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Te whakaora ake i te kuta

Me pēhea te whakatipu kuta hei whakahauora ake i ngā kuta?

Te mahi kia tinaku ngā kākano kuta

Anei ngā āhuatanga motuhake e tinaku ai te kākano kuta i te rekereke:

  1. Kohia ngā kākano, ka rumaki ai ki te wai whakakōmā mō te pō.

  2. Whakatōkia ngā kākano kia noho ki raro iti nei i te oneone, ki tētahi ipu ka pupuri i te wai

  3. Āta whakakīia haeretia te ipu ki te wai i te wā e tupu haere ana ngā wana. Ko te tikanga , kia tae ki te tīmatanga o te kōanga, kua 15 cm neke atu rānei te hōhonu o te wai.

Kuta seeds on dark background.

He kākano kuta

Ka whakatōkia ngā kākano ki raro iti nei i te oneone, ki tētahi ipu ka pupuri i te wai, kia mākū tonu ai te oneone.

Rights: Manatārua: Barry O’Brien. Nō roto mai i Te Reo o Te Repo – The Voice of the Wetland.

Te whakatō ki te taiao

  1. Kia āhua 30 cm te tāroa o ngā pihi, kātahi anō ka rite mō te whakatō ki te roto hōhonu, ki te hāpua hōhonu rānei. Whakatōkia ki te tapa o te roto/hāpua, heoi anō, kia kaua e paku ake te wai i te wāhi e whakatōkia ana i te 15 cm.

  2. Ka pai anō te tiki akakōare mai i ētahi atu kuta kua roa e tipu ana. Ko te akakōare pai, e nui ake ai te tūpono ora, ko te mea e whā, e rima rānei ngā kakau e pihi ake ana i a ia, āhua 15 cm nei te roa o tēnā, o tēnā.

  3. Kia kore ai e whakawhitia he ira i waenga i ngā taupori kuta motuhake, me whakamahi ngā akakōare o taua takiwā tonu, ngā mea e noho tata mai ana.

  4. Ina whakatipuria he kuta hou ki tētahi rohe kua roa ngā tāngata o reira e mahi kuta ana, me uaua ka tikina atu he kākano, he akakōare rānei i waho atu o tō rātou rohe – he pai ake ki ngā kairaranga te āta tiaki i ā rātou ake momo kuta, i ō rātou ake kuta. Arā tētahi kairaranga i tahuri ki te kohi i ngā kākano i te wā e kokotia ana te kuta, ā, i whakatōkia ki ētahi wāhi tata hei tautoko i ngā whakaoranga ake o ō rātou kuta.

Colours of the ‘old’ kutu stems by water at the end of winter.

Ngā tae māori o te kuta

Ki te whakamahia te kuta māori hei raranga taonga, kāore e tāwaia, ka āhua rite ngā tae ki ērā o ngā kakau ka waiho kia mate hirinaki noa i te taiao.

Rights: Manatārua: Mieke Kapa. Nō roto mai i Te Reo o Te Repo – The Voice of the Wetland.

Te whakarite anga hei aroturuki, hei whakaora ake i te kuta

Mā te anga aroturuki, whakaora, ka āta whakahuatia ngā mea matua hei whakaaro ake ina kawea he kaupapa whakaora. Ko te tino o te whakaora, ko te whakahoki mai, ko te whakapūmau i tētahi tipu (hei tauira, te harakeke ), i tētahi ika, manu rānei (hei tauira, te matamata, ngāi Galaxias) kua kore, kua kaha rānei te paheke, he momo e kaingākautia ana e te whānau , e te hapū , e te iwi . Mā te aroturuki, ka whakaemitia ngā raraunga me ngā rongo e mōhiotia ai te ara ahu whakamua, e kitea ai hoki mēnā kei te whai hua ngā mahi e mahia ana i taua ara i te takanga o te wā.

