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He aha i kakariki ai, i parauri ai, i mā ai hoki ngā pounamu waina?
Ina hoko pinepine koe i te waina, ka kite koe i te rerekētanga nui o te tae o te pounamu waina. Ko ētahi he kakariki, ko ētahi he parauri, ko ētahi he mā. Ki tā ētahi kaihoko he tiaki ngā pounamu kakariki me te parauri i te mārama. Nō reira, ko ngā waina i roto i ngā pounamu kakariki me te parauri he pai ake te kounga...Pānuihia atu -
Ngā āhuatanga e pā ana ki te kounga o ngā pounamu karāhe
He mea nui te pounamu waina i roto i te ahurea waina, ā, he mea tino nui te āhua o te hoahoa o te takai pounamu. I ēnei rā, kua piki haere te kanapa o te pounamu waina, ā, he maha ngā putiputi e tautokona ana mō te ataahua. Nō reira, i roto i te hanga o ngā pounamu karāhe, me aro nui tātou...Pānuihia atu -
Kōrero mō te tikanga tirotiro o te pounamu karāhe
Ko te nuinga o ngā kaihanga pounamu karāhe i roto i te wheketere hua, ka whiwhi i ngā momo raruraru kounga hua a ngā kiritaki, ka puta ai ngā amuamu a ngā kiritaki, ka puta ai ngā mate ki ngā taha e rua. Ngā take hei whakapae: ko te nuinga i roto i te tukanga whakaputa, nā te whakahaere kounga hē. Inaianei kei runga i te whakaputanga...Pānuihia atu -
Me pēhea te whakamātautau i te kounga o te pounamu karāhe waipiro
He momo tauira tākai te pounamu karāhe e kitea whānuitia ana i roto i te umanga waina. I taua wā anō, e whakamahia whānuitia ana hoki i roto i ō tātou oranga o ia rā. Engari nā te nui rawa o ngā wheketere pounamu karāhe kei te mākete, kāore e taea e te kaiwhakamahi te hoko i te hua me te utu tuturu me te kounga pai i te l...Pānuihia atu -
Kua roa ngā pounamu pia e whakamahia ana hei poma wā
Kei te wera haere te rangi, kua tae hoki te wā inu pia ki te tihi o te wā, me te aro ki te kounga o te pia, kua kite koe i te roa o te wā e pau ana i ngā pounamu pia? E ai ki te tātaritanga a te tohunga mō ngā ipu karāhe, he maha ngā wā ka puta he pakarutanga o ngā pounamu pia, ā, ko te nuinga o te wā...Pānuihia atu -
Te tikanga rehu i te pounamu waina
Ko te raina whakaputa rehu o te pounamu karāhe he mea hanga i te rūma rehu, te mekameka whakatārewatanga me te oumu. Ko ngā pounamu karāhe me te maimoatanga wai o mua, me aro nui ngā pounamu karāhe ki te raruraru o te tukunga paru. Mō te kounga o te rehu pounamu karāhe, me te maimoatanga wai,...Pānuihia atu -
Ko te tikanga mō te kimi i te kounga o te pounamu karāhe waipiro
Ko te pounamu karāhe he momo tauira takai e kitea whānuitia ana i roto i te umanga waina. I taua wā anō, e whakamahia whānuitia ana hoki i roto i ō tātou oranga o ia rā. Heoi, nā te mea he maha rawa ngā wheketere pounamu karāhe kei te mākete, kāore e taea e ngā kaiwhakamahi te hoko i ngā taonga i te utu pai. He hua pai, he iti te utu,...Pānuihia atu -
He aha te mahi a te raro tuwhera o te pounamu karāhe
I whānau mai te pounamu waina karāhe i te tīmatanga o te rautau 17. Ko te whakamahinga tuatahi o te pounamu karāhe ko te champagne. I te tau 1724, i whakaaetia e te kāwanatanga Wīwī te champagne i whakapūpūtia i roto i ngā pounamu kia hokona. I te 25 o Mei, 1728, i hokona te waina champagne ki tāwāhi me te whakaaetanga a te kīngi. I te tau 1728, ko te Wīwī...Pānuihia atu -
He aha ngā take mō te whakaputa uri o ngā pounamu karāhe
I roto i te hanga pounamu karāhe, ka puta he hapa i roto i ngā pounamu nā te hangarau hanga kore-paerewa, nā ētahi atu āhuatanga o waho rānei, ā, kāore te mata o ngā pounamu i te maeneene, i te ma, ko tētahi o ngā hapa noa. 1. Ina taka te karāhe parakore ki roto i te pokepokea tuatahi, kāore e taea te tika ...Pānuihia atu -
Te whanaketanga o te mahi toi pounamu karāhe.
Kua piki haere te maha o ngā pounamu mahi toi karāhe ināianei, ā, kua nui haere te aro o te tangata ki te momo waina hei whiriwhiri, pērā i te waina mā me te pounamu karāhe mārama, he maha ngā pounamu mā miraka o Maotai, e whakamahia ana te pia me te pounamu tae i roto i te kōwhiringa e ai ki...Pānuihia atu -
He aha koe i whiriwhiri ai i ngā pounamu karāhe mō te waipiro
Ko te kōwhiringa pounamu o ngā pounamu karāhe, ko tētahi o ngā take nā tōna āhua, he mārama te kakano, he rerekē te āhua o te takai, he ataahua te āhua, ka taea te whakapai ake i te takai waina, te hopu i ngā kanohi o ngā kaihoko, kātahi ka whakapai ake i ngā hoko; Hei tāpiri, nā te mea ko te karāhe...Pānuihia atu -
Te awe o te pounamu karāhe ki te waipiro
He nui ake te rerekētanga o te hanganga matū o ngā pounamu karāhe rerekē, ko te pounamu o ngā wāhanga maha i roto i te tukanga pupuri waipiro ka memeha haere ki roto i te waina, ko ēnei ki roto i te peka rōpū ka pā ki te reka o te waina i roto i te waina Tohu tae Waipiro, nō reira, ko te āhua tinana me te āhua...Pānuihia atu