Ko te wai ka papī atu mā roto i te oneone ki ngā kōawa, ki ngā roto me ngā moana. Ka tāhawahawatia aua rerenga wai i te tāoke kei roto i te wai whakapākeka.
The liquid that seeps through soil to waterways. The waterways are contaminated by the toxins in the leachate.
Tauira KŌrero
He tāoke te wai whakapākeka e papī atu ana i te ruapara.
Ki te kore e aukatia, ka puta he wai whakapākeka i te ruapara, ka papī atu ki ngā kōawa e pātata ana.
Me he rahi tonu te wai ka taka ki runga i te ruapara (te ua, te waipuke rānei), ka rahi anō te wai whakapākeka ka papī atu.
Ko te wai whakapākeka tētahi takenga nui o te parahanga i ō tātou awa me ō tātou moana. I ētahi ruapara, e kohikohia ana te wai whakapākeka kia kore ai e papī atu ki ngā kōawa e pātata mai ana:
Takenga Mai
pākeka - land that has been exhausted by cultivation
KUPU KĒ ATU
wai papī
Tauira KŌrero
He tāoke te wai whakapākeka e papī atu ana i te ruapara.
Ki te kore e aukatia, ka puta he wai whakapākeka i te ruapara, ka papī atu ki ngā kōawa e pātata ana.
Me he rahi tonu te wai ka taka ki runga i te ruapara (te ua, te waipuke rānei), ka rahi anō te wai whakapākeka ka papī atu.