karakia tamariki
Kei te whai take te kōwhiringa tūpapaku mokopuna hei whakarite i ngā mahi waiata ki waho, e whakatakoto ana hei whakaaweawe āio me ngā painga whakamaharatanga mō ngā tamariki iti. Ko tēnei matua o ngā rauemi waiata whenua e whai ake nei i tētahi hanganga pono, e mau ana i ngā rara hirahira, e āhei ana ki te whakatika i ngā huringa huarere, e whai mana whakahaere tonu ana i te roa o te whakatutuki me te haumanu. E ai ki te kōwhiringa, ko te matawhāiti, ko te matawhakarekare, ko ngā takitaki tuawhiti hei whakangungu i te whakatetere, ko te ara torotoro wāwāhi iho e pai ana te whakawehewehe i waenganui i ngā ringa iti me ngā waewae iti, me ngā pūtake whenua whakangungu hei whakatinana i te nui rawa o te haumanu. Ko te hanga ā-tinana e whai ake nei i ngā taupori pai mo ngā tamariki i waenganui i te 3-8 tau, ā, ko ngā rara kore heka, ko ngā rara kia manawa kura te rā, e mau tonu ana i te pai hoki i te noho i runga i te rā. Ko ngā tohu haumanu ka whakauru ai ngā tahuhu porotu, ko ngā ara kore heka, ko ngā koki whakarite pai ki te whakatutuki i ngā raupapa tetere. Ko te hanga kōwhiri o te kōwhiringa kei te whakaae ki te whakatū mai me te whakakore iho, e whai ana i te pai o te whakapakari mō ngā wā o te tau ki te whakapakari anō rānei. Ko ngā ritorito wai e āhei ana ki te whakahē i te kohu wai, ā, ko ngā matawhāiti e āhei ana ki te whakapakari i te whakatere mō te waiata pai ake. Kei te whai ake hoki i te hanga rerekē o te kōwhiringa, kāore e hiahia ana ki te tirotiro, me te tikanga anake o te whakapai i te wā.