māhine tapahia karipeti
Ko te māhine tapa whariki he taputapu matua whakangāhau e āki ai ngā whakaritenga tapa tāwhai, āwhina hoki i ngā whare hāngai ki te whariki me te tukatuka. Ko tēnei taputapu rerehua e kōwhai ana i te hangarau hōu me te pūkenga hinonga kaha kia taea ai te tapa tāwhai i ngā momo whariki, anō hoki i te rahi. Ko te nuinga o ngā māhine he punaha tapa rorohiko e ārahi ana i te tapa i ngā tauira tapa pīroiroi me te iti noa te koretake, me te whai rawa. Kei a ia ngā mata tapa matua, ngā punaha whakauru aunoa, me ngā punaha tū wāhi whakapai hei whakarite i te kounga tapa tata. Ko te āhua whakarereke o te māhine e āwhina ana i a ia kia āwhina i ngā momo whariki rerekē, mai i ngā whariki kāinga ki ngā whariki umanga, nō reira he taputapu matua mō ngā kaihāngai whariki, kaihoko, me ngā kaiwhakauru tohunga. Ko ngā māhine tapa whariki hōu heke i ngā papanga matapihi mō te whakauru tauira, ngā punaha ine aunoa, me ngā āhuatanga haumaru hei whakamaru i ngā kaiwhakahaere. Ka taea e ēnei māhine te tapa tawhio, te tapa kōtui, me ētahi anō hoki tauira pīroiroi, e iti ai te mahi ā-ringa, ā, e whakapai ake ai i te rawa. Ko te hangarau anō hoki ka tuku i te tapa o ngā tapa, he mea nui tēnei mō te whakauru tohunga me te manawa ake a te kiritaki.