Ko te ahuwhenua tētahi ahumahi mātāmua e whāngaihia ai te tini, huri i te ao. He rerekē te momo me te āhua o te ahuwhenua i tēnā wāhi, i tēnā wāhi, i runga anō i te haumako o te oneone, i te āhuarangi, i te āhua anō o te ahurea.
I ngā whenua whakaterātō, pēnei i Aotearoa, i Ahitereiria me Amerika, e mātua whāia ana te ahutahi whakahara, arā, he nui ngā pāmu, ā, kotahi noa iho te momo kararehe, te momo huanga kai rānei e whakatipuria ana. Mā te ruirui i te whakahaumako horihori i ia tau, mā te rehu paturiha, patu otaota hoki e tupu tonu ai, e tupu tonu ai te huanga kai o te ahutahi. Ko tētahi whakararu nui o te ahutahi, ko te whenua tītōhea ā tōna wā. Hāunga te whakatipu kai hei whāngai i te tini, kua riro ko te mahi moni te whāinga matua o tēnei momo ahuwhenua. Ka kīia ēnei momo pāmu nui, he pakihi ahuwhenua.
Ko te ahutoitū tētahi atu pūnaha ahuwhenua kua roa e whāia ana i ētahi kāinga huri i te ao, ā, e piki ana i ētahi kokonga o ngā whenua whakaterātō. Ko tā te ahutoitū, he āta tiaki i te taiao, mātua rā ko te oneone, he whakaiti i te para ka puta i te mahi pāmu, he whakakore i te whakahaumako horihori me ngā rehu tāoke, he whai i ngā pūnaha māori e toitū ai te mahi whakaputa kai haere ake nei. Ko ngā kai ka puta i te ahutoitū ka kīia he kai tipumāori. He iti ake ēnei momo pāmu kai i ngā pakihi ahuwhenua, ko ētahi he pāmu ringaora hei whāngai i te whānau, i te hapori tata rānei, karekau he tirotiro ki te monihua.
Koia nei ētahi āhuatanga ka kōrerohia nuitia i te ahuwhenua:
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