Ina haere koe ki te māra i te ata, kua kite pea koe i tētahi tukutuku pūngāwerewere porowhita ataahua e iri ana i raro i ngā rakau iti, i waenganui i ngā manga rākau, ā, i ētahi wā i te taha o ngā matapihi. He rite ki tētahi mahi toi te titiro ki taua tukutuku, he mea whatu pai. He maha ngā wā, ka kite koe i tētahi pūngāwerewere e tatari manawanui ana i waenganui o taua tukutuku, i tētahi kokonga rānei. He tokomaha te hunga e mataku ana ina kite rātou i tētahi pūngāwerewere pēnei. Engari me wehi rawa tātou i tēnei pūngāwerewere? I tēnei rā kei te kōrero tātou mō tēnei hoa noa o tātou i te māra, te pūngāwerewere Orb Weaver.

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Ko wai tēnei Kaiwhatu Orb?

Ki te kī māmā noa iho, ko te Orb Weaver he momo pūngāwerewere e noho ana i roto i ngā māra, i ngā rakau, me ngā rākau puta noa i te ao, tae atu ki tō tātou whenua. Ehara tēnei i te pūngāwerewere kotahi, engari he whānau nui o ngā pūngāwerewere me te neke atu i te 2,800 momo. Ahakoa he tokomaha e whakaaro ana he pepeke ngā pūngāwerewere, he hē tēnei. Ko ngā pūngāwerewere he rōpū kararehe ehara i te pepeke, engari nō te raupapa arachnids. Ko te mea tino motuhake mō ēnei pūngāwerewere ko te tukutuku porowhita nui e whatua ana e rātou. Koinei tō rātou kāinga me tō rātou wāhi hopu manu. Ka hanga e rātou tēnei tukutuku, ā, ka tatari marie, i waenganui, i runga rānei i tētahi rau tata, kia mau rā anō he kai. Ko te mea whakamiharo ko ētahi wā ka haere te pūngāwerewere ki tawhiti atu i te tukutuku, engari ka pupuri i tētahi miro angiangi mai i te tukutuku kia tae rā anō ki tōna tinana. He rite ki tētahi pūnaha tohu. Ina mau tonu tētahi kai, pērā i te pepeke, ki roto i te tukutuku, ka rongo te pūngāwerewere i te wiri i taua miro. Kātahi ka hoki mai te pūngāwerewere ka hopu i te kai.

Ko tētahi mea whakamiharo ko te whatu hou a ēnei pūngāwerewere Orb Weaver i ā rātou tukutuku i ia pō. Ka kai rātou i te tukutuku tawhito, ā, ka whakamahia ngā matūkai e homai ana e ia hei hanga i te tukutuku hou. I te ata, kua rite te tukutuku hou, kaha ki te hopu kai.

Kāore ēnei pūngāwerewere i te riri, he tino marino, he harakore hoki. Ina hoki, he nui ake tō rātou wehi i a tātou i a tātou. Ina mataku rātou, ka oma rātou ka huna, ka peke rānei ki raro i ō rātou kupenga. Nō reira, he onge te whakararuraru i te tangata. Ina hoki, he tino whai hua ēnei pūngāwerewere i roto i ā tātou māra. Nā te mea ka kai rātou i ētahi atu pepeke whakarihariha pērā i te waeroa me te namu, ka mahi rātou hei pehi pepeke tūturu.

Me pēhea koe e mōhio ai ki a rātou?

He uaua te tautuhi i ngā pūngāwerewere whatu porowhita. He maha ngā tae me ngā tauira e wātea ana. Ko ētahi he parauri-whero, ko ētahi he hina. Engari ko ētahi momo he kanapa, he āhua whakamataku ngā tae. Engari ko te huarahi māmā ki te tautuhi i a rātou ko tā rātou tukutuku. He maha ā rātou hanga i tētahi tukutuku papatahi, porowhita e miro ana ki waho mai i waenganui. Ki te kite koe i tētahi tukutuku pēnei, he nui ake te tūponotanga he Kaiwhatu Porowhita. Ko tētahi atu āhuatanga motuhake ko tō rātou puku nui, pupuhi . Ko te tikanga o tēnei he nui ake te āhua o te tuara o te tinana i ētahi atu pūngāwerewere. E rua ngā momo Kaiwhatu Porowhita e kitea whānuitia ana i tō tātou whenua me te ao whānui ko te Kaiwhatu Porowhita Māra me te Kaiwhatu Porowhita Tuira.

Ngā momo pūngāwerewere	Āhua me ngā āhuatanga
Te Kaiwhatu Pōro Noa i te Māra	He whero-parauri, he hina rānei te nuinga. Tērā pea he tauira rau te puku. I ētahi wā ka kitea ngā rārangi mā, parauri rānei.
Kaiwhatu Pōro Tūtae (Kaiwhatu Pōro Tūtae)	He tino rerekē te āhua. E ono pea ngā titi e puta mai ana i tōna puku porowhita. Kāore i te pōuri pērā i te momo noa, engari he kanapa ngā tae pērā i te kōwhai, te mā, me te whero.