Ko te anga aroturuki, whakaora e whai ake nei, he tauira hei ārahi i ngā mahi whakaora kuta. Ka taea hoki te whakahāngai atu ki ētahi atu momo, pērā i te harakeke , i te matamata, i ngā momo huhua noa.

Anei ngā mahi matua me kawe ake hei whakatupu i tō tatou mārama ki ngā āhuatanga e ana ki te kuta. Ka hua ake tēnei māramatanga i te kōtuinga o ngā momo mātauranga maha.

  1. Kōrero atu ki ō kaumatua me tō whānau . Whakaemia ō rātou pūmahara me ā rātou mahi i ēnei rā e ana ki te kuta.

  • He pēhea te āhua o te kuta o te hau kāinga, ki tā ngā whatu, tā te ihu, tā ngā taringa anō? Tuhia ēnei kōrero mō te āhua o te kuta e ai ki ēnei tairongo. He mea nui kia mau ēnei tū kōrero hei hoa mō ngā kōrero pūtaiao e ana ki te apiapi o te taupori, te rahi o te kuta me te pai o te wai.

  • He aha ngā ritenga o te hau kāinga mō te kohi, te whakamaroke me te rokiroki i te kuta? Kua rerekē ēnei ritenga i roto i te wā? He whakaaro ō ētahi mō ngā take i rerekē ai ēnei ritenga? Kei te whāia anō he maramataka Māori e mōhiotia ai te wā pai hei kohi i te kuta?

  • He aha ngā ingoa o te hau kāinga mō te kuta (mēnā he ingoa kē anō)? He aha ngā hononga ā-whakapapa ki ētahi atu momo e noho tahi ana ki te kuta, pērā i te wīwī (ngā momo Juncus), te kahikatea (a Dacrycarpus dacrydioides), te harakeke , ngā pepeke, ngā ika, me ngā manu, tae atu ki te matuku (a Botaurus poiciloptilus) kua āhua onge nei? Kia mōhiotia ēnei kōrero, ka mārama ake te kitea e pēhea ana te hauora o te pūnaha hauropi nui tonu.

  1. Tautohua ngā wāhi kia aroturukihia, i runga i ngā kōrero kua kohia. Me whai whakaaro hoki ki ēnei āhuatanga:

  • I hea te kuta e kaha tupu ana i mua? Kei hea e matomato ana te tupu ināianei?

  • Me aroturuki hoki ngā moemoeā mō te kuta, tae atu ki ngā mātauranga ka pīrangitia ā ngā rā e heke mai nei. Kua paheke haere te taupori? Kua ngaro katoa rānei? Kua rerekē te nōhanga o te kuta, te whakamahinga rānei o ngā whenua e piri tahi ana ki te nōhanga, koia pea te take kua rerekē te kaha o te tupu?

  1. Me kōrero ki a wai?

  • Ki ngā tāngata pūtaiao, tae atu ki ētahi atu whānau, hapu, iwi anō hoki kua mahi kē ki te whakaora ake i ngā kuta. Me mahi tahi ki a rātou ki te whakatakoto mahere whakaora e kaha ea ai ngā hiahia o te hapori tangata me te hapori kuta.

He whakamihi

I pūtakea mai tēnei mātaitanga i tētahi kōrero i tuhia mō te pukapuka Te Reo o Te Repo – The Voice of the Wetland, arā, i Kuta – the giant of freshwater , nā Mieke Kapa (Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato).

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Tuihonoa Te Reo o Te Repo.

E tika ana kia mihia ngā ētita me ngā kaituhi o Te Reo o Te Repo – The Voice of the Wetland mō rātou i whakaae mai, i tautoko mai i te hurihanga o te pukapuka nei. Me mihi hoki ngā pūkenga o Pauline Waiti rāua ko Hēni Jacob, tae atu ki ngā kaitautoko taha pūtea, ki a Manaaki Whenua me te kaupapa Unlocking Curious Minds a te MBIE.

Rights: Nō te Karauna te manatārua 2020
Published:16 November 2020