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Ka whakaranua e te taonga tākaro kakara te whakamarie o te taonga tākaro ngohengohe me te makutu o te kakara, ka huri i ngā kararehe whakakī noa hei hoa maha-rongo. Ka pā te pā me te kakara ki ēnei taonga tākaro kakara, ka waihanga i ngā wā marino me te harikoa mō ngā kaiwhakamahi o ngā reanga katoa.

Ehara i te mea ko ngā kākahu huruhuru ritenga anake ngā mea e whakamahia ana—he whakaaturanga oraora o te tuakiri me te auahatanga. Mā ēnei kākahu i hangaia marietia, i ahu mai i ngā kararehe āhua tangata, ka taea e te hunga e mau ana te hikoi ki te ao o te whakaaro auaha, me te whakakotahi i te toi me te kōrero pakiwaitara whaiaro.

I ahu mai ngā taonga tākaro arewhana ngohengohe i Ūropi i te mutunga o te rautau 19, i reira ngā tāre kararehe i tuitui-ā-ringa i waiho hei taonga motuhake mā ngā tamariki rangatira. I rongonui haere ngā arewhana, hei tohu mō te "kaha me te whakaaro nui". Nā te whakarewatanga o ngā putanga papatipu i te tau 1903 e ngā kaihanga Tiamana i kawe mai ki ngā whānau noa. He mea nui, kei te whakamahi tonu ngā iwi o Āwherika i ngā mea i hangaia-ā-ringa i roto i ngā kawa o te pakeketanga, hei pupuri i ngā hononga ahurea o ngā rautau kua pahure.

Ka pakaruhia e ngā taonga tākaro papai te āhua o ngā kararehe whakakī tuku iho, ka awhi i te kore taurite, ngā āhua rerekē, me te āhua takaro whakakatakata. Ka hurihia e ēnei mahi ahurei te "koretake" hei ataahua, ka hopukina te hunga e hiahia ana ki tētahi mea nui atu i te pea pea noa.

He ranunga reka o te hihiko o te taiao me te ngawari, he ātaahua hoki ngā hua me ngā huawhenua ngohengohe kua whakaritea. Ka hurihia e ēnei mahi auaha ngā hua o ia rā hei hoa whakamīharo, e ātaahua ana ki ngā tamariki me ngā pakeke me ō rātou hoahoa kanapa me ngā kakano whakamarie.

He momo āhua ngāwari ngā pine ngohengohe ritenga, he rerekē ki ngā pine whakarewa tuku iho. Nā ō rātou kakano ngawari me te āhua takaro, kua tino rongonui rātou i roto i ngā momo whakapaipai. Me ruku tātou ki ngā mea e motuhake ai ēnei pine awhiawhi.

Ka whakaoho ake ngā tāre miro pakiwaituhi i te ataahua o te ao, ka whakakotahi i ngā kiripuaki hihiri me te ngawari o te mahi toi miro. Ka honoa e ēnei taonga hanga-ā-ringa te āputa i waenga i te mahara o te tamarikitanga me ngā whakapaipai hou, ka kukume i ngā tamariki me ngā kaikohi.

I tēnei ao e kī ana i ngā taputapu hangarau whānui, ka tū pakari ngā kete taringa ngohengohe ritenga hei ranunga tino pai o te mahi me te āhua whaiaro. Ehara i te mea ka tiaki noa ēnei kete ngohengohe, ātaahua hoki i ō taringa mai i ngā rakuraku me ngā pakaru, engari ka tāpirihia hoki he pā o te ataahua ki tō kawe i ia rā, ka waiho hei mea nui mā te hunga e aroha ana ki te puoro me te hunga e aroha ana ki te ahua.

Kei roto i ngā "pouaka matapo", e mōhiotia ana ko ngā "taonga tākaro ohorere", tētahi whakapakoko mai i tētahi raupapa motuhake i te matapōkere. He rerekē ngā hoahoa o ngā raupapa rerekē, ā, mā te whakatuwheratanga anake i te pouaka ka kitea e koe te whakapakoko i riro i a koe.

Ka whakakotahi ngā peke tuara kararehe whakakī i te whai huatanga me te takaro, ka huri i ngā peke kura noa hei hoa awhi. Kua noho ēnei taputapu whakamīharo hei momo ahua, e kukume ana i ngā tamariki me ngā pakeke e hiahia ana ki te kawe i te mahana ki ngā wāhi katoa e haere ana rātou.