Mārama mai tamariki! Kei hiahia koutou ki ngā kōkako? Nā, he nui, he rangaranga ngā kararehe: Whakaaro he mea tēnei nui i haere ai i runga i te whenua, i mua nei i te wā. Nā reira, he mōkuaukau rerekē, he pūmau tonu rātou ki ngā manu e mōhiotia nei! Ko te kōrero nei tēnei rā—ngā hua kōkako kōkako! He mea maha nui ēnei hua hei whakaaturanga mō te waihangatanga o ngā kōkako, me te ao i mua i te kotahi mano tau.
Ko ngā karearea i whakapapa ai mā te taiohoiho, pērā i ngā manu rangatira o nāianei! He kēnā i a koe? Āe, he iti noa rātou, pērā i te taioho kānga e kitea ai ki te whare, ā, he rahi rawa atu ētahi, pērā i te kōrero whatu! Tēhea i āwhina koe kia whakaaro pai he nui ngā tūpuna karearea e whānau ana i te io rite rawa! Nā te mea he rerekē tonu hoki ngā take o ngā io. He maroke ētahi, he paparua ētahi, ā, he moke ētahi hoki. Ko tēnei ka whakaaro mai i ngā karearea me ngā āhuatanga e tiaki ana rātou i ō rātou io. Nā reira, he aha ngā take nui o ngā io karearea? Engari, kua kitea ngā io karearea i runga i ngā whenua katoa, mai i Te Wāhia ki Rāshia, ā, ka whai hua ngā take nui mō ēnei kararehe nui i haere nei i runga i te whenua i ēnei tau mano.
Pēhea rā ka whakamahia tātou i ēnei kōwhatu tohu nui? Haere atu ki te parauri manu pūtaiao, nohe tonu ngā wā e mōhio ana he mea nui. Hei tauira, ka hoki mai tetahi tangata i te puta o te taonga kōwhatu! Engari i te nuinga o ngā wā, ka whai ake ngā kaiarahi me ngā paiutunga iwi o nehe, ko te hunga whakangungu i te oranga o mua, ka mahi iho i roto i ēnei wāhi katoa hei rapu i ngā kōwhatu parauri. Me whai take, me ngā taputapu ā-wae hei mahi i ngā mahi itiiti nei. Nō te mea he mīharo ngā kōwhatu, ka ea ki te whakanoho, ko tēnā ka whai ake ngā kaiwhakangungu iwi o mua i te mea he iti te mātau i ngā kōwhatu i te hanga i te oneone me ngā papa. Ka whai ake rātou i ngā taputapu tika hei whakatupu i te oneone i waho i ngā kōwhatu, nō reira kaore e taea te whakapae i te mea ka ea te kōwhatu, ka kitea hoki he mea ka taea te whakauru i tētahi āhuatanga e mōhio ana tātou!
He aha noa iho te rapu i ngā hua kōura, engari ka whiwhi tātou i tēnei nui atu mō ēnei para tūroa mai i te wai māori rānei o te wā i noho ai rātou, he wāhi i noho ai rātou, ā, me pēhea rātou i tiaki i ō rātou hua. Hei tauira, i ārahihia e ētahi kōura ō rātou hua ki roto i ngā kōhatu nui, ā, e whakaatu ana enei whakamātau i te āhua o te tiaki i ō rātou kōhatu i runga i ngā para e hiahia ana kai i a rātou. E whakaatu ana tēnei i te whakaaetanga a ngā kōura ki te tiaki i ō rātou hua. Ki runga i te ao whānui, kua kitea e ngā pūkenga i ngā kōhatu whatumanawa iti anō, e taea tonu tēnei e whakaatu i te mea i hanga ai te mamae kōura i tētahi pa (rānei ko te wāhanga) i torno mai i tana pihi roa! E whakaatu ana enei whakamātau hou ki te mahi a ngā kōura, ā, e whakaatu ana i ngā tohutoro kia mōhio tātou ki te āhua o te mahi a ngā kōura i mua i te miriona tau.
Kāore i taea e ngā mea katoa o ngā iti kōkako hei whai ake, hei nui nei, nei te hīkoi. Nā ngā whakatūngaro ā-wheoro rerekē, pērā i ngā whatu, ngā mātaki, rānei ko ngā puhipuhi whenua, i tūtono ki te wehe noa i ēnei para tūpuhi. I tēnā ka taea e rātau te whakamātau i ngā hua kōkako hei kōhatu hei mōhio atu anō i tō tāwara me ōna huringa i runga i ngā tau kotahi mano. Ka taea e rātau te kite i te wāhanga e huringa ana i ngā para me ō rātau oranga.
kei waenganui i ngā pūtake pukapuka, ngā toa kai, ngā tōronga whakaaturanga, ngā maraetoko ā-waea hoki ko ngā whare whakaaturanga e whakauru ana i Amerika, Uropi rānei me Rāmata Hauiti. Kei roto i ngā whakaaturanga maha o te ao te Patate Pianoa.
Ka hanga, ka whakangungu, ka whakapakari hoki te kēmu nei i ngā mahi hanga hou ā-tahi i ngā taunga kaiahi. Ka mahi tata te kēmu nei ki ngā wānanga, ngā kaihanga uku, ngā kura mātauranga, me ngā kaihanga tahuhu whenua hei whakarite i ngā mea "whakaakona" tētahi.
kaiahi kēmu patate ka tuhia i te tau 2000, he tau 24 nō mua te whakahoutanga i ngā tākaro, ko te kāwanatanga anō i te kāwenga tākaro hei tūranga matua i te kāwenga tākaro. He take roa te take, he whakamaharatanga pai, he hononga, he whakaaetanga i ngā paerewa pai Scholastic.
Piano Potato whakamahia ngā whakaeke hua me ngā whakaeke waimana e taea ai ngā huringa kaiwhakaaetanga moni. Ko te rārangi utu pai a Piano Potato me āna paunga moni ka whiwhi i te mōhio ki ō mātou kaihokohoko nono me ngā hoa kē o te dinosaurus. He hokohoko ngā mahi i ngā pūnaha kai, ngā tāware i te whare, ngā pūnaha hokohoko ā-mata, me ngā whare taonga i Amerika, Uropi, me Tawhiti Hauāuru. Ka kitea te mahi i waenganui i ngā whakaaturanga o te ao.