He hononga tata tō te takai kai ki te haumaru kai. Ko te takai kai whaimana te tūāpapa o te haumaru kai, he mea nui te takai kai hei taurangi mō te haumaru kai. Ko ngā takai kai hauora me te whaimana anake ka taea e ngā kaihoko te haumi haumaru ki te mākete kaihoko. I taua wā anō, he hononga nui te tirotiro takai kai hei pupuri i te haumaru o ngā takai kai. Me aro nui ngā umanga, te Whakahaere Whānui o te Tirotiro Kounga, te Tirotiro me te Taratahi me ōna tari e tika ana ki te tirotiro takai kai, te whakapai ake i te tukanga tirotiro takai kai, te karo i te whakaiti i ngā raruraru haumaru kai, te whakapai ake i te whakapono o ngā kaihoko, kia pai ai te haumaru o te mākete kai o Haina, me te waihanga i tētahi hongere kai matomato hauora, haumaru, me te pono.
I te tere o te whanaketanga o te umanga kai, kei te tere haere hoki te pikinga o ngā ihirangi hangarau o ngā takai kai. Ka aro nui tātou ki te whaihua, te ataahua, te watea me te tere o te takai hua, engari ka aro nui atu hoki ki te haumaru o ngā takai hua, mā roto i ngā tikanga me ngā hongere pūtaiao me te hangarau, kia mārama ai, kia tirohia ai, kia tirotirohia ai hoki te haumaru o ngā hua. I roto i te umanga inu, hei hua kaihoko utu nui, he wai pūngāwerewere te baijiu, nō reira me aro nui atu tātou ki te haumaru o te takai me te tirotiro i te takai, kia waihangahia he taiao kai pai mō ngā kaihoko, kia noho mārie ai ngā kaihoko i te wā e hoko ana, e inu ana, me te whakapai ake i te mōhiotanga ki te ahurea umanga me te mōhiotanga waitohu. Hei wāhanga whakamutunga o te tukatuka kai o waho, ko te āhuatanga o te takai kai ko te kore e taea te kai i te wā e pai ai. Ko te takai kai te taurangi o te haumaru kai, nō reira ko te mowhiti takai te tukatuka kai tino nui.
He nui hoki te pānga o ngā takai kai ki ngā āhuatanga ā-tinana me ngā āhuatanga matū o te kai. I roto i ngā takai kai, me aro tātou ki te pupuri i ngā āhuatanga ārai-mate, ārai-makuku, ārai-wera nui, ārai-hauora, ārai-wera me te pāmahana pumau o te kai. Hei tāpiri, he pānga nui tō ngā takai kai ki te akuaku o te kai. Nō reira, me mōhio kāore e whakaaetia kia whakamahia ngā tāpiringa kino, ngā matū rānei ki ngā takai kai, kia kore ai e pāngia ngā kai e ngā tauhohenga matū, e puta ai he pānga kino ki ngā kaihoko, e kino ai te hauora o te kaihoko.
