Mary Allen
He nui nā manaʻo like ʻole o ka huaʻōlelo "Kiwi", aneane pili ia mau mea āpau me Aotearoa. ʻO ka mea maʻamau ka hua kiwi. Aia nō naʻe nā manu kiwi, i kapa ʻia ʻo "snipe ostriches". ʻO ia ka hōʻailona aupuni o Aotearoa.
Haʻaheo ka poʻe o Aotearoa i kā lākou manu ʻāina a kapa ʻia ka poʻe ponoʻī he "Kiwi". ʻO ke kālā i kapa ʻia ʻo New Zealand dollar i kapa pinepine ʻia ʻo "kiwi".
Pehea e ulu ai nā hua kiwi?
He mea kolo ke kiwi. No laila, piʻi lākou ma kahi mea kanu ʻē aʻe. Ma ke kūlohelohe, ulu nā kiwi a hiki i 18 mau mika ke kiʻekiʻe. Ma nā mahiko, loaʻa iā lākou ke kōkua mai nā lāʻau a i ʻole uea no ka piʻi ʻana. Ma laila naʻe, mālama ʻia lākou i lalo i hiki ke ʻohi ʻia. Hiki ke ʻai a ʻono ka pulp o nā ʻano a me nā ʻano like ʻole, he nui ka huaora C a no laila ua manaʻo ʻia he olakino maikaʻi loa.
ʻOkoʻa loa nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole a me nā ʻano pua i kekahi mau hihia. Me nā kiwi nui a mākou i ʻike ai mai ka hale kūʻai aku, he kāne a he wahine paha kēlā me kēia mea kanu. Pono nā mea ʻelua e hua i nā hua. Hōʻiliʻili ʻia lākou i ka mahina o Nowemapa ma ka hope loa ma ka ʻāpana ʻākau. A laila pono lākou e oʻo, ʻo ia hoʻi e mālama ʻia a palupalu a ʻai ʻia.
I nā ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā hua, ma kahi o ʻelua a ʻekolu mau kenimika ka lōʻihi, e like me nā gooseberries. Hāʻawi kēia mau mea kanu i nā pua o nā kāne ʻelua, no laila hāʻawi ka mea kanu hoʻokahi i ka hua. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻohi iā lākou i ka hāʻule ʻana a hoʻokomo koke i loko o kou waha no ka mea he ʻili pahee ko lākou. No laila ua kūpono lākou no ka ipu hao nui ma ka lāʻau. Kapa ʻia lākou he "mini kiwi".
No Kina mai ka kiwi. Ua lawe ʻia mai lākou i Aotearoa ma kahi o hoʻokahi haneli mau makahiki i hala. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kiwi i kēia lā mai Kina, a ukali ʻia e Italia, New Zealand, Iran, a me Chile.
Nui nā ʻano kiwi. ʻO ka ʻano me ka inoa "Gooseberry Kina" kūʻai nui aku. Hoʻohui pū ʻia nā ʻano ʻano a pau i ke ʻano o ka peni ray, no ka papa o nā mea kanu pua, e like me ka hapa nui o kā mākou hua.
Pehea e ola ai nā manu kiwi?
ʻAʻole hiki i nā manu kiwi ke lele. No laila ua helu ʻia lākou i waena o nā ratite. Noho wale lākou ma New Zealand a ma kekahi mau mokupuni kokoke. ʻO lākou ka liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi. ʻO ke kino, ka ʻāʻī, a me ke poʻo ke ana ma kahi o kapuaʻi a ʻelua kapuaʻi, ʻaʻole i helu ʻia ka nuku. ʻAʻohe o lākou huelo. Aia nā ʻēheu ma lalo o ʻelima kenimika wale nō.
Noho nā manu kiwi i ka nahele. Haʻalele wale lākou i ko lākou malu ma hope o ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā. Hoʻonohonoho lākou iā lākou iho ma ka honi a me ka lohe. He kakaikahi loa keia no na manu. Noho lākou ma ko lākou ʻāina ponoʻī, a paʻa pono kekahi i kekahi no ke ola. Hana pū lāua i nā ana no ka hiamoe a me nā holoholona ʻōpio.
ʻAi nā manu kiwi i nā mea a pau e loaʻa iā lākou. Makemake lākou e ʻimi i nā enuhe honua, nā centipedes, a me nā ʻupena pepeke ma ka lepo. He nuku lōʻihi ko lākou no kēia. ʻAʻole hoʻowahāwahā nā manu kiwi i nā hua e waiho ana ma ka honua.
No ka hana hou ʻana, koho ke kāne i kahi lua i ulu nui ʻia ma ka puka komo no ka camouflage maikaʻi aʻe. Hoʻopili ʻo ia i ka pūnana me ka limu a me ka mauʻu. Hāʻawi ka wahine i ʻelua mau hua, akā nui lākou: ʻeono mau hua e like ke kaumaha me ko ka makuahine.
ʻElua a ʻekolu mahina ka wā hānau, he lōʻihi loa. Ma muli o ka ʻano ʻano, ʻo ke kāne wale nō e hoʻoulu ai a i ʻole nā mea ʻelua. Ke hāʻule ka ʻōpiopio, aneane like lākou me ko lākou mau mākua. Haʻalele pū lākou i ka pūnana ma hope o hoʻokahi pule. Akā, nui ka poʻe i ʻai ʻia e nā pōpoki, nā ʻīlio, a me nā weasels. Ua hoʻolauna ʻia kēia mau holoholona e nā kānaka ma Aotearoa.
I ka makahiki ʻelua, hiki i nā manu kiwi ke loaʻa nā keiki ponoʻī. Inā holo pono nā mea a pau, ʻoi aku ko lākou mau makahiki he iwakālua.