He aha a Kawakawa?

He aha a Kawakawa? 🌿

Te toa whakaora iti o te taiao mai i Aotearoa

Ki te mea kua hikoi koe i tētahi ara ngahere i Aotearoa, tera pea kua pahure atu koe i tētahi tipu Kawakawa me te kore e mōhio. Nā ōna rau he āhua ngākau, he pūhao, me te kakara kakara, ko Kawakawa (Macropiper excelsum) tētahi o ā mātou otaota whakaora taketake tino taonga, ā, koia te kai matua i roto i te nuinga o ngā mea katoa e hangaia ana e mātou i Tiny Leaf.

He maha ngā whakatipuranga o Kawakawa e whakamahia ana i roto i ngā rongoā Māori, ā, he tino pai mō te kiri. E mōhiotia ana mō ōna āhuatanga ā-taiao hei ārai i te mumura, hei ārai i te huakita, hei ārai harore hoki, ā, he tino pai mō te whakamarie i te ekisema, te kiri ponana, te kiri maroke, ngā motu, ngā ngau, me te nuinga o ngā mea e pōuri ana, e riri ana hoki.

I Tiny Leaf, ka tangohia ā-ringa e mātou ā mātou rau mai i ngā Kawakawa tipu noa, kāore he rehu i ngā rohe o Te Whanganui-a-Tara me Wairarapa. Ka ata whakaranua e mātou ki roto i ngā hinu taiao hei hanga i tā mātou hinu kua whakaranua ki te Kawakawa, ka noho hei pūtake whakaora mō ā mātou hinu whakamakuku, hinu huka, me ngā kopare kanohi.

He aha mātou i aroha ai ki a Kawakawa i roto i te tiaki kiri:

• 🌿 Whakamarie i te kiri maroke, mākūkū, me te kiri riri
• 🧴 He ngawari mō te tiaki kiri o ngā pēpi
• 🌏 He mea hanga ki te taiao, ā, he mea hanga ki Aotearoa
• 💚 Kī tonu i ngā āhuatanga whakaora

Ka māmā noa iho ā mātou kai, ā, ka puhoi hoki te tukanga—nā te mea ko te taiao te mea e mōhio ana ki te mea pai. Ahakoa kei te whakamahi koe i tā mātou hinu Kawakawa, i tā mātou rākau whakatika, i tā mātou hinu huka Kawakawa rānei, kei te rongoa koe i tō kiri ki te makutu tiaki kiri tūturu o Aotearoa.

Kei te hiahia koe ki te whakamātau?

Tirohia ā mātou ratonga tiaki kiri ā-ringa katoa a Kawakawa i konei