He tokotoko ārahi e mōhiotia ana ko te tokotoko matapoHe mea whakamiharo tēnei e ārahi ana i ngā arai kanohi me te hunga matapō, ā, e āwhina ana hoki kia noho motuhake rātou i a rātou e hikoi ana. Nō reira, tera pea koe e whakaaro ana 'he aha te tokotoko ārahi?', ka matapakihia e mātou tēnei raruraru i raro nei…
Ko te roa paerewa o tetokotoko ārahiko te teitei o te tokotoko mai i te whenua ki te ngākau o te kaiwhakamahi me te ringa kotahi. Nā te paerewa, he rerekē te roa o ia tokotoko matapo mō tētahi tangata rerekē, nō reira, ki te hiahia tētahi ki te eke ki te paerewa, me whakarite te tokotoko matapo. Hei whakaiti i te utu o te tokotoko ārahi, hei whakatata atu hoki ki te āhua utu iti, ko te nuinga o ngā tokotoko matapo he mea hanga ki te āhua noa.
He mea hanga te tokotoko ārahi ki ngā rauemi mama pērā i te koranu konumohe, te karāpeti, me te muka waro, ā, e 2cm te whānui, ā, ka taea te wehewehe ki ngā momo pumau me ngā momo takai. He mā, he whero tōna tae engari he mangu te kakau tahae me te pito o raro.
Ina neke te hunga kanohi kore me te tokotoko ārahi, e toru ngā mahi a te tokotoko: te kimi, te tautuhi, me te tiaki. Ko te tawhiti e toro atu ana te tokotoko ki mua ka whakamahia hei kite i te āhua o te rori. Ina kitea ngā huringa o te whenua, ngā āhuatanga morearea rānei, ka nui te wā e wātea ai te hunga kanohi kore ki te tauhohe hei tiaki i a rātou anō.
Kāore e taea e te pupuri i te tokotoko ārahi te āwhina i te hunga kanohi pōuri kia neke haere tonu, me whakaae te kaiwhakamahi ki te whakangungu nekehanga. Whai muri i te whakangungu, ka mahi te tokotoko ārahi i tana mahi tautoko me te āwhina.
Wā tuku: Whiringa-ā-rangi 17-2022