tapanga tawhito
Ko te whakapapa tawhito he whakakotahitanga whakamiharo o te whai hinonga o te rātane me te toi a ngā kaitirotiro, e tohu ana i ngā rautau o te mōhio ki te hanga whakapapa. Ko ēnei āhua hangaia tata ki te nuinga o te wā he āhua whakamīharo, heke i ngā metā whakahirahira pērā i te parahi, hiriwa, i te kōura rānei, ā, he whakaprintinga hoki e kōrero ana i ngā kōrero a ngā wā o mua. Ko ia whakapapa tawhito he hononga taketake ki te hītori, e whai āhua motuhake ana, ngā tohu, me ngā āhua toi e whakaatu ana i ngā horopeta me ngā horākau o ō rātou wā. Ko ngā tikanga hanga e whakamahia ana ki te waihanga i ēnei whakapapa he whakaatu i ngā tikanga ake, tae atu ki te tohu ā-ringa, te whakapīroiroi, me te mahi whakapiripiri tūhono. I hangaia mā te whakapapa tawhito ki te whakanui i ngā kaupapa nui, ki te whakakaha i te tūranga ki ngā rōpū motuhake, i te tōaitanga rānei, i te whakapapa tūranga, i te whakapapa angitu rānei. E rerekē ana te kounga o te whakaora, engari ko te nuinga o ngā wāhine tawhito e whai ana i ā rātou ake āhua tawhito, e tāpiri ana i ā rātou uara hītori me te āhua āwhina. Ko ngā kaitirotiro o ēnei rā e whakapajenkin ana i te mahi tāone, te uara hītori, me te āhua takitahi e aki ai ia whakapapa tawhito. Heke ēnei āhua ki te whakaprintinga tāpure, ngā tohu kaihanga, me ngā tikanga whakarāwekenga e āwhina ana i te whakapono i ā rātou āwherangi me te wā. Ko ngā āhuatanga hanga o te waihanga whakapapa tawhito, ahakoa te māmā noa ki te tirohanga o ngā rā o ēnei wā, he whakaatu hoki i te whai whakaaro mo ā rātou wā, tae atu ki ngā tikanga whakapai metā me ngā tikanga whakamutunga hirahira.