I tēnei wā o te whai i te oranga kounga, ehara te waina whero i te mea he whakapaipai noa iho i runga i te tēpu kai; he tohu ahurea, he whakaaturanga hoki o te reka. I ia wā ka wetekina mārire te taupoki o te pounamu, ka rite ki te kōrero ki te hītori me te hononga ngākau ki ngā mea tawhiti ...
I roto i ō tātou oranga o ia rā, he taputapu noa ngā pouaka konumohe—mai i ngā pouaka tiaki mō ngā kāmera me ngā taonga puoro ki ngā pouaka taputapu ngaio me ngā tueke, he mea nui ēnei mō te mama me te pakari. Engari he tokoiti te hunga e mōhio ana kei muri i ēnei pouaka konumohe he nui ngā taputapu...
I tēnei rā, e hiahia ana ahau ki te kōrero ki a koutou mō tētahi kaupapa kāore i te tino kitea engari he tino whai mana i roto i te umanga ataahua me te whakapai makawe—ko ngā pouaka konumohe. Ae, i tika tāu i rongo mai, ko aua pouaka pakari e kitea pinepinetia ana e tātou i te huarahi he mea nui ki tēnei rāngai. He nui ake te...
Ehara i te mea he ātaahua, he pakari hoki ngā pouaka konumohe, engari he haumi mohio hoki mō te tiaki i ō taonga utu nui. Heoi, kia pai ai te āhua me te mahi tika, he mea nui te horoi me te tiaki auau. I roto i tēnei aratohu, ka tohaina e au ētahi tohutohu whai hua...
Ina tae ki te whiriwhiri i tētahi pouaka taputapu, he nui te rerekētanga o te rauemi i hangaia ai. He kaha motuhake tō ia kōwhiringa—kirihou, papanga, maitai, konumohe rānei—engari i muri i te whakataurite i ngā kōwhiringa, ko te konumohe tonu te mea pai rawa atu mō te mea pakari, pumau hoki...
Hei tangata e whakanui ana i te āhua me te mahi, e whakapono ana ahau ina tae ki te whakaatu i ngā taonga utu nui—ahakoa he taonga kohikohi, he tohu, he tauira, he taonga whakamaumahara rānei—ka taea e te pouaka whakaatu tika te hanga i te rerekētanga nui. Ka taea te whakaatu kiriaku...
Ki te rite koe ki ahau, he pakanga mutunga kore te pupuri i tō puranga whakapaipai. Mai i ngā atarangi kanohi ki ngā paraihe me ngā rīpene ngutu ki ngā rama whakamārama, he mea whakamiharo te tere o te tipu o te kohinga! Whai muri i ngā tau o te whakamātautau...
Tērā pea koe e whakaaro ana: kei te whakamahi tonu tetahi i te pēke mahi i tēnei wā o ngā peke tuara, ngā pēke karere, me ngā ringaringa pona maeneene? He mea miharo, ko te whakautu he āe, ā, he take pai. Ehara i te tohu ngaio noa iho ngā pēke mahi—e whakarato ana i te mahi, te kāhua, me te...
He aha te Painga o te Kohikohi Moni mō ngā Tamariki Ehara i te mea he mahi whakangahau noa iho te kohikohi moni, te numismatics rānei; he mahi ako, he mahi whai hua hoki, inā koa mō ngā tamariki. He maha ngā painga ka taea te hanga pai i ō rātou pūkenga me te whanaketanga. I te mea ...
He Tino Hiahia Nui Mātou Mōu Mō Mātou Mena he rite koe ki ahau, kua tipu pea tō kohinga peita whao mai i te puranga iti o ngā mea nui ki te āniwaniwa kanapa e maringi mai ana i roto i ngā pouaka katoa....
E mōhio ana tātou katoa, ahakoa he kāri pēhipōro, he kāri hokohoko, he kāri hākinakina rānei, he uara ōhanga anō tōna, hei tāpiri atu ki te mea hei kohikohi, ā, ko ētahi tāngata e hiahia ana ki te whiwhi moni mā te hoko kāri hākinakina. Heoi, mā te iti o te rerekētanga o te āhua o te kāri ka arahi pea ki tētahi...
He wāhi motuhake kei roto i ngā ngākau o te hunga e aroha ana ki ngā puoro te vinyl records. Ahakoa ko te oro mahana e whakahoki ana i a koe ki te wā o mua, ko te hononga tūturu rānei ki te toi o tētahi atu wā, he mea makutu kei roto i te vinyl e taea ai te whakahōputu mamati...