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Te whakaruhi ariā mate hei whakahaere i te hora o ngā kaitomo tauhou

Professor Phil Lester and his research team (from the left), Antoine Felden, Phil Lester, James Baty, and Monica Gruber. Landcare Research Ltd scientist Dan Tompkins is not present. Credit: Gerry Keating.

Ka tautuhia e Ahorangi Phil Lester o Te Whare Wānanga o Te Ūpoko o Te Ika i ngā ira ārai mate i roto i te pōpokoriki Aketīna tino urutomo, e whai ana ki te whakaruhi i ēnei ira hei whakaiti i te kaha o ngā pōpokoriki ki te ora. He pānga tō tēnei ki ngā rautaki patu me te whakahaere kīrearea

Published 2 November 2017

I te nuinga o te wā kāore he kaikonihi tūturu o ēnei momo urutomo hei whakahaere i te tokomaha. He maha ka urutomo i ngā wāhi whānui, e poke ana i ngā momo taketake me te tūkino whānui i te taiao. Engari, ka tino itiiti rawa ētahi o ēnei kaitomo tauhou i ngā tau ruarua noa i muri i te urutomonga. Mēnā ka kitea he aha i pēnei ai, ka taea ēnei mōhiotanga te whakamahi hei whakaiti i te horanga.

Ko tētahi whakapae matua mō tēnei huringa momoho me te parekura ko ngā tukumate, ngā moroiti pūtake-tahumaero iti rawa, te take i pēnei ai. Ina whakahiato tētahi kaitomo i ngā huakita me ngā wheori i te nohoanga hou, ka pau ngā tino kaha ki te whawhai i te tahumaero, e iti ake te pakari me te kaha tukituki. Kua whakawhiwhia a Ahorangi Phil Lester o Te Whare Wānanga o Te Ūpoko o Te Ika me ana hoa mahi i tētahi takuhe Pūtea Marsden hei rangahau i tēnei ariā i roto i tētahi kaitomo tino toa – te pōpokoriki o Aketīna.

Ko te pōpokoriki Aketīna tētahi o ngā tino momo urutomo kino rawa o te ao. Ina kua urutomotia a Aotearoa, e hia miriona tāra i te tau ka ngaro ki te ōhanga nā ēnei pōpokoriki i roto i ngā whakaputaranga ahumāra me ngā whakamātautau ki te whakaiti i te tokomaha.

Ka whakamahia e Ahorangi Lester me tōna rōpū ngā tikanga iranga hou rawa hei tautuhi me te aukati i ngā ira e taea ai te pūnaha ārainga mate o te pōpokoriki te whawhai i ngā tukumate rerekē. Nō reira ka taea tēnei maimoatanga whakaruhi-ārai mate te whāngai ki ngā pōpokoriki i te koraha mā ngā mounu i hangaia kia hāngai pū ki ngā pōpokoriki Aketīna anake.

Ka whakapai ake ngā rangahau a Ahorangi Lester i tō tātau mōhio ki te horanga tahumaero, otirā ngā momo urutomo, ā, he huringa nui ka taea i roto i ngā mahi whakahaere momo urutomo tūturu. Tērā pea i tua atu i te whakahaere a te pūnaha i te taupori pōpokoriki Aketīna i Aotearoa, ka taea pea te urutau ki ētahi atu momo urutomo kino puta noa i te ao.