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October 10, 2025
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Ko te schizophrenia tamariki he mate hinengaro onge engari he tino kino e pā ana ki te whakaaro, te ngakau, me te kite a te tamaiti i te ao. Kei roto i tenei mate ngā tohu penei i ngā whakairoiro, ngā whakaaro teka, me te whakaaro kore whakarite e pā kino ana ki te oranga o ia rā me te whanaketanga o te tamaiti.
Ahakoa pea ka rongo te kupu 'schizophrenia' he wehi, he mea nui kia mōhio kei te taea te ora whai kiko mō ngā tamariki e pangia ana e tēnei mate, mā te maimoatanga me te tautoko tika. He tino nui te kite wawe me te whakauru i te awhina i ngā tamariki ki te whakahaere i ō rātou tohu, ā, kia haere tonu te tipu me te ako.
Ko te schizophrenia tamariki te mate kotahi me te schizophrenia pakeke, engari ka puta i mua i te 13 tau. Ka pā ki te iti iho i te 1 i roto i ngā tamariki 10,000, ā, he tino onge atu i te schizophrenia pakeke.
Ka whakaroa tenei mate te whanaketanga noa o te roro o te tamaiti, ā, ka pā ki tōna kaha ki te wehewehe i te mea pono me te mea kāhore.
Ka rongo pea ngā tamariki e pangia ana e te schizophrenia i ngā reo, ka kite i ngā mea kāhore, kāhore rānei e whakapono ki ngā mea e tika ana.
Ka puta wawe ake te schizophrenia, ka kaha ake te kino. Heoi, ehara tena i te kī kāhore he tumanako – ko te tikanga ko te maimoatanga whānui me te tautoko ka nui ake te hiranga mō te awhina i te tamaiti kia ora.
He uaua pea te kite i ngā tohu i ngā tamariki, nā te mea ka rite pea etahi whāinga ki te whakaaro noa o te tamarikitanga, ki ngā wāhanga whanaketanga rānei. Ko te rerekētanga matua ko ngā tohu schizophrenia he mau tonu, he kino, ā, ka whakaroa i te kaha o te tamaiti ki te mahi noa.
Tā te titiro ki ngā kāwai matua o ngā tohu ka kitea pea e koe:
Ko te tikanga ka whanake haeretia ēnei tohu i roto i ngā marama, kāore i te puta ohorere. Mēnā ka kite koe i ētahi o ēnei tohu e mau tonu ana mō ngā wiki, he mea nui kia kōrero ki te taote o tō tamaiti.
Kāore i tino mōhiotia te take tika o te mate hinengaro tamariki, engari e whakapono ana ngā kairangahau he hua mai i te whakakotahitanga o ngā take ira, ngā roro, me ngā taiao. Kāore he take kotahi e puta ai tēnei āhuatanga – he rite tonu ki te maha o ngā pūkenga e huihui ana.
Ko ēnei ngā take nui kua kitea e ngā kairangi:
Mēnā he mema o te whānau kei a rātou te mate hinengaro, ka piki ake te tūponotanga, engari kāo te whakamana ka whiwhi te tamaiti i te mate. Ahakoa kei a ngā mātua e rua te mate hinengaro, ka kore te nuinga o ngā tamariki e whiwhi.
Ka taea e ētahi rerekētanga ira te whakapakari i ētahi tamariki kia nui ake te tūponotanga ki te whiwhi i te mate hinengaro ina honoa ki ētahi atu take tūponotanga. Whakaarohia te ira hei hanga i te wāhi tūponotanga, kāo te tino.
Ka kitea pinepine ngā rerekētanga i roto i te hanganga me te mahi o te roro o ngā tamariki e whai ana i te mate hinengaro. Ka taea pea te kite i ēnei rerekētanga mai i te whānautanga, te whānautanga rānei.
Ka rerekē pea te whanaketanga o ngā wāhanga o te roro e whakahaere ana i te whakaaro, te mahara, me te kite i ngā tamariki ka whānau mai te mate hinengaro. Ka pā ēnei huringa ki te āhua e tukatuka ai te roro i ngā mōhiohio me ngā wheako.
Ka taea e ētahi wheako i te wā hapu, i te wā tamariki rānei te piki ake o te tūponotanga ina honoa ki te ngoikore ira:
He mea nui kia mārama kāore ngā mātua e whakaeke i te mate hinengaro o tō rātou tamaiti mā o rātou mātauranga, mā tetahi mahi motuhake rānei. Ka whānau mai tēnei mate nā ngā take ira rāpoi e kore e taea te whakahaere e te tangata.
