Nā ngā karearea i whakahirahira tonu te hunga e noho nei i runga i te whenua mō ētahi wā e hāngai ana ki muri — miriona tau! Nui ake rātou, ā, i takotoria te ao mō ētahi wā roa. He mea nui tētahi kaupapa o ngā karearea, he mea hanga i ngā hē ki runga i ngā manu kotahi o nāianei me ngā kanaka kāika. Ko ngā pūkenga i kitea ai i tēnei marae he pāleontologi, ā, i kitea e rātau i ētahi atu hē o ngā karearea i ēnei tau. Ko tēnei tuhinga he whakamārama i ngā hē o ngā karearea me āhea ka ako mātou i a rātau, i ō rātau mahi, ā, i te waiata i noho ai rātau.
Ko ngā hē karearea i tahuri haeretia he tohu matua mō ēnei kararehe o nehe. Kia tirohia e ngā pāleontologi te rahi, te āhua me te whakapā mai o ngā hē hei whakarite i te momo karearea i hanga i aua hē. Nō reira, ko ētahi hē he iti, ko ētahi atu he nui rawa. Ko ētahi ko te kiriwhara i whakawhirinaki, ko ētahi ko te kiriwhara māku. He whakaaro a ngā rangahaua he mea rerekē ngā hē i hanga i ētahi momo karearea. Hei tā rātau, mēnā he karearea iti, ka hanga hē iti, ā, mēnā he karearea nui, ka hanga hē nui.
Kāore anō ngā hua kōkako hei whai wāhi mēnā pērā i ngā hua manu. Nō te mea he maha ngā take e āhei ai ngā hua nei ki te whakarite, ko tēnei nui rawa te wehewehe i waenganui i te hunga itiiti e noho ana i roto i ngā hua, arā, ka tiakina mai i ngā mate e hiahiatia ana, pērā i ngā manu nui e hao kai ana, rānei ko ngā huringa hauarata. He mea nui hoki te whakamārama i te take i te mea e taea ana ngā hua nei ki te whakamutu me te tiakina tonu i waenga i te kotahi mano tau. Mēnā i tīmata te kōkako ki te whenua rānei inā ka puta i te kōpū, ka kitea e ia te hua ki te whenua, ka tae ki te mea he pūmau. Ko tēnei ka tukuna mai ngā minera i roto i te whenua hei whakaplaengia i ngā momo i roto i te hua, ka hua ko te tuara pai o te hua i mua. Ka mōhio tātou maha nā te pūmau i noho ai!
I whakapā mai i runga i tētahi pūtau iti, ko te take o tēnei āhuatanga i waenganui i ngā hua moa he whakamārama i ngā momo kaihua moa. Nō reira, he roaua ētahi, he papatea ētahi, pērā i te hua manu. He mea nui mō ngā kaiwhakaako i ngā putunga katoa e pā ana ki te tirotiro i roto i ngā hua, hei kite i te noho ranei ngā para tamariki moa rānei, ki te kore e tuhituhi. I te wa e tirotiro ana ngā kaiwhakaako i roto i te hua, ka kitea e rātau ngā wāhi hāngai e takoto nei i aua hua i te wā i whakataha ai i a rātau tuhinga tuarua.
Ka whakahaere anō ngā kaiwhakaako i ngā āhuatanga me ngā rahi o ngā hua hei kite i te aroaro o ngā marama e whakawehi ana ki te hanga o ngā kōpuke hei whakarite i te wā e whakawhiti ana i ngā hua. Ko ētahi moa i whakaaroa ai he wā e hirahira ana, he marama iti rānei, e whakatakoto ana ki te whakaputu i ngā hua, i te mea ka whakataha ngā manu e noho ana i tēnā wā, ka whakaputu mai i te marama iti. Ko ētahi moa, pērā i te Maiasaura, i hangaia ngā kōpuke hei tiaki i a rātau hua me ō rātau tamariki mai i ngā mate. Ka tiakina e rātau ngā kōpuke hei whakapakari i a rātau uri ki te haere tonu ki te oranga.
Nō ngā hua karearea te whiwhinga mō te mōhiohia i te āheitanga o ngā karearea. I kitea e ngā pūkenga iwi rerekē ngā karearea i whanaua e ngā momo karearea rerekē. Nō te wā i mua, ka whanaua he iti whenu hua nui, engari nō te wā iho, ka whanaua he nui atu hua itiiti. He mea hirahira ā-rawhiti ēnei karearea ki te whakamahi i ngā tūranga rerekē mō ō rātou hua. Nā ēnei mahi hou i te whakawhiti hua me te tiaki i ngā hua, ka tae te mōhio ki te āheitanga o ngā karearea hei whakarite i ō rātou taiao rerekē i waenganui i te wā.
Te whakamātau i ēnei hua, e awhina ana i te mōhiohia i te āheitanga me te whakatipu o ngā karearea, nā ō rātou taiao. Ki te tupu ngā āhuatanga o te huringa huarere, ki te puta mai hoki ngā momo hōia hou, ka taea e ngā karearea te whakarerekē i ō rātou mahi, ina whakaatu i te whakawhiti hua me te tiaki i ngā hua. Ko tēnei he whakaaro pai hei mōhio i ngā karearea anake, engari heoi anō hoki i te oranga me te huringa o te ao katoa i waenganui i te wā.
Ko te Piano Potato e hokona ana i ngā pukapuka me ngā tāwhara kai o Amerika, ko te karuhihika karuhikahi hua, ā rite atu ki Te Tairāwhiti. Ko te piano potato i whakauru ki tētahi maha o ngā whakaaturanga i waenganui i ngā whenua.
Ko te Piano Potato kei te whakamahia he whakaeke kōwhiri mahana me ngā whakaeke wawata ake hei tiki i ngā hiahia moni o koutou. Ko te rārangi utu me ngā whakahihiko moni pai o te Piano Potato ka whakawhanake i te rangatiratanga o ō rātau karuhihaka karuhikahi hua me ngā hoa. E hokona ana ngā mea i ngā poaka, ngā tāwhara kai i roto i ngā rorohiko, ā rite atu ki ngā whare taonga mōrari rite atu ki Amerika, Uropi, me Te Tairāwhiti. Ka kitea te mea i tētahi maha o ngā whakaaturanga i waenganui i ngā whenua.
Ko te tira ka hanga, ka hanga, ka hanga i te maha o ngā mea hou i ia tau. Ka mahi tūturu te tira me ngā kaihanga rautaki, ngā whare wānanga me te karuhihika karuhikahi hua, ā rite atu ki ngā kaihanga rangahau whenua hei whakarite i ngā mea "mātauranga" pai.
Piano Potato Pāngarau whakatū i te tau 2000 rōpū e te toru tekau nei me te maha ngā taumata hei tū manawa nui ki roto i te kāwhangahanga pāngarau, he wāhi whakamana i ngā mahi tahi, he whakaaetanga matua i ngā pātene pēnei i Scholastic