Whakakīa tā mātou Rārangitaki Hauora Pukahukahu 2
meneti hei tirotiro he pēhea te hauora o ō pukapuka.
Mā te tāuru i tō tau waea e whakaae ana koe ki te kohinga me te whakamahi i ō mōhiohio whaiaro mō ngā take kua whakaritea ki te Tauākī Kohinga Tūmataitinga.
Whakakīa tā mātou Rārangitaki Hauora Pukahukahu 2 meneti hei tirotiro he pēhea te hauora o ō pukapuka.
Mā te tāuru i tō tau waea e whakaae ana koe ki te kohinga me te whakamahi i ō mōhiohio whaiaro mō ngā take kua whakaritea ki te Tauākī Kohinga Tūmataitinga.
Ko te maremare te huarahi o tō tinana ki te pupuri i ō pūkahukahu kia mā mā, me te tiaki i a raatau mai i nga mea e whakapataritari ai i o huarahi rererangi. Ko te nuinga o nga maremare na te he mate iti penei i te makariri. Mena ka mau tonu to mare, ka roa ake i te 6-8 wiki, he maha pea nga take e taea ana, tae atu ki nga take sinus, mate moe, etahi rongoa ranei. Heoi ano, tērā pea he tohu o tētahi mea tino nui ake, ina koa mēnā ka pā ki a koe tētahi huringa reo (hoarseness), ka rongo koe i te manawa poto, kei te whiwhi tonu rānei koe i ngā mate pouaka.1,2
Mēnā kua maremare koe mō neke atu i te 6 wiki, whakaritea he wāhui ki to hauora, hauora ranei kia kitea te take.
Ko te mate pūkahukahu he kupu whānui e kapi ana i tētahi raruraru i roto i ngā pūkahukahu e ārai ai i a rātou kia kore ai e mahi tika, tae atu ki te mate pukupuku pūkahukahu.
I ia rā ka ngaro i a tātau e 17 ngā
Aotearoa ki te mate pūkahukahu
me te mate pukupuku.
Ka taea te pa ki te tangata e pāngia ana,
ahakoa he tāngata hauora – kotahi i roto i te
rima i kitea i te mate pukupuku pūkahukahu
kare ano i kai paipa.
Heoi anō, ko ētahi o ngā taupori, tae atu ki Māori, he nui ake te mōrearea o te whakawhanake me te mate i te
mate pukupuku pūkahukahu. Kāore anō kia tōmuri rawa te tīmata ki te tiaki i tō pūkahukahu me te ako i te
tohu hei mātakitaki. Tangohia te wā hei taki i tō hauora pūkahukahu – he kī te kimi wawe me te maimoatanga
whai hua te mea matua.3

Mēnā kei a koe ētahi o ēnei tohu, he mea nui kia kite i tō kaiwhakarato hauora rānei mo te tirotiro:1,2

He mea nui kia mōhio hoki ki ngā take mōrearea e whai ake nei mō te mate pukupuku pūkahukahu:2,4