Ngā kākahu whakamahanakua hurihia te wheako o te hunga e aroha ana ki ngā mahi o waho, e whakawhiti ana i ngā mahi makariri pēnei i te hī ika, te hikoi, te retihuka, me te eke pahikara mai i ngā whakamātautau manawanui ki ngā mahi whakangāwari, roa. Mā te whakauru i ngā huānga whakamahana ngāwari, e whakamahia ana te pākahiko ki roto i ngā koti, ngā wete, ngā karapu, me ngā tōkena, ka whakaratohia e tēnei kākahu auaha te mahana hihiri, arotahi ki ngā wāhi e tino hiahiatia ana.
Mō te kaihao ika e tū korekore ana i roto i te awa hukapapa, i runga rānei i te roto tio, he mea nui te taputapu whakamahana. Ka whawhai ki te makariri e ngokingoki ana e kore e taea e ngā kākahu noa, ka taea ai te roa ake, te manawanui ake, me te angitu o ngā haerenga hī ika. He nui ngā painga mō ngā kaihiki me ngā kaihaere tuara i tōna āhua hihiri. Engari i te tāpiri, te tango rānei i ngā kākahu i te mea ka huri te teitei, te kaha rānei, ka whakaratohia e te koti whakamahana he mahana pumau ki te puku, ka ārai i te werawera kia kore e mātao, ka whakaiti hoki i te mōrearea o te hypothermia.
I ngā pari reti, ka whakarei ake ngā kākahu whakamahana i te whakamarie me te mahi. Ka whakarite kia noho ngāwari, kia ngāwari hoki ngā uaua, ā, he mea nui ngā karapu whakamahana hei pupuri i te pūkenga o ngā maihao mō te whakatikatika i ngā here me te whakahaere taputapu. Waihoki, mō ngā kaieke pahikara e pāngia ana e te hau makariri, ka mahi te koti whakamahana hei paparanga ārai matua. Ka whawhai ki te ngaronga wera e whakauaua ai te eke hotoke, ka taea ai e ngā kaieke te pupuri i te pāmahana matua mō ngā tawhiti roa me ngā haerenga haumaru ake.
Ko te tikanga, ehara ngā kākahu whakamahana i te mea papai, engari he taputapu nui mō te haumaru me te ngahau. Ka whakamanahia ngā hunga e aroha ana ki te mahi i waho ki te ātete i te makariri, ki te whakaroa i ō rātou wā, me te arotahi ki te ngākau nui ki ā rātou mahi, kaua ki te pāmahana tio.
Wā tuku: Whiringa-ā-rangi 11-2025
