.
Tiakina te mea taketake
Kia mā ngā ringa, kaua e tuhi ki mua o te whakaahua, ā, penapenahia ki te wāhi maroke, pōuri hoki. Hangaia he tārua matihiko, engari kaua e maka te mea taketake.
Whakarongo ki te reo
Hopukina ngā kupu motuhake, ngā ingoa karanga me te āhua o te kōrero. Ehara ko ngā “meka” anake te taonga; ko te reo me te wairua o te kaikōrero hoki.
Whakahokia te kōrero ki te whānau
Whakaritea he kōpaki, he pukapuka, he hui iti rānei kia kitea e ngā uri. Me āhei te whānau ki te whakatika i ngā ingoa me ngā rā.
Ka whakatuwheratia te puka whakaahua, ka kore te tamaiti e titiro ki te ao tawhito anake. Ka kitea tōna ake tūrangawaewae i roto i te aho roa o te whānau.
