Kei te painga ngā mea iti o te ao nui ake nei i te whakatika me te paku pai rawa hoki ka tae atu ki te kaiwhakaawe i te wā katoa, ina he whakatakoto mō te hunga e haere ana. Kei a koe te mohio ki te hiahia ki te haere ki runga i te taiao me te whakamātau i ngā āhuatanga taiao o Papatūānuku? Ki te pai, ko te mea nui he whakarite i ngā hītorangi mō tōu kaiwhakaawe. I te mea koe i te hiahia ki te whakamahi i te kāhui rā whanake i te wā e whakawherea ana? He pai noa rā ki te whenua, ā, he pai anō hoki mō tō haerenga whakawherea. Rā whanake Whakawherea mō ngā Kaitangata Tirohanga (He Rautaki Kātoria Mo Te Whakamahi Rā Whanake Mō Ngā Kaitangata) Ka haere tātou ki te ao whakawherea rā!
Nāku i kōrero: te whakahaere iwiwhakarara ki te wāhi tūpapaku he hītori hou, he mea nui e arohatia ana e ngā iwi katoa i te ao. Ki te whakamārama mōhio, ka tēnā te ākona i tētahi papa rā whakatupu i te wā. Ka tuhituhia te rā nei ki enei papa ātaahua me te hangaanga o te hiko. Ka whakamahia ngā paunuī nei i tēnei hiko hei whakamahi i ēnei mea. Hei tauira, ka taea e koe te whakakapi i ō ure ure, papa whakaaro hoki ko ngā whareke me ngā waewae iti. Kāore i te pai? Kaore koe e hiahia ana ki te whakakore i ngā mea pai o tō whare i te wā e kawe ana i te hiko rā i runga i ngā whenua whānui.
Ki te kāinga whakarongo, e mōhio ana ngā paene ra ki te whiwhi i ngā huarahi nui, nā te mea ka awhina i a koe, āu rēhita me ō whānau kia kawe mai te mōhio ki runga i tō wāhi noho. Ka taea e koe te whakamahana i ngā kai, te tirotiro ki ngā whetū, me te whakapakari i tō marae kāinga i te pō. Whakaaro heoi, e kite ana koe i te ahi kāinga, e titiro atu ana ki ngā whetū, me te mōhio koe i te take o te whakatipu i ngā taonga matihiko! He iti noa te rekoata o ngā paene ra, koia nei ka whakanuia e koe ngā reo o te whenua. Heoi pea, ka tohua e koe te kino i te taiao, ka hokitia te mahi whakahaere, kaore i te mea koe e hanga i ngā pari hapa hei whakakapi i a koe. E whakaae ana te rā ki te whakatikatika i tērā moe, ka whakawātea e koe ngā huarahi me ngā reo kia kore whakapae.
I mea koe i te whakaaro o te nui o te whiwhinga e pa ana ki nga paererei ra, me tukua mai he taupokanga mo te whakamahere i roto i to tuarua huarahi. Ko te mea tuatahi i mate ai ko te kete paererei ra. E hara te kete paererei ra i te kotahi ranei, ko te rapunga ranei, ko te paepae horo whakamana, me nga tawhiti hei whakatakoto i te kawe waka. Hei tataki hoki, ko tetahi atu ratou ko te kuhu i te kete LED pai rawa mai i te poonga, na ka whakatipu koe i a au ki runga i nga hiahia mau.

Ki te koe i to kete pane ra, ko te mea tuatahi kei runga iho nei he wahi ra ki to waahi kaiwhakaruruhanga. Kia whiriwhiria etahi wahi e mahue ana i te ra i te nuinga o te ra. Whakatū tōna pane ra i ngā wā e kitea ai te ra. E hia tonu ana ngā pane ra ki te ra, ā, ka whakarerekētia i a ia hei whiti mai i te wāhanga ki te wāhanga. Ko tēnei e āwhina ana i a rātou kia kitea ai ngā momo ra e iti nei. I muri i te whakakapi i ngā mahi, whakauruhia ngā pūtango katoa ki te hunga kino me te tautau kino o to paepae ra, kia tīmata koe ki te whakamahi i to haerenga ki te kaiwhakaruruhanga!

Te whakamahi i te ra mō te kāinga whakarongo kauwhau ka huihui i runga i te pai ake o tōu haerenga, ā, ka whai wāhi anō hei āwhina i te tiaki i te whenua. Nō reira, e mea nei, kei te nui rawa atu ngā rautaki hiko e whakamahi nei i te ahi pūngao (pūngao me te parāoa), koinei ka noho he kino nui ki tō tātou papatūānuku, ka whiuwhiu ki te huringa āhuarangi. Ki te ao hiko o te rā, ko tērā he pai, he whakaoranga, he whai here. Kaore he whakaputu āwangawanga, he hāpara hiko e whakatū ai te huringa āhuarangi (karbon diokside). Ki te whakamahi koe i te hiko o te rā mō te kāinga whakarongo kauwhau, ko tērā he ara pai ki te iti i ngā hāpai āwangawanga, ā, ki te tiaki i te whenua me te hanga mai i tētahi mataara pai mō tō mātau āheinga. Ko tēnei te take mō te whakapai i tō tātou ao!

He kōrero whakamutunga, he mea māhea te waiū whēi o te rā mō te haere i ngā pūtahi. Ka āhei ia e huri te kohanga maihi ki te oranga pai, ā, ka mahi ia i tēnei mea i te wā e taea ai te tiaki i te whenua. He rangahau whakaaweawe i te rā hei hanga i te waiū whēi, ā, ka noho tūroro i ngā pūtake waiū. Ki te mea ka noho ngā reta nei, ka taea e koe te whakarite i ngā ipurī te hunga me ngā wharekura, ā, ka taea hoki e koe te whakaruru i ngā maatai whare i runga i ngā kāinga whakahaere i a koe i te wā e haere ana i ngā pūtahi. Ko te tuhura anō hoki i ngā papa whēi i te rā, koia nei he wā iti i te wā e taea ai te tiaki i a ia. Nō reira, mēnā ka noho koe kia kitea te kete papa whēi i te rā, ka haere atu koe ki te ao hikoia, ki reira ka āhei koe ki te tiaki i te taiao.
Ko tā mātou whakawāhi i te pono te tuāpapa o tā mātou pakihi. Ka tātai mātou i ngā hua hiko ōrite, ā, ka tātai hoki i ngā ratonga pūkenga. Mō ngā turangā hiko o te hau, he mea nui te whakamātau, ā, he mea nui hoki te whakawāhi i te pono hei whāinga matua o tā mātou rorohiko, ā, ka tātai mātou i ngā hua hiko ōrite me ngā ratonga pūkenga. I tēnei wā, ka tātai i ngā whāinga pērā i te roa o ngā pāpātanga me te pākā o ngā turangā hiko i te whakamātautau i ngā hua hiko mō te haerenga ki waho, i ngā turangā hiko hoki. Ka whakamārama mātou kia māmā ngā kaihoko kia mōhiotia ko ngā hua katoa a DHC e hanga ana i runga i te hiko ōrite, kāore i te hiko kōwhiringa.
I rātou hei tāwhai mātua i ngā pūnaha hiko whakamātua o te hau, ko DHC te kamupani wāhi anake e whai ana i tēnei āhua o te whanonga: he whanonga ā-taumata e whai ana i te whanonga o ngā turu hau, te whanonga o ngā mahi R&D, te whanonga o te whakamātautau, te whanonga o te whakamāhunga, me ngā ratonga pūkenga. Mai i te tau 2009, kua whakamārama ngā kaiwhakamātua o tēnei kamupani i te whakaaro mō te tiaki i te taiao, kua whai hoki i ngā hanga hou, ā, kua whakamārama hoki i te hiko wāhanga o te kamupani mō ngā haerenga ki waho (camping) e whai ana i ngā uara o te ‘mātauranga me te pono, ā, te whakamāngō me te whānuitanga.’ Ko te tohu DHC o tēnei kamupani he whānuitanga o ēnei uara.
ngā hua matua ko ngā pānui hiko wāhanga me ngā turu hau. Ka taea te hiko wāhanga mō ngā haerenga ki waho (camping) te whiwhi i tēnei ratonga katoa: te whakauru, te whanonga, ngā pūnaha whakamātua o te hau me te wāhanga, ā, ngā pūnaha hiko wāhanga mātauranga. I runga i tēnei āhua o te whanonga, ka taea e DHC te whakapānui i ngā hua pūkenga mātauranga, ā, ngā ratonga hāpai i muri i te hoko.
Ko tā mātou whakamātautau he whakamāhi i ngā hāngā hiko ā-haere me ngā hāngā hiko ā-kāinga trā ake i ngā rākau hiko me ngā rākau rā. I te whakamahi i ngā pūkenga o te whakamātautau i te rāhui hāngā, ka taea e mātou te whakapānui i ngā kiritaki i ngā whakamāhi hiko katoa mai i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whakamāhi i te whak......