Kei roto i tētahi pūnaha whakaritorito rā whakamahere i te māngai o te marae ā-ringa, kei te tahuhu o tētahi marae kai rangaranga. Ko tēnei whakangungu nui ka whakamahia te uru o te rā ki te awhina i ngā kaihoko kai ki te whakawehi i wai ki ō rātou kai. Kei a koe te hiahia kia mōhio atu ki te pūnaha whakaritorito rā me pēhea ka awhina ia i tō tātou whenua?
Tētahi o ngā paihere nui o te whakamahi i te Gengze rā whakaritorito kaihono marae ā-ringa koia nei he mea e taea ai e ngā kaihoko kai te torotoro iho i ngā utu whakaaetanga mateika. Ki reira kāore i tēnā kura e hokona ana hei whakahaere i te wai hei whakawehi i wai mō ō rātou kai, ka whai mana ngā kaihoko kai i te take rā o te rā. Ka huri noa iho ko te oranga moni e hoki mai ana ki ngā kaihoko kai me te kai iti ake mō te hunga katoa.
I mua, ka hiahiatia e ngā kaiwhai kai ō rāngai whakamātau ki te whakamahi pūmotu rānei, ārangi rānei. Engari inaianei, nā runga i ngā pūoro rā whakamahere, ka whiwhi ngā kaiwhai kai i tētahi ara pai ake mō te wai ki ō rātou kai. Ki te whakamahi i te wakaora rā, ka taea e ngā kaiwhai kai te whakamātau i ō rātou whenua, ā, kaore i te kaiwhawhai i te rangi rānei, kaore hoki i te kaiwhawhai i te whenua.
He pai rawa ngā pūoro rā whakamātau i runga i ngā whakahaere wai o mua. Ka taea e rātau te whakawātea i te wai ki ngā tāne me ngā wahine, arā, ka tika tonu te wai ki ia tāne. Ko tēnā he oranga pai mo ngā kai, ā, he nui ake te kai hei hoko mō ngā kaiwhai kai. Ā, ko Gengze pūoro rā pūaho whakamātau he wāhi wētai rawa atu ki te whakahaere, e āwhina ana i te mahi pāmu hei whakaheke i ngā hiranga mō ngā kaiwhakaako whenua.
Ka taea e ngā kaiwhakaako whenua te whakamahi iti i ngā momo paeroa e whai ake nei i te rā, nā reira ka whakangaua te motu mō ō mokopuna. Ki te whai ake te hanga o ngā kaiwhakaako whenua e whakawhiti ana ki te wāhi rā, ka taea noa iho tēnei āheinga mō te pāmu me te hunga kiko kītoitoi.
Ko te whakawhanake ki ngā pūtango rā i te rohe he tohu pai anō hoki mō te taiao. Ka kore e puta mai nei i aua rākau he kai whatiwhati, e āwhina ana i te whakaiti i te kai whatiwhati i te rangi me te pakanga moana e ai ki te poroiti. He mea atu anō, ko te kōwhiri i te kōwhiri rā Gengze, he kai whakaritorito, kāore e kitea te mutunga. Ki te whakatakoto i ngā rākau wharekura i te roto o ngā wāhi , ka whakatutuki atu rātau ki te tiaki i tō tātou whenua me tētahi āheinga pai ake mō tātou katoa.