Tā rātou kai me te huringa ora

Ka kai ngā pūngāwerewere whatu porowhita i ngā pepeke katoa e mau ana i roto i tā rātou tukutuku. Ko te uwha te mea e whaiwhai pinepine ana. Ina mau te pepeke i roto i te tukutuku, ka oma te pūngāwerewere ki roto ka wero i te patunga ki ōna niho paitini. Ka pararutiki te patunga e te paitini. Kātahi ka takai pūmau i te patunga ki ngā miro hiraka, ka haria ki waenganui o te tukutuku, ka rongoa mō te kai i muri mai. Ina kai rātou, ka ngotea e rātou ngā wāhanga rewa o te tinana o te patunga. He maha ngā wā ka whakawhirinaki ngā pūngāwerewere tāne ki ngā uwha hei kai. Ka noho ngā tāne pakeke me ngā uwha, ka kai i te taonga i hopukia e rātou. Ko te kaupapa anake a ngā tāne ko te kimi i tētahi uwha me te whakaputa uri. Nō reira, kāore rātou e noho ki te wāhi kotahi, ka haereere pinepine rātou. I muri i te moe tahi me te uwha, ka mate te tāne i muri tata mai. Ka noho te pūngāwerewere uwha me te tukutuku i hangaia e ia. I muri i te tatari kia tae mai tētahi tāne ki te whānau i ā rātou hua, ka mate rātou i te makariri. Engari ka ora te pēke hua e whānau ana rātou i te makariri, ā, ka haumaru tae noa ki te puna e whai ake nei. Ka taea e te pēke hua kotahi te whakauru i ngā rau hua.

He tino morearea ēnei pungawerewere ki a tātou?

Anei te raruraru mō te katoa. Kāore ngā pūngāwerewere whatu Orb i te mōrearea ki te tangata. He rōpū kararehe marino, mataku hoki rātou. Kāore i te maha ngā wā ka ngau i te tangata. Ki te ngau rātou, ka ngau noa rātou mēnā ka ngana tātou ki te hopu i a rātou, ki te pupuri rānei i a rātou i tētahi ara e kore ai e taea e rātou te mawhiti. Arā, ka ngau noa rātou mēnā ka rongo rātou i tētahi tūmomo mōrearea nui. Whakaarohia te mea ka tupu mēnā ka puta he ngau pēnei. He waimarie, kāore te paitini o te pūngāwerewere whatu Orb e pā nui ki te tangata. Tērā pea he mamae paku te wāhi ngau, he pupuhi paku, he koretake hoki.Tērā pea ka puta ngā tohu, pērā i te ahua kua ngaua koe e te pōpokorua. He tino onge, ka pāngia ētahi tāngata e ngā tohu pērā i te whakapairuaki me te whanoke .

Ko te mea nui, ki te kino haere ō tohu i muri i te ngau a te pungawerewere, ki te kore rānei e pai ake i muri i ētahi rā, me toro atu koe ki te tākuta tonu mō ētahi tohutohu.

Me pēhea te ārai i ngā pūngāwerewere kei tomo ki te whare?

Nā te mea ehara ēnei pungawerewere i te mea whakamataku nui ki a tātou, kāore he take e tere ai te patu i a rātou. Kia mahara he ratonga anō tā rātou ki ā tātou māra. Heoi, tera pea ētahi e whakaaro ana he mea whakararuraru ā rātou tukutuku, e hiahia ana rānei kia matara atu rātou i ō rātou kāinga nā te wehi o ngā pungawerewere (Arachnophobia). Mēnā koinei te āhua, ka taea e koe te mahi i ēnei e whai ake nei:

Āraia ngā tomokanga: Āraia ngā tatau, ngā matapihi, me ngā kapiti o ngā pakitara. Mā tēnei ka ārai i ngā pungawerewere me ētahi atu pepeke kei uru ki roto i tō whare.
Kia ma: Kia ma, kia ataahua hoki te roto, te waho hoki o tō whare. Ko ngā puranga para me ngā taonga tawhito ngā wāhi pai rawa atu hei huna mā ngā pūngāwerewere.
Ngā rama o waho: Whakawetohia ngā rama e tata ana ki te tomokanga o tō whare. I te pō, ka kukume mai ngā rama i ngā pepeke. Ka haere mai hoki ngā pūngāwerewere ki te wāhi e noho ana ngā pepeke ki te kai i a rātou.
Te tango i ngā tukutuku: Tangohia marietia ngā tukutuku pūngāwerewere e kitea ana e koe ki te puruma. Heoi, he pai ake te tango i te pūngāwerewere me te kore e whara, mā te whakatakoto ki runga i te rau ka neke ki tētahi atu wāhanga o te māra.

Ki te kore e taea e koe te whakahaere i te raruraru pūngāwerewere i muri i te mahi i ēnei mea, ka taea e koe te rapu awhina i tētahi kamupene whakahaere riha ngaio.

Karere Tangohia ki te Kāinga

He rōpū mea hanga puku, kore kino ngā pūngāwerewere raranga poroporo, e kitea pinepine ana i roto i ā tātou māra.
Kāore rātou i te pukuriri, ā, e kore e ngau ki te kore e tino mataku.
Kāore tō rātou paitini i te mōrearea ki te tangata, ā, he iti noa te mamae me te pupuhi ka puta ina ngaua.
Mena he kino, he roa rānei ngā tohu, me toro atu ki te tākuta.
He ratonga whai hua tā rātou ki te taiao mā te kai i ngā pepeke ririki o te māra.