Haunga te wai, ko te mahi a te pūngao rā
Kāore te pūngao rā i te mea he oati tawhiti i te pae pūngao, kua tae mai, ā, kua puta te whānui o te umanga hei panonitanga ohorere i roto i te whenua pūngao. Engari i te tere o te tipu ka puta mai he pātai matua: he aha te momo umanga pūngao rā e hiahia ana tātou ki te hanga i Aotearoa? Ā, me pēhea tā tātou anga atu ki tua atu?
Ki taku whakapono he whai wāhitanga ahurei tā Aotearoa ki te hanga i tētahi umanga pūngao rā e hira ake ana i te tere me te iti o ngā utu, he umanga e ahu mai ana i te hapori, e arahina ana e ngā uara ahurea, e whakaata ana i te tirohanga roa a te motu mō te oranga tonutanga.
Nā te nui o te whakawhirinaki o Aotearoa ki te hiko wai, ka ngoikore te tuku hiko i te wā maroke, ā, he mea nui te hiko pūngao rā hei whakarite i te pono o te whakaputa hiko. Ko te hiko rā, he hangarau tauine-rahi, he hangarau tohatoha-rahi, he wāhanga nui o te otinga, ehara i te mea hei whakanui ake i tā tātou whatunga hiko e whakawhirinaki ana ki te wai anake, engari hei whakapakari me te tāpiri i ngā hanganga hiko e whakawhirinakihia ana e ngā hapori.
Te hanga whare mō te tangata me te ao tūroa
He maha ngā wā ka tae mai ngā kaupapa hanganga ki Aotearoa, me ngā kaimahi kirimana o tāwāhi e tuku tere ana i ēnei kaupapa, kātahi ka wehe atu. Ka tukuna ngā rauemi mai i tāwāhi, ka haria ki te taraka puta noa i te motu. Ka taea te momotu i ngā kaupapa mai i ngā tāngata me ngā hapori e manaaki ana i a rātou i roto i tō rātou rohe. Ā, i taua wā tonu, ka kiia e tātou he 'pūngao ma'. Engari ka taea anake te tino ma te pūngao mēnā ka whakaute te tukanga waihanga i te taiao, ka tautoko i te ahumahi o te rohe, ā, ka whai hua ki ngā hapori huri noa.
I te taha o tā mātou kiritaki Meridian Energy, i kite mātou i ēnei ngoikoretanga hei whai wāhitanga ki te whakaaro anō me pēhea te whakatinana i ngā kaupapa pūngao rā i Aotearoa. Nā te mahi tahi tata kua taea e mātou te whakamahi i te māramatanga hohonu o Meridian ki te whenua pūngao ā-rohe, me te whakakotahi i tēnei ki tō mātou tohungatanga ā-ao mō te tuku pūngao rā. Ko te tikanga o tēnei hononga mahi tahi, ehara i te mea kei te wikitoria noa mātou i ngā wero; kei te whakatakoto hoki mātou i ngā paearu hou mō te hanga uara mō te wā roa mō ngā hapori, te taiao me te pūnaha pūngao.
Engari i te neke i ngā ipu utanga e 750 pea te roa mai i ngā tauranga e rau kiromita te tawhiti, ka tau mātou ki Northport, 500 mita noa iho te tawhiti mai i te tomokanga o te papa. Mā tēnei huarahi ka tangohia e ngā mano kiromita o ngā haerenga taraka mai i ngā rori, ā, ka tiakina hoki ngā hanganga ā-rohe.
Hei whakarite kia āta tirohia e mātou te āhua o ā mātou mahi me te tiaki i tō mātou taiao, kei te mahi tonu ā mātou tohunga taiao me te oranga tonutanga i ia rā, ehara i te mea mai i tētahi tari tawhiti. Mā tēnei tirotiro ā-ringa ka whakarite kia kaua e tutuki noa ā mātou whakaritenga, engari kia kaha hoki ki te tiaki i ngā rauropi o Aotearoa.
Ka whakamahia hoki e mātou te whāngai hipi hei momo whakahaere tipu taiao, e tautoko ana i te ahuwhenua ā-rohe, ā, e hangai ana ki te kaupapa whakaora whānui e hiahia ana te tini o ngā tāngata o Aotearoa kia kite i roto i te whakamahinga whenua. Ahakoa ā mātou taiapa haumaru e whakamahi ana i ngā pou rakau, ehara i te raima, i te maitai rānei, he tauira pai tēnei o te pumau i roto i te hoahoa.
I te pāmu pūngao rā o Ruakākā, kei te mahi tahi mātou me ngā whānau o te rohe ki te waihanga i ngā whai wāhitanga mahi, ki te pupuri me te pupuri i ngā tikanga, me te whakapakari ake i te hononga o te kaupapa ki te wāhi.
Ehara te oranga tonutanga i te tikanga o te tapahi i ngā kokonga, engari ko te whakatau i ngā kōwhiringa pai ake.
I te taha o ō mātou kaipupuri hea, ka whakaarohia e mātou ehara i te mea ko te āhua o te whakaputanga o te pūngao anake, engari ko te utu mō te taiao kia tae atu ki reira. I ō mātou papaanga, kei te whakamahi mātou i te raima waro-iti mō ngā teihana hurihuri. I roto i te wāhanga hanga, he maha ngā inenga e whakamahia ana, ā, ka aro turukihia, ka arotakehia hoki te whakamahinga wahie, wai me te pūngao hei whakaiti i te mahi pumau.
Kua whakaatuhia mai e ētahi o ā mātou wheako i te UK te ngāwari o te hē ina kore e whakaarohia wawetia ngā whakaaro mō te taiao. Koia te take i nui ai te aro ki te hua o te koiora koiora i reira, he whakautu ki ngā akoranga i akohia mai i ngā hapa o mua. I Aotearoa, ko te aro nui ki te haumarutanga koiora – ā, he tika tonu.
I konei, ko tā mātou huarahi he hanga i runga i taua tūāpapa: ka tirotirohia paitia ia mīhini e tomo mai ana ki ō mātou papaanga hei ārai i te whakaurunga mai o ngā mate urutā, ngā momo urutā rānei, ā, ka whakatinanahia e mātou he mahere whakahaere taipitopito hei tiaki i ā mātou pekapeka, mokomoko, manu, me ngā ika wai māori. Ehara i te mea he whakaritenga ture noa iho te tiaki i ēnei rauropi, engari he wāhanga o tā mātou kawenga hei kaitiaki mō te wā roa o tō mātou whenua.
Te mahi i te rā i tētahi huarahi rerekē
Kāore he kore o ngā kaiwhakawhanake e hiahia ana ki te hanga tere me te iti o te utu. Engari ki te hiahia a Aotearoa ki tētahi heke mai hou e whakaata ana i ōna uara, me nui atu i te tere me te iti o ngā utu, me whai ngākau pono tātou. Me whakaaro tātou ki te pānga o ngā kaupapa pūngao ki ngā hapori, ki ngā whenua me ngā ahurea. I Ethical Power, kei te pātai tonu mātou ki a mātou anō i te pātai nui, "koinei rānei te mea pai rawa atu ka taea e mātou?", ā, e whakapau kaha ana mātou ki te mahi i ngā mea katoa hei whakautu i tēnā me te "āe!" kaha.
Ethical Power Kei konei tonu mātou hei pupuri, ā, ko te tikanga o tēnā ko te haumi ki ngā tāngata me te haumi ki ā mātou kaupapa. Ko tā mātou whakapau kaha he utu i ngā tāngata o te rohe i ngā wāhi katoa e hangaia ana e mātou, me te whai kia kukume mai i ngā tāngata mohio mai i roto i te 50km te tawhiti o ā mātou pāmu pūngao rā, he mātāpono tēnei e hiahia ana mātou kia mau tonu ki te heke mai o tā mātou pakihi. E whakahīhī ana mātou ki te mahi tahi me Meridian Energy mō tēnei – nā ō rātou mōhiotanga ā-rohe me ō rātou kaiārahi i roto i te rāngai ka taea ai tēnei huarahi.
Kua mahi tahi mātou me ngā kamupene pēnei i a New Energy hei whakarato whakangungu me te whakapakari pūkenga, kia mōhio ai ka whanake ngātahi te umanga me ngā hapori huri noa. Ka whakatairangahia hoki e mātou ngā kaiwhakarato o Aotearoa i ngā wā katoa, mai i te whakamahi i ngā kaimahi kirimana o Niu Ioka ki ngā rauemi o te rohe.
Neke atu i te 20 tau ahau e mahi ana i roto i te umanga pūngao, puta noa i Ūropi me Ahitereiria, ā, kua kite ahau i ngā hapa e puta mai ana ina arotahi noa ki ngā utu iti me te tere o te tuku. Kaua te hiko o te rā e noho noa ki te whakakaha i ngā whare, ki te whakatutuki rānei i ngā whakaritenga o raro, engari me whakamana i ngā hapori me te whakapiki i ngā paerewa i ia taahiraa.
I konei i Aotearoa, he wāhi tō tātou ki te mahi i ngā mea i tētahi ara rerekē, ki te hanga i tētahi umanga e ahu mai ana i te kaitiakitanga, te oranga tonutanga, me te auahatanga. Engari, kāore ēnei mea e tupu noa mai, engari me whakapau kaha me te hiahia ki te whakapiki tonu i te pae.
Ā tōna wā, ka rapu tonu mātou i ngā huarahi hei mahi i ngā mea i roto i tētahi huarahi rerekē, i tētahi huarahi pai ake hoki, ā, e hiahia ana mātou kia whai wāhi ngā hapori e mahi tahi ana mātou ki taua haerenga. He mea nui tō whai wāhi mai: ki te nui ake tō whai wāhi mai me tō reo, ka nui ake tō whakarite kia hangaia ā mātou kaupapa kia rite ki tāu e hiahia ana.