E toru marama e toe ana ki te Pōtitanga Nui o te tau 2026, ā, kua huri te pūkaha o tō tātou ao tōrangapū ki tōna taputapu tino kino rawa atu. E ngunguru ana ngā ruma whawhai, e tātā rātou i ngā take wehewehe nahanaha, ā, kei te hokona anō te "Tinihanga Toru Tau" ki a tātou hei tihi o te ahunga whakamua manapori.
Heoi anō, ka pēhea mēnā ka kore koe e hoko i te tinihanga? Ka pēhea mēnā ka whakatau koe ki te tutu—ki te whakatikatika, ki te tūhura, ki te wāwahi i te kāwanatanga tūāpapa, me te whakatakoto i tētahi mahere mā te mahi pono?
Ka noho koe hei whāinga. Ka noho koe hei Jack-o'-lantern.
Ko te noho hei kaiwhakatikatika tūpono i Aotearoa i ēnei rā ko te noho mau i roto i tētahi āhua pōuriuri, ngenge i waenga i ngā ao e rua. Ka noho koe ki runga i te whakamahau—ka mau i waenganui pū o te noho puku māhaki, nahanaha o te whare hūmārie me te pōuri makariri, tūmomo o te tiriti tōrangapū.
Ka haere mai ngā kaiwhakaari tōrangapū ki a koe nā te mea kāore koe i te uru pai ki roto i ā rātou raraunga pōti. Ka whakatuma koe i te tikanga kua whakaritea. Ka tono rātou kia ū, kia whai kī taurangi, kia whai i ngā mahi whai take kore o te wā pōtitanga. Engari ka tono koe i te manawa-roa nahanaha, i ngā mahere koiora, me te whai take tūturu, ka kīia koe e rātou he taurangi takatāpui hei whakakore, hei whakatūmatua rānei.
Engari he kino rawa atu te whakatoihara mai i tētahi atu taha. Ko ngā kaiwhakaari hūmārie—ngā kaitūtohu umanga, ngā kaiwhakahaere whare, ngā hoa mahi puku e whai hua ana i te mana o nāianei—ka haere mai ki a koe nā te mea he whakaata tō noho e hiahia ana rātou ki te karo. Kia rite ki tā mātou i kite ai i konei i MVP Journeys ®, he momo whakaweti, tinihanga, e tautokohia ana i roto i tō tātou hapori ki te tangata ka takahi i te rārangi ki te whakatete i te pūkaha. Ka pātai koe i te pirau o te hanganga, ka whakahoki te kāhui hūmārie ki te mauahara, ka ngana ki te whakaiti i a koe kia kore ai rātou e aro atu ki ō rātou ake hapa.
Ka korekau koe i te waku pūreurokrahi. Ka ngana rātou ki te tā i tētahi pikitia rorirori ki tō kanohi kia kite anake te iwi i tā rātou e hiahia ana kia kite.
Engari koinei te mea e tino pōhēhē ana ngā kaimahi tōrangapū me ngā kaiwhakaawe hūmārie mō te Jack-o'-lantern: Ahakoa nā rātou pea te whakairo, kāore rātou e whakahaere i te ahi kei roto.
Ko te ahi ko te tutu. Koia te paparanga raraunga tangata. Koia te hiahia kore e mutu ki te hanga pūnaha e roa ake ana i te horihori tere o te wā toru tau.
Āe, he ngenge te whakawhitiwhiti ahi. Ko te whakatoi e ngā kaiwhakatū o te pūnaha me ngā kaiwhiwhi o tōna noho puku ka pā mai he taumaha. Engari ko te noho i roto i tērā wāhi pūmotu—i waenganui i ngā ao o te takahuri me te tū—koina tonu te wāhi ka puta te mahi tūturu. Ko te Jack-o'-lantern he tohu. Ka noho i te pōuri, ka whakamarama i te paepae, ka akiaki i te tangata ka haere i tōna taha kia aro atu ki te tūturu o te rauwiringa kaiao kua hangaia e tātou.
I te wā e eke ana te haruru o te pōtitanga o te tau 2026 ki tōna taumata i roto i ēnei rā e iwa tekau e whai ake nei, ka ngana rātou ki te akiaki i a tātou ki roto i ā rātou pouaka. Ka kī mai rātou ki a tātou ko te huarahi anake e taea ai te whakarereke ko te takaro i tā rātou kēmu, mā ā rātou ture, i runga i ā rātou wā.
Whakakahoretia. Kia tū tonu i waenganui. Kia tūtū tonu, kia moemoeā tonu, kia whakatakoto tonu i te mahere. Kāore te kaiārahi nahanaha tūturu i whānau i ngā whare o te Pāremata, i te noho puku māhaki rānei o te whai wāhi umanga. Ka hangaia e te hunga māia ki te noho ki te whakamahau, e mura ana i te pōuri, e kore e whakaae kia tineia. Ka ngana pea rātou ki te wāwahi i a tātou, engari e kore e taea e rātou te whakahaere i te mahana e kawea mai e tātou ki te pōuri. Haere mai ki te noho ki te taha o te ahi. Kia kaha!
