Te Parau: Ka paraungia te mahinga kia huritia te oneone. Kia papaku ano te parau, ki te ono inihi. No te mea ki te hohonu rawa te parau ka whai ke nga tipu o te kumara ki raro o te oneone. Ka ahua uaua ki nga tangata e hauhake ana i te kumara ki te kari, no te mea hoki kei raro rawa te kumara. Te Kiwha: Ka kiwhangia te mahinga kia noho ia ma ona mata e haehae te oneone. Ka haehaea te oneone kia noho ngohengohe. No te mea hoki he pai ki nga tipu o te kumara te oneone ngohengohe. Te Rakaraka: Ka rakarakangia te mahinga kia rewara ai tana takoto. Ehara i te mea koira anake tana mahi, engari he tari patiti me era atu tarutaru ki tahaki. Te Karawhaea: Ka karawhaengia te mahinga kia takoto ai ona rarangi; ara he mea whakaawaawa. Ko etahi tangata whakaawaawa ai ma te hoiho ko etahi whakaawaawa ai ma te mihini. E rua putu te pamamao o nga rarangi i tetahi ki tetahi. Kua pai inaianei mo te ono i nga tipu. HE KORERO MO TE NGAKI, MO TE HAUHAKE I TE KUMARA: Ehara te mahi ngaki kumara i te mahi ngawari, he mahi roa tenei. Ko te wa e tika ana mo te ngaki kei te tangata tona tikanga, notemea e rua, e toru ranei nga ngakitanga. Ko te mea nui kia puta te kumara ki waho o te taru. I enei wa he rawe te karawhaea hoiho me era atu mihini tarakita mo waenganui o nga rarangi hei haehae i te whenua, hei rakuraku i nga tarutaru ki waho. Ma te tipitipi o waenganui o nga tipu kauaka e tata rawa te tipitipi ki nga tipu no te mea ka tapahia nga weu me nga kumara ririki kei te tipu ake. Pai ake tenei mahi ma te ringa. Kia toro nga kawai ko te mahi he hiki i enei kei tipu ka rau tae nui. I nga wa o mua pokaingia ai nga kawai kia whitikia nga putake e te ra. Kaore noa iho e mahia inaianei, no te mea kua nunui rawa nga mara, he mea mahi penei hei hoko. Ko Maehe, ko Aperira nga marama hauhake. Pai tonu a Pepuere mo nga mara mataamua, a Mei hoki mo nga mea tomuri. Paraungia ai ki waho te nuinga o a matou kumara inaianei. He tere tenei, a kaore noa iho e tino maru ana te kumara. Engari tera ano te tokomaha kei te hauhake ma te kaheru. He mahi roa, he mahi patu tuara tenei. Ka puta ki runga he mahiti te mahi a etahi, katahi ka tapuke ki waenga mo te rua wiki, kia kitea ai nga mea pirau. Me tapuke tonu ma te oneone, kia matatoru tonu, ko nga rau kumara ki runga atu. Ka tae ki te wa ka tari ki ro rua. He nui nga rua o naianei kei te hangaia ma te papa me te haena. Ko nga mea kei te tino whai i te hoko kumara nga mea e mahi ana i tenei mahi. Tera ano etahi kei te mau tonu ki nga rua tawhito a te Maori, ara nga rua e hangaia ana The Ploughing: The area is ploughed over so that the turf is turned over. The depth of the ploughing should be about 6in, as deep ploughing permits the roots of the tipu to work their way downwards and settle at the bottom of the soil. This makes it difficult for the people who are harvesting, because the tubers are too far down. The Discing: Now the area is disced over so that the blades of the dise will cut up the soil into fine, soft loam. This is done because the plant loves fine, soft soil. The Harrowing: Afterwards the area is harrowed over. This is done to level out the soil. It is also useful in dragging tufts of grass and weeds to the sides. The Scarifying: Finally the area is scarified to form rows or ridges. Some farmers use horses and tractor implements. WEEDING AND HARVESTING KUMARA Weeding kumara is not an easy job and it takes up time. The time for weeding depends on the person concerned, whether weeding is done two or three times. The thing is to keep the crop free of weeds. Nowadays the hore and tractor scarafier has been found more suitable for inter-row tillage to pulverise the soil and also to tear the weeds out. A push hoe is more suitable for doing between the plants, but it may cut the plants and the young tubers which are starting to develop. This is best done by hand. When runners develop they are lifted occasionally to prevent them rooting and to prevent the plant becoming too leafy. In former times, runners were folded about the plant so that sunlight penetrated to the tubers. With the very large crops for marketing, this is not done now. March and April are the usual months for harvesting. Early crops are harvested in February, while late ones are harvested in May. Most of the kumaras are now harvested by plough. This is a quick method and the plant is not injured very much. But some still use the old method of harvesting with a spade. This method is a back breaking one. When all the kumara are dug out they are then put into earth clamps for two weeks. This is done to reveal rotten ones in the crop. The clamp must be covered thickly with soil and then by the kumara leaves. After a period of two weeks, they are then taken into the storage pit. There are many different ways of making a pit. Some build theirs with timber and corrugated iron. They are by those who generally sell their kumara. There are still those who use the old Maori method of making a pit, that is using tree