He mea nui ngā pūrehu hau whenua, he meka rātou e whakatū ai i te rongoā mai i te hau. He mea tino nui ēnei meka, e tū ana rātau pērā i ngā tipua tuatahi i waenganui i ngā marae, e whakamahi ana ō rātau mata huri hei hanga i te hau hei rongoā. puhito hau whai rarangi I te mea he rongoā horoiwhiro e whakatupu ai he tūroa mō āpōpō, tīmata ake tātou ki te mōhio atu i ngā pūrehu hau whenua.
"Kei reira 191 puhipuhi, kāore i a mātau me whakamahia" Kei runga i ngā puhipuhi whenua nei ngā whata nui me ngā toru rauemi i runga i a rātou. E āhua ana ngā rauemi nei i ngā hīkoi o ngā waka rererangi hei whakauru i te huringa hau. I te wā e hokinga ai te hau, ka whaiwhai ia ngā rauemi ki te hurihuri. Ka hurihuri te pūroro, ka takaia he kaiwhakahiko i te whakaputa matea. Ka tuku te matea ki ngā whare, kura me ērā nohoanga hoki hei āwhina i te whakatetonga o ngā pūoro, rorohiko me ērā atu hokohoko e hiahiatia ana i te matea.
Ka mahi ngā whakatū hau whenua i runga i te whenua, ka whakamahi i te hau hei whakaputa ēnei. Ka horohipi ngā raenga i te hau e pa ana, ka whakawhitiwhiti te kēmu nei ki te waihanga kiko e noho ana i te waho o te mīhini, ko te nacelle. Ka haere te ēnei ki runga i ngā tākupu ki te whakarerekētanga - ka whakatipu te uika hei whakatutuki i te hema matua.
Ko te hau he taonga whakahaereke. Ko tenei hei whakamarama, kaore ia i te mutu. Kaore te ra i te hokihoki i te whatitiri, koia nei kaore te whenua i te hokihoki i tana haere, e noho ana tēnā kia kitea ai te hau hei whakatipu i nga whiuwhiu whenua. Koinei te mea e mahi ai te hau hei ara pai ake mo te waiū me te papa, e āhei ai ki te tahuri mai i te hau i runga i te whenua.
He mea nui rawa te marae hau whenua mo te whakato i te waiū pai. Ki te whakamahi i te mana o te hau, ka whiwhi noa tatou i te hau i te papa, ka whakaiti tatou i nga raruraru o te hau pai e puta ana i te rangi. Ko tenei ka whakapakari te mahi mo te whakangaro i te huringa huaki, ahakoa ko tenei he whakahaere i te taiao mo o mokopuna a mua, mo mokopuna a muri hoki.
Nui rawa ngā whakamahere pūrehu whenua ki te whakatū mahi i te huringa o te hau hei rongoā. Tētahi pūrehu anō ka taea te whakarite rongoā mō nui atu o ngā kāinga, e āheinga ana i tōna rahi me tōna wāhi. Mōhiohia anō, ngā pūrehu pū whenua, e maha ana ngā pūrehu e mahi nei i runga i tētahi wā, ka whakatū mahi ake tonu he iti ake rongoā hei whakarite i ngā hapori katoa.