Tikanga ā-Iwi

riu hopuwai

water catchment, catchment basin, drainage basin

tūingoa

WHAKAMĀRAMA

He rohe whenua e whāngai ana i te wai ka heke ki runga i a ia ki ōna anō arawai.

An area of land where the water that falls onto it feeds into its waterways.

Tauira KŌrero

Whakaaturia te riu hopu wai ki te mahere.

He maha ngā riu hopu wai e tuku wai ana ki te awa matua o Waikato.

Ina whāngaihia te whenua i te riu hopu wai ki te matū tāoke, ka tae atu aua matū tāoke rā ki tō tātou awa ā tōna wā.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga

Ko ngā wai ka heke i taha kē o te paenga riu hopuwai ka paheke ki arawai kē. Ka paheke te wai i runga i te whenua, mā roto rānei i te whenua (ka kīia ko te wainuku) kia tae atu ki ngā mīanga, ki ngā kōawa me ngā awa, ā, ka rere atu ki te moana. Ko te wāhi e pūtahi ai ētahi arawai e rua, ka kīia ko te komititanga o aua arawai. Hei whakaahua i tētahi riu hopu wai:

Takenga Mai

riu - basin, valley

hopu - to catch

wai - water

Tauira KŌrero

Whakaaturia te riu hopu wai ki te mahere.

He maha ngā riu hopu wai e tuku wai ana ki te awa matua o Waikato.

Ina whāngaihia te whenua i te riu hopu wai ki te matū tāoke, ka tae atu aua matū tāoke rā ki tō tātou awa ā tōna wā.

WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga