He aha te Eekeoko?
Ko te eekeoko he pūkenga, he hākinakina rānei e pā ana ki te rere i runga i ngā māhere rangi, ā, ka whakamahia e ngā tangata, ngā rōpū hoki, hei huarahi ki te toro i ngā wāhi tawhiti me ngā wāhi uaua ki te tae atu. I te reo Pākehā, ka mōhiotia tēnei mahi hei “paragliding.” Mai rā anō, kua noho te eekeoko hei mahi whakangahau, hei mahi whakataetae hoki mō te tini tangata i Aotearoa. He nui ngā wāhi ātaahua i te motu hei wāhi pai mō te eekeoko, pēnei i a Queenstown, a Wanaka, me ngā maunga o te raki.
I tīmataria te eekeoko i ngā tau 1980, ā, nō taua wā anō te tīmatanga o tēnei hākinakina i Aotearoa. Nā te tere o te whanaketanga o ngā taputapu me ngā pūkenga, kua noho te eekeoko hei mahi haumaru, hei mahi mō te katoa. Ko ngā taputapu matua e whakamahia ana i te eekeoko ko te parā, te here, te peere, me te pūnaha whakatūpato. Ko ngā taputapu nei ka āwhina i te kaieke eekeoko ki te whakahaere i tana rerenga, ki te pupuri hoki i te haumaru i te wā e rere ana.
Ko te riro hei kaieke eekeoko, he mea nui kia whai pūkenga whakahaere i te parā, te mōhio ki ngā āhuatanga o te rangi, me te tūpato ki ngā tūraru o tēnei mahi. He mea nui hoki kia whai whakangungu me ngā whakamātautau haumaru e pā ana ki te eekeoko. I Aotearoa, e wātea ana ngā akoranga eekeoko mai i ngā kura whaimana, ā, ka taea e ngā tauira te whiwhi tohu whaimana hei tohu mō ā rātou pūkenga. Nā konei, ka taea e rātou te rere i runga i ngā rōpū whakahaerehia, i ngā huihuinga whakataetae hoki.
I te mutunga iho, ko te eekeoko he huarahi pai ki te toro atu ki ngā wāhi uaua ki te tae atu mā te whenua, ā, he mea tino whakangahau, he mea wero hoki. Nā ngā taputapu hou, ngā pūkenga hou, kua noho tēnei mahi hei mahi haumaru, hei mahi mō te katoa e hiahia ana ki te riro hei kaieke eekeoko.
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Ngā Painga o te Eekeoko ki te Hapori
Ko te eekeoko he ara ahurei hei whakakotahi i te tangata me te hapori whānui. Mā te eekeoko, ka taea e te tangata te whakawhānui i ōna hononga ki ētahi atu, me te whakapakari i te whanaungatanga. Ko tēnei mahi, ahakoa he mahi takitahi, he mahi rōpū rānei, ka taea te whakatū i ngā hononga hou, ā, ka kaha ake te tūhonohono o te hapori. He maha ngā rōpū eekeoko e whakatūria ana i ngā hapori, ā, ko ēnei rōpū he wāhi pai hei tīmata i ngā hononga hou, me te whakawhānui i ngā hononga tawhito.
Ka whai painga hoki te hauora o te tangata i te eekeoko. Mā te eekeoko, ka whakapakarihia te tinana, ā, ka pai ake te hauora hinengaro. Ko te eekeoko he mahi tinana kaha, ā, ka taea te whakaiti i te taumahatanga me te āwhina i te tangata ki te whakahaere i ngā taumahatanga o ia rā. He maha ngā rangahau e whakaatu ana i ngā painga o te eekeoko ki te whakapai ake i te āhua o te noho, te whakaiti i te mamae, me te whakanui i te oranga ngakau. Ko te mahi eekeoko he mahi whakahihiko, ā, ka taea e te tangata te whakapau kaha, te whakapūmau i te hauora, me te whakanui i te oranga tonutanga.
He huarahi anō te eekeoko hei ako me te mātauranga. Mā te ako i ngā pūkenga eekeoko, ka taea e te tangata te whakawhānui i ōna mōhiotanga mō te ao taiao, te tikanga, me te mātauranga Māori. He maha ngā hōtaka ako e whakatūria ana e ngā kura, ngā whare wānanga, me ngā whakahaere hapori ki te ako i ngā tamariki me ngā pakeke mō ngā tikanga eekeoko, ā, ka whakapakari i te mōhiotanga ki tēnei mahi.
Ka whai painga ohanga hoki te eekeoko ki te hapori. Mā te whakawhanaketanga o ngā mahi tūruhi e pā ana ki te eekeoko, ka taea e te hapori te whiwhi i ngā hua ohanga, pēnei i te mahi me ngā huarahi pakihi hou. He maha ngā kamupene eekeoko e whakatūria ana ki ngā wāhi rereke o Aotearoa, ā, ko ēnei kamupene he puna mahi nui mō ngā tāngata o te hapori. Ka taea hoki te whiwhi painga ohanga mai i ngā tūruhi e haere mai ana ki Aotearoa ki te whai wāhi ki tēnei mahi whakamīharo.
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