Poaka (Nguru, Pēpi poaka)

He tino mohio ngā poaka, he kararehe tairongo ki ngā kare ā-roto, he maha ngā wā ka whakaritea ki ngā kurī i roto i ō rātou kaha ki te ako, ki te kōrero, me te hanga hononga pāpori hohonu. Heoi i roto i ngā pūnaha ahuwhenua wheketere, ka pāngia rātou e ētahi o ngā momo herehere me te tukino tino kino. He maha ngā wā ka puritia ngā poaka whānau i roto i ngā pouaka hapu, i ngā pouaka whānau rānei, he tino aukati, kāore e taea te tahuri, ka noho te nuinga o ō rātou oranga ki roto i ngā wāhi iti iho i ō rātou tinana.
Ko ngā poaka, kua wehea mai i ō rātou whaea i te torutoru noa o ngā wiki te pakeke, ka tukuna ki ngā tikanga mamae pēnei i te tango hiku, te tapahi niho, me te tango i te whakamomori, i te nuinga o te wā kāore he momo rongoā whakamoe. He maha e pāngia ana e te ahotea, te mate, me ngā whara nā te kīkī me ngā āhuatanga paru i roto i ngā whare ahumahi. Ko ā rātou whanonga taiao - pēnei i te pakiaka, te rapu kai, me te taunekeneke pāpori - kua tata whakakahoretia katoatia i roto i ēnei taiao, ka whakaiti i ngā mea ora, ora ki ngā taonga i roto i te raina whakaputa.
Ko ngā hua o te ahuwhenua poaka kaha kei tua atu i te mamae kararehe. Ka puta he kino nui ki te taiao i roto i te umanga mā roto i ngā roto para, te poke wai, me te nui o ngā tukunga hau kati kōtuhi, me te tūpono nui ki te hauora o te tangata mā te whakamahi nui i ngā paturopi me te horapa o ngā mate zoonotic. E whakaatu ana tēnei wāhanga i ngā āhuatanga huna o ngā poaka me ngā kuao poaka i roto i te ahuwhenua ahumahi me ngā pānga whānui o te whakaputa poaka, e akiaki ana i a tātou kia whakaaro anō ki tō tātou whanaungatanga ki ēnei kararehe whakamiharo me ngā pūnaha e whakamahi kino ana i a rātou.