Whai Māia me ngā Āhuatanga E Tautoko Ana i te Kiri
Ko te noho tūturu pai ake me ngā āhuatanga e pai ana mō te kiri o te rāpoi teri mō ngā whāriki e whakapumautia ana tēnei matēria hei kōwhiringa tino pai mō ngā whakamahinga tiaki tangata i reira ko te pā ki te kiri māmā te mea nui. Ko ēnei āhuatanga noho mai i te takotoranga motuhake o ngā ūpoko paruhi parakore me te hanganga taputapu e waihanga ana i tētahi mata parurenga, ka nui ake te noho tūturu ki te kiri. Ko te ahunga torowhā o te rāpoi teri mō ngā whāriki e tuku ana i ngā painga hohanu mā te wehe i ngā sel paruhi me te whakatairanga i te hōhonu hou o te kiri kaua ko te pā heke, he pā kino rānei ki ngā mata kiri māmā. Kua whakapumautia e ngā rangahau a ngā tohunga mata kiri tēnā ko ngā ūpoko paruhi parakore e whakamahia ana i te rāpoi teri tikangia e ai ki ana āhuatanga kāre pea e arai ai i te tahumaero, e pai ai mō ngā tāngata e māmā ana te kiri, e mate whekau ana, i ētahi atu raruraru mata kiri rānei. Ko te hanganga orotata o te rāpoi teri mō ngā whāriki e aki ai i te pupuhi kia kaua e tipu ngā huakai pāpaku, kaua hoki e pāhekeheke ai te kiri, ka mau tonu te pono pakanga tika i te wā e whakamahia ana me muri iho. Ko ngā paruhi māmā, pāpaku e waihanga ana i tētahi āhua karakia māmā e whakarongo ana i te mātātoko o te toto ki ngā papa e pā ana, ka tāwhai ai ki te hauora katoa o te kiri me te noho tūturu i te wā o te whakamahi whāriki. Ko te whakahaere wāhiarata tētahi anō manawa noho tūturu nui o te rāpoi teri mō ngā whāriki, inā ko ngā āhuatanga parakore o te rāpoi e āwhina ai i te whakahaere i ngā āhuatanga wera, e hohe ana i ngā wā hohoro, e pupuri ana i te wera i ngā wā makariri. Ko te wheako taketake o te whakamahi rāpoi teri mō ngā whāriki e piki ake ake ana i ngā kōwhiringa hāwhekarai, nā te hunga ūpoko parakore e noho tūturu, e mōhio tūturu ana ki te kiri tangata. Ko te rāpoi teri tikanga e mau tonu ana tana āhua māmā ake muri i ngā wāhi maha e horoi ana, e kīia ana i ngā matēria hāwhekarai e taea ai te kikikii, e kīia ana i te wā e pāha ana. Ko te kore rawa atu o ngā pouaka paitini, o ngā taupā hāwhekarai rānei i te rāpoi teri parakore mō ngā whāriki e wehe ana i ngā puna e taea ai te pā ki te kiri e tino pā ana ki ngā tāngata māmā. Ko ngā tikanga hanga matatau e whakapumautia ai te rāpoi teri mō ngā whāriki kia eke ki te taumata tino māmā ake kaua ko te pā ki te mahi pāpaku, ki te roa rānei o te ora. Ka torotoro ake ngā āhuatanga e pai ana mō te kiri ki te āhuatanga pH, nā te ūpoko paruhi parakore i te rāpoi teri mō ngā whāriki e pupuri ana i te taumata pH tūturu e tautokoa ai te taurite hauora o te kiri. Ko ēnei āhuatanga whānui noho tūturu, e pai ana mō te kiri ka whakapumautia ai te rāpoi teri mō ngā whāriki hei kōwhiringa mutunga kia whakamahia ai i ngā wā e noho tūturu ana te kaiwhakamahi, e hauora ana te kiri, e māmā ana te hua.