Ka huna e te whāriki te āhua tino ngawari o te kāinga
Ina tomo koe ki roto i tētahi rūma, ko te mea tuatahi ka pā ki a koe, ehara pea i te rama utu nui, i ngā peita ataahua rānei, engari ko te ngawari o te... whāriki Ina takahia e koe. He rite ki te taka ki roto i te awhi o ngā kapua, ki te whāriki rānei kua whakamahanatia e te rā. Ko te mahana e horapa ana mai i ngā kapu o ō waewae ka whakamarie i te ngenge o te rā katoa. Ehara te whāriki i te "tūranga tautoko" i roto i te wāhi, engari ko te "kaiwhakahaere pāmahana" o te kāinga, e huri ana i te papa makariri hei kokonga manawa, e whakamarie ana i ia hikoinga e hikoi ana koe.
Mā te whiriwhiri i te whāriki tika ka taea te whakarerekē i te āhua o tō whare. Ki te pai koe ki te āhua hou, Nordic, he whāriki poto-Whāriki Puranga He tino pai te hina mārama, te mā māwhero rānei. He rite tōna puranga angiangi ki te hukarere hou kua taka. Ka honoa ki ngā taonga rakau tūturu, ka hangaia he hau mārama, mārama i raro i tō tēpu kawhe rūma noho. Mō te āhua tawhito, whakamātauria he whāriki huruhuru hipi me ngā tauira āhuahanga. He raranga karamere me te kakariki pouri. Whakatakotoria ki te taha o tō moenga ka hikoi waewae kore i mua i te moenga, ā, ka haria koe ki tētahi whare noho o Parī, ka waiho ō whatumanawa kia ki tonu i te aroha. He mea nui te whāriki mō ngā whānau whai tamariki, ā, ko te polyester matotoru, kore-paheke te whiringa pai. Ka taea e ngā tamariki te tākaro ki ngā poraka me te pānui pukapuka pikitia, ā, ahakoa ka tūtuki rātou, ka whakaratohia e te urunga ngohengohe he whakamarie, e tuku ana i te rangimarie o te hinengaro.
Koia anō hoki te "piripiri ngaro" o tētahi wāhi. He tokomaha te hunga e whakaaro ana kāore i te ōrite te āhua o tō rātou rūma noho, ā, ko te mea e ngaro ana ko te whāriki. Mā te whakakī i te sofa, te tēpu kawhe, me te tūru kotahi ki roto i te whāriki ka hangaia he wāhi manaaki manuhiri. Ka kukumea ngā manuhiri ki tēnei wāhi whakamarie, ā, ka nui ake te whanaungatanga o ngā kōrero. Mā te whāriki taha moenga i roto i te rūma moe ka kore e hiahia ki te manawanui ki te papa makariri i ngā ata; he pā ngawari te hikoi tuatahi i waho o te moenga, ka huri i te oho ake hei mea hei tumanako atu. Ahakoa he whāriki iti, kore-paheke i te tomokanga, e takahi ana i runga i te wā e whakawhiti hu ana, ka ārai i te ao o waho ki waho, me te mea nei e kī ana, "Nau mai ki te kāinga, ngā mihi ki a koe mō tō mahi uaua."
Ko ētahi e āwangawanga ana ngā whāriki He uaua te tiaki, engari i ēnei rā, kua roa te wā e ngaro ana te tapanga "tiaki nui" o ngā whāriki. Ka taea te pupuri i te ma o ngā whāriki iti-puranga mā te whakamahi i te mīhini horoi puehu ia wiki. Mena ka maringi, horoia noa ki te kakahu maroke, kātahi ka rehuhia ki te hopi horoi hei whakahoki wawe i a rātou ki tō rātou āhua taketake. He ātete taiao ngā whāriki huruhuru hipi ki te paru, nō reira, mena ka tiakina mai i ngā karawarawa koi, ka noho ngohengohe, ka hou hoki mō ngā tau tekau. Ki te whakatauritea ki ngā ārai me ngā urunga e whakakapia pinepinetia ana, he rite tonu te whāriki pai ki te hoa noho roa, hei tūnga waewae i a koe e mātakitaki ana i ngā whakaari o te pō, hei hoa haere mō ngā tamariki i te wā tākaro o te mutunga wiki, ā, ka taea e ngā kaumātua te okioki i te rā o te ahiahi, ka āta kawe mai i te mahana o te kāinga.
Ka roa ake tō oranga, ka nui ake tō maioha ki te ataahua o te whāriki. He māhaki, ka awhi i ngā āhuatanga katoa o te ao me te tino aroha. Ina hikoi waewae kore koe i runga i te whāriki, Ina moe tō mōkai i te kokonga, ina huihui tō whānau ki a ia ki te kai tahi—ko ēnei harikoa iti e huna ana i roto i tōna ngawari te mauri tūturu o te kāinga. He whāriki, he māmā noa iho te āhua, e pupuri ana i ngā tumanako ngawari katoa e puritia ana e tātou mō te ao.










