Ko tētahi o ngā raruraru tuatahi e pā ana ki te tukatuka pepa wharepaku ko te whiriwhiri i ngā taputapu tukatuka pepa wharepaku me te rīhi i te wāhi. Nō reira, he aha ngā taputapu kei reira mō te tukatuka pepa wharepaku, ā, e hia te nui o te wāhi e hiahiatia ana? Tukuna mai ki a koe i raro nei hei tohutoro māu.
Kei roto i ngā taputapu tukatuka pepa wharepaku te mīhini hurihuri pepa wharepaku o te tau 1880, te mīhini tapahi kani ā-ringa, me te mīhini hiri wai-whakamatao, e tika ana mō ngā awheawhe whānau. Ko tēnei huinga taputapu ko ēnei mīhini e toru, e kawenga ana mō te whakaranu, te tapahi, te hiri me te tākai i ngā rauemi mata o te pepa wharepaku. He iti te wāhi e kapi ana i ngā taputapu, ā, ko te whānui o te awheawhe e waru mita te whānui me te roa o te tekau mita, ka taea te whakamahi hei awheawhe tukatuka pepa wharepaku. Hei tāpiri, me whai wāhi hei penapena rauemi mata me te wāhi hei penapena pepa wharepaku tukatuka, nō reira me kotahi rau, e rua rau mita pūrua rānei te tipu katoa, ki te kore ka taea te kimi i tētahi whare putunga motuhake.
Ko tētahi atu ko ngā taputapu e tika ana mō ngā tipu tukatuka pepa wharepaku reo-rahi me te rahi, arā, ngā mīhini hurihuri pepa wharepaku aunoa, ka taea te whakamahi tika i ngā rauemi mata i roto i te toru mita, ā, ka taea e te pai o te whakaputa te eke ki te toru me te hawhe tana i roto i ngā haora e waru. Ka taea te whakauru i te wāhanga tapahi pepa ki tētahi mīhini tapahi pepa aunoa, e penapena ana i te kotahi haora mahi i te mīhini tapahi pepa ā-ringa, ā, he tere te tere tapahi pepa, tae atu ki te 220 maripi ia meneti. Mō te tākai, ka taea e koe te whakamahi i tētahi mīhini tākai aunoa, kia taea ai te whakaputa aunoa, ā, kotahi, e rua rānei ngā tāngata e hiahiatia ana hei tākai pepa wharepaku ki muri.
Pērā i tēnei momo raina whakaputa pepa wharepaku aunoa, ka taea e tātou te whakarite i tētahi tipu o te 200-300 mita pūrua. Hei tāpiri, i te wā e whiriwhiri ana i ngā taputapu tukatuka pepa wharepaku, me whakaaro tātou ki te utu anake, engari me aro hoki ki te kounga o ngā taputapu tukatuka pepa wharepaku me te ratonga muri-hoko a te kaihanga.
Ki te ruarua mātou, ka taea e koe te haere mai ki te pātai mai. E 30 tau mātou e mahi ana i roto i te umanga mīhini hanga hua pepa, ā, ka taea e mātou te tūtohu i tētahi huinga mīhini e tika ana kia rite ki ō hiahia me tō tahua.
Wā tuku: Whiringa-ā-rangi-03-2023