māhinahina tapa whenua
Ko te māhine tapa whariki he taputapu motuhake i hangaia hei waihanga i ngā mutunga whariki toa, kaha. Ko te taputapu matua nei he aukati i te whakaputuputu me te whakapai ake i te mutunga o te whariki, aukati i te whakaputuputu me te whakapono ki te āhua ma, ma. Ko te nuinga o ngā māhine whariki tapa he punaha whakauru hāngai e āki ai i te whariki tru ngā rōpere tātai, e whakaputa ana i te tapa tapa, te rāwekenga rānei ki te tapa. Ko ngā māhine tapa whariki anō hoki o te rā o kē he whakahaere matihiko mō te tautohenga tere me te teitei o ngā tāpoko, e āki ai ngā kaiwhakahaere ki te whirihora i ngā tautuhinga e hāngai ana ki ngā momo whariki rerekē, me te rahi. Kei te whakamahi te hangarau i ngā inu hiko kaha e taea ai te whakahaere i ngā whariki noho, me ngā whariki rite hoki, ake tonu te tāwhai tika i te rohe o te tapa. Ko ēnei māhine he nui ake i te tātari aunoa, ngā kōpae whakarereke, me ngā aratohu motuhake e whakapumau ai i te tapa, te tapa ōrite. Ko te whānui o ngā māhine tapa whariki e toro atu ana ki ngā tāone rerekē, mai i te mutunga o ngā whariki takotoranga me ngā toenga whariki ki te waihanga i ngā whariki rite ki te rahi mō ngā whakauru motuhake. Ka taea e koutou te whakauru i ngā tapa tapa rerekē, tae atu ki te pāpaku, te polihi me ngā paraihe rākai, e āki ai i te whānui o ngā here o te kaupapa. Ko ngā māhine i hangaia ki te whai ārai ārai pērā i te pātene whakamutunga tūmatanui me ngā kāpua matimati, ake tonu te whakauru i ngā hoahoa ārai mō te noho ā comfort comfort ake o te kaiwhakahaere i te wā e roa ana te whakamahi.