kāponi tamariki nā te matū ecohononga
Ko te poniko kāri rawa e hāngai ai ki te taiao he whakaeke whai hua mo te āhua o te ākonga, i hangaia mai i ngā kōtaha e whakarewa ana i te taiao e iti ai te āki ai i te taiao i te wā e whakamahia ana. Ko te āhua o te kiriata nei he whakauru i te whakauru wai me te kākano hau, nō reira he tino pai hoki mō ngā āhuatanga rereke o te rā. Ko te whakaputanga i te kiriata kāore he tāiamu, kāore he PVC e purea ai te wai mā te wā, e whakautu ana i ngā pānga e tipu haere nei ki te taiao i te wā e manawa tū ana. Ko te āhua whānui o te kiriata he āwhata e taea ai te whirihau, ngā tapa e kaha ana te kī, me ngā kaiwhakamārama e kitea ai te āhua o te āpiti i ngā wā pōuri. Ko te āhua o te poniko he whānui kia taea ai te nekeneke i te wā kotahi me te kaupeka i raro, nō reira he tino pai hoki mō ngā mahi katoa ki waho. Ko tētahi poniko he tāpapa kaha, me ngā wāhi hau e tino whai hua ana, e whakapono ana i te roa o te wā me te noho pūmahara. Ko te hangarau kōtaha e whakamahia ana e whakaputangia ai te wai ka pānuku i te mata ka taea ai te wai i roto te wai e putangia, e whakakaha ana i te āhua o te āpiti. E wātea ana i te kiriata i ngā rahi rereke kia taea ai te whakauru i ngā āhuatanga pakeke rereke, ko ēnei poniko he tino pai hoki i te tāpiritanga o te whai āhua me te āra tūmatanui.