Mua noa, kei ro whare kai rereke he waeke paiha kotahi i noho ano. Hei aha, kaore ia i noho pērā i te kōrerorero? Ka kitea te paiha hei kua tae ki te tirotiro ki te kai hau e rangona ana i ngā tau o mua. Engari i te wā, ka heke te paiha, ka noho kōwhiri mai te waeke.
Ka noho te paiha paiha (nāianei ko te waeke) i ngā ra o mua i hangaia ai ia i roto i ngā kai whānau. I te mea ka noho ia i runga i te tauranga kai, ka whakatauwhiwhia e ngā mema whānau e tangohia ana ia ki te whakatika i o rātou kai whānau. Engari ka noho manaaki, ka noho harikoa te paiha hei āhei ia ki te whakapai i ngā kai katoa i whakaritea e te hunga katoa.
Engari, i te whakamutu i te momo, ka ngaro hoki ngā wawata o te kōrero mō te taha o te pūtōi. Kāore ia i te whetū o te whakawhiti ano, engari ina rānei i noho mutunga atu ki runga i te paepae o rātou, e mutu ana i te whakaora i tōna ake ao. I noho te pūtōi, i raro i tētahi rākau o kohukohu, e mahitahia ana i tana rā o te matauranga, i a ia i whakamahia ai me te aroha me te manaaki.
Ko te hokinga pai te tuarua i tuhituhia i waho i te pūtōi momo whenua. Ehara i te oneone nui e whai ake nei, e whai take ana ki ngā rau tau hei whakatika. Hiahia ana ia ki te whakahouhia, ki te whakaritea anō, me te whakamahi i ngā āhuatanga katoa e taea ana e ia ki te whakahoki mai ki te ao.
Tēra tētahi rangi, he tama iti i te aroha mo ngā mahi toi, i kite i te pūtōi momo whenua nei i te kino. I waia tonu ki tana āheinga, ka herea e ia ki tōna whare, ka timata te mahi kia houhia te pūtōi hei kōrero hou. Ki te whakairo i te pūtōi i ngā wehiwehi, i ngā piipī iti, ka whakapākaia ki te tirohanga he mea hanga toi.
I te wharepaku wāhine, i whakapakari rātou i ngā pūoro o te kai māwhero hei kōwhatu. I tērā mai i te mea kua noho he kai māwhero ki te whakaatu i tana uara, ki te āhua aroha me te huarahi nui e mahi ana i tana kore. Ka mōhio te pūoro i tana uara e whai ake nei i te mea he iti noa iho; nā ngā kōrero me ngā mahara i muri i te pūoro, ko tēnā te mea nui.
I muri iho, ka kite te pūoro kai māwhero anō i te mea he pūmau ki te whakahoki me te whakanuia i te kore. Ko ēnei pūoro kōwae, ināianei e taea ana kia whakamahia hei tohu mō ngā hangarau toi rānei, hei whakaputa hou mō ngā whakairo hou. Nō reira, te atawhai tuatahi ka kite koe i tētahi pūoro kai māwhero i roto i te kaihoro, tūmamao, tērā ki te whakaaro koe i te wā i kitea ai tērā wāhi iti nei i tana takoto hou.
Pūoro hāngī kore i runga i tō tātau rorohiko matatini i Jiangsu, Inaiaonui. Kei reira Minghang e paetara ana i 3 miriona taumata whenua o ngā wāhi mahi. Ko tā tātau whare hanga e mau ana i ono rārangi mahi me te hunga mōhiotia ake e 150 neke atu, e tuku ana i ngā pōro kiriware me ngā pūoro whakahirahira mo ngā kai, ngā moni, ngā toiora, me ētahi atu, inaianei e tiakina ana te pai me te utu iti.
Ki a Minghang, kei te whai mana tonu mātau i "Te Whakapono Tuatahi, Te Pai Nui Rawa, Te Manaaki Kaimahi". Ko tō mātou whanonga he whakamahia ā-tinana i te hokohoko hou me te whakatūmuri i ngā paearu matatika hei whakarite i ngā whakaeke kotahi mea me ngā whakaeke taiao. Ki te manawa nui o ngā kaimahi i waenganui i ō mātou mahi, kei te haere mātau ki te hanga i tētahi āheinga mōhio mai mō tō tātou āheinga tuarongo.
Ka tuku mātou pūtake kōwhai kōngongo rīwai kore ātaahua kia whakamahi mai ki te whakaaehatia te pai o ō mātou mahi, i mua i te whakaae atu ki ngā pouaka nui. Ahakoa mea nui ko ngā pūtake iti rānei, ko ngā hanganga tūhono rānei, ka tukuna e ngā pūtake nei he whakamatautau takoto iho i te mana mahi o mātou. Whakaputa ngā konae hanga rānei, ngā whakaaro rānei, ka whakatupumai mātou he whakatika hei whakarite i ōu hiahia.
Kei te pai a Minghang ki te tuku āhua kōpū kiriware i waenganui i te ahunga me te kawe i te mahi whakamutunga. Ki runga i ngā tekau tau o mua i te māramatanga i te whenua, ka tuku mātou ngā ratonga whānui e arahi ana i a koe ki ia wā. Ka tiakina e ō mātou kaiarahi kōpū kē te tirohanga ki waenganui i ngā mahi me ōu hiahia, ka tuku tonu i te tautoko pāhaere me te pai o te tūmomo kōwhai kōngongo rīwai kore.