Kai

Kei te āhua tonu o ngā kai o ngā takiwā, ko ngā momo kai ka haria ko te:
• kuru, te taro me te whara (kua tunua, kua whakamarokehia, waruwarutia, aha ake rānei)
• niu maoa hei kai me ngā mea mata hei inu.
• ika (kua tunua kua whakamarokengia rānei)
• rākau huka.
I ngā wā o mua, ka whakaritengia ētahi tino kai hei koha mō ngā moutere ka toroa atu – hei tauira, ko ngā rare niu porowhita mō ngā Iapi i ngā haerenga sawei tawhito (he tikanga haerenga o Micronesia).

Ki Hatawara, mā te hunga wāhine te ohu māra kai me te whakarite kai, ehara i te mea mō ngā haerenga anake ēngari mō ngā hui, pērā i te hanga waka me te pwo (te kawa tomokanga o ngā kaiwhakatere). Ka whakaritea te taro huri noa te tau. Ka tunu kai mā te umu, ki te ahi rānei i te kāinga. Ka whakaritea hoki ngā kuru i te wā e tika ana. Ka kake ngā taitama i ngā rākau o ngā huānga ka whiua ngā hua nui ki raro. Ka kōtuturia ngā kuru e ngā wāhine mō ngā haerenga o muri ake. Ka pōkaia ngā hua ki ngā rau kia maroke, kia mā hoki.

Ki tai, ka kohikohi wai ua ngā kaumoana, ka hopu manu, ka hī ika. I ētahi wā ka tunu ki te ahi i tahuna ki ngā kiri o te hua niu PAPAKUPU kiri o te hua niu - ngā peha o te kōkōnati ki te ipu rākau kua rohea ki te oneone me te kohatu iti.

Kuki Airani Dorice Reid
Ka akona te kōtutu i te kuru – me pēhea te waiho ki roto i te whenua kia rite ki te pouaka makariri, kia reri rānō te haere, ka tangohia ake. I aua rā ko te mahi te ingoa, ā, ka kōtutuhia te kuru mō te wā roa.

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