He taputapu te maru hei whakarato i tētahi taiao hauhautanga, hei piringa rānei mai i te ua, te hukarere, te rā, me ērā atu. Ko Haina te whenua tuatahi o te ao ki te hanga i ngā maru.
He mea nui ngā maru i hangaia e te iwi mahi Hainamana. Mai i te maru kōwhai mō te emepara ki te whare ua mō te iwi, ka taea te kī he hononga tata te maru ki te oranga o te tangata. Nā te awe o te ahurea Hainamana, he maha ngā whenua o Āhia kua roa e whakamahi ana i ngā maru, engari i te rautau 16 ka rongonui ngā maru Pākehā i Haina.
I ēnei rā, kāore ngā maru e whakamahia ana hei piringa mai i te hau me te ua i te tikanga tuku iho. Ka taea te whakaahua i ō rātou whānau hei uri whakaheke, ā, he maha ngā momo āhua. He maru rama e whakatakotoria ana ki runga i ngā tēpu me ngā tēpu tī, he maru takutai moana neke atu i te rua mita te whānui, he parakaiti e tika ana mō ngā pailate, he maru aunoa ka taea te takai noa, me ngā maru tae iti hei whakapaipai… I te whanaketanga o te pūtaiao me te hangarau me te whakapainga o ngā paerewa oranga o te tangata, kei te rapu tonu te tangata i te auahatanga i roto i te momo me te mahi o ngā maru, nō reira kua hangaia ētahi momo maru maha-mahi me ngā momo hou.
Wā tuku: Paenga-whāwhā-09-2022