pūnaha houhono waho
Ko te punaha huinga waiwhakamātau tāone he wherenga o te whai mahi me te hoahoa hou, e whakarato ana i te whakautu mō ngā hiahia huinga wai mātāpuna katoa. Ko tēnei punaha whānui he mea hangaia ki ngā tāpapa e āki ai te āhua o te taiao, e whakamana ana i te whai mahi pai anō hoki. Ko te punaha he whai wāhi ki ngā tikanga whakahaere wera, e āwhina ana i ngā kaiwhakamahi kia pai ai te wai huinga wai i te wā katoa ahakoa ngā tikanga waho. Ko tana hoahoa takitahi e āwhina ana i te whakakī i te māmā, me te whakarerekē kia rite ki ngā wāhi takitahi, he iti noa te tōaitanga o ngā tāone, tāone moana rānei, tāone māra rānei. Ko te punaha he whai wāhi ki ngā tauira whakaputanga wai e māmā ana mai i te ua rānei ki te tāone hauora, e tino whakamahana ana i ngā hiahia katoa. Ko ngā punaha tōturu mātāpuna e whakarato ana i te whakahaere wai āhuatanga, i te wā kotahi ka whakauru hoki te whakamaru i te wai māmā kia whakapai ake ai te haumaru mō ngā kaiwhakamahi katoa. Ko te hoahoa o te upoko huinga wai e āki ai te kore e kohia ngā parurenga, e whakapai ai i te whai mahi roa me te iti noa te whakahaere. Ka taea te whakauru i ngā kōwhiringa arai wai kia tuku wai māmā, i te wā kotahi ka āwhina hoki ngā āhuatanga e kore e whakamahi i te wai kia kaua e whakaiti i te wheako huinga wai. Ko te roa o te punaha e whakapai ake ana mā te whakamahi i ngā tāpapa e kore e pāngia e te whakapai, me ngā wāhanga e whakamaru ana i te mātātoko, e whakapai ai i te roa o te wāhi takitahi.