Me whakapiri atu koe ki te taote o tō tamaiti mēnā ka kite koe i ngā huringa pumau i roto i tō rātou whāinga, whakaaro, te kite rānei e roa ana mo ngā wiki maha. Ka taea e te whakauru wawe te whakarereke nui i te hua o tō tamaiti.
Whakaarohia te toro atu ki te kaiwhakarato hauora mēnā ka pā ki tō tamaiti:
Kaua e tatari kia pai ake ngā tohu. Ko ngā āhuatanga hauora hinengaro i ngā tamariki e hiahia ana ki te tautoko ngaio hei whakahaere pai.
Mēnā kei te kōrero tō tamaiti mō te hiahia ki te whara i a rātou anō, ki ētahi atu rānei, ki te āhua kino rānei, rapuhia te tiaki hauora tūturu tonu. Koinei tonu te whiringa tika ina he āhuatanga te haumaru.
Ka taea e te mārama ki ngā take tūponotanga te āwhina i a koe ki te mohio ki te wā hei tiaki atu mō te hauora hinengaro o tō tamaiti. Heoi, ko te whai i ngā take tūponotanga kahore e tikanga ka whanake tō tamaiti i te schizophrenia.
Ko ēnei ngā take ka piki ake pea te tūponotanga o te whanaketanga o te schizophrenia tamariki:
Ko te whai mātua, te teina rānei e pangia ana e te schizophrenia ka piki ake te tūponotanga, ahakoa ko te nuinga o ngā tamariki e whai whānau pāngia ana kahore e whanake i te āhuatanga. Ka piki ake te tūponotanga ki te maha o ngā mema o te whānau e pangia ana e te schizophrenia, ētahi atu āhuatanga hauora hinengaro nui rānei.
Ko ētahi tamariki ka whanake i muri mai i te schizophrenia e whakaatu ana i ngā tohu wawe o ngā rerekētanga whanaketanga. Ka uru pea ēnei ki te whakaroa kōrero, ngā pūkenga motuka, te whanaketanga pāpori rānei.
Heoi, ko te nuinga o ngā tamariki e whai whakaroa whanaketanga ana kahore e whanake i te schizophrenia, na reira ko ēnei rerekētanga wawe kahore e kī i te āhuatanga.
Ko ētahi mate tuku iho onge, pēnei i te mate ngaro 22q11.2, ka nui ake te tūponotanga o te whanaketanga o te mate hinengaro. Me ata tirotirohia ngā tamariki e pangia ana e ēnei āhuatanga e ngā kaiwhakarato hauora.
Kia mahara ko ngā take tūponotanga ka āwhina noa i ngā tākuta ki te mōhio ko wai pea ka whai hua i te tirotiro tata. Kāo te whakatau i te heke mai o tō tamaiti, kāore hoki e whakamana i tētahi hua motuhake.
Me kore te rongoā tika, ka āhei te mate hinengaro tamariki ki te arahi ki ngā wero nui e pā ana ki ngā wāhanga maha o te ora o tō tamaiti. Heoi, mā te tiaki me te tautoko tika, ka taea te aukati, te whakaiti rānei i te nuinga o ēnei raruraru.
Ko ēnei ngā wāhanga matua ka puta mai pea ngā raruraru:
Ko ngā tamariki e kore e rongoātia te mate hinengaro ka whakamamae pinepine i te kura nā te raru o te aro, te whānau, te whakaaro rānei kore whakarite. Ka raru pea rātou ki te pupuri i ngā hononga hoa, ki te whai wāhi rānei ki ngā mahi whānau.
Ka āhei ēnei wero ki te hinga i muri i te mātauranga, ki te motu rānei i ngā hoa. Ka āhei te whakauru wawe me te tautoko kura ki te ārai i ēnei raruraru kei te nui rawa.
Ka whānau pea etahi tamariki i te whānau kino, i te whai wāhi rānei ki ngā mahi tūpono nā ō rātou tohu. Ka wareware pea ētahi ki ō rātou tikanga whaiaro, ki te ora rānei nā te whakaaro kore whakarite.
I ētahi wā onge, ka whara pea ngā tamariki i a rātou anō, i ētahi atu rānei, ina koa ki te pā ana ki ngā whānau nui, ki ngā whakaaro teka rānei. Koia te take he mea nui te rongoā ngaio.
Ko te tiaki i tētahi tamaiti e pangia ana e te mate hinengaro ka whakamauiui ngākau me te tinana mō ngā whānau. Ka ngaro pea ngā teina, ka whakapohehe rānei ki te whānau o tō rātou teina, tō rātou tuahine rānei.
Ka taea e te whakaora whānau me ngā rōpū tautoko te āwhina i te whānau katoa kia mārama ki te āhuatanga me te whānau i ngā rautaki whakahaere hauora tahi.
Ko te wā i puta mai ai te mate hinengaro, ko te nui ake o te āhuatanga ki te whanaketanga o te roro me te ako. Koia te take i nui ai te āwhina tere mō te tiaki i te kaha o tō tamaiti.
Mā te rongoā tika, ka taea e te tini o ngā tamariki e pangia ana e te mate hinengaro te whakawhāiti tonu i ngā pūkenga ora nui me te pupuri i ngā hononga whai kiko i o rātou oranga.
Ko te whakatau i te mate hinengaro tamariki e hiahia ana ki te aromatawai tika mai i ngā tohunga hauora hinengaro e mōhio ana ki te mahi me ngā tamariki. Kāore he whakamātautau kotahi mō te mate hinengaro – engari, ka whakamahi ngā tākua i ngā uiui taipitopito, ngā tirohanga, me ngā aromatawai.
Ko te tukanga whakatau i te nuinga o ngā kaupae hei whakarite i te tika:
Ka mahi te kaitātari hinengaro tamariki, te tohunga hinengaro rānei i ngā uiui taipitopito ki a kōrua me tō tamaiti. Ka ui rātou mō ngā tohu, te wā i tīmata ai, me te āhua o te pānga ki te oranga o ia rā.
Ka tirotiro hoki te taakuta i te whāinga o tō tamaiti, ngā āhuatanga kōrero, me ngā tukanga whakaaro i ēnei hui. Ka āwhina tēnei ki a rātou kia mārama ki te kaha me te āhua o ngā tohu.
Ka hiahia tō tamaiti ki te whakamātautau tinana me ētahi whakamātautau taiwhanga pea hei whakakore i ngā āhuatanga hauora e āhei ana te whakaputa i ngā tohu rite. Ka taea e ētahi mate, ngā whara o te roro, me ētahi atu raruraru hauora te whakaatu i ngā tohu o te mate hinengaro.
Ka tirotiro pea te taakuta i te hītori hauora o tō tamaiti me ngā rongoā e inu ana rātou kia kore ai he mea ke e āwhina ana ki ō rātou tohu.
Ka taea e ngā whakamātautau motuhake te awhina i te aromatawai i ngā kaha whakaaro, te mahara, me te whakaaro o tō tamaiti. Ka āwhina ēnei whakamātautau i ngā tākua ki te mārama ki te āhua o te āhuatanga e pā ana ki te mahi hinengaro o tō tamaiti.
Ka whakarato hoki ngā hua i te kaupae taketake mō te aroturuki i ngā whakapainga me te maimoatanga i te wā.
Nō te mea me mau tonu ngā tohu o te mate hinengaro ki te iti rawa kia ono marama mō te whakatau, ka ata tirotirohia e ngā tākua ngā tamariki i te wā i mua i te whakatutuki i te whakatau whakamutunga. Ka āwhina tēnei huarahi atawhai ki te whakarite i te tika me te aukati i te whakatau he.
I roto i tēnei wā, ka taea pea e tō tamaiti te whiwhi i te maimoatanga tautoko hei awhina i te whakahaere i ngā tohu i te wā e haere tonu ana te tukanga whakatau.
Ko te maimoatanga mō te mate hinengaro tamariki te nuinga o te wā he whakakotahitanga o te rongoā, te whakaora, me ngā ratonga tautoko. Ko te whāinga ko te whakaiti i ngā tohu, te whakapai ake i te mahi, me te awhina i tō tamaiti ki te ora i te oranga noa ka taea.
Koinei ngā mea e whakauruhia ana e te maimoatanga whānui:
Ko ngā rongoā antipsychotic te maimoatanga matua mō ngā tohu o te mate hinengaro. Ka āwhina ēnei rongoā ki te whakaiti i ngā whakairoiro, ngā whakaaro teka, me te whakaaro kore.
Ka tīmata te tākua o tō tamaiti ki te horoinga iti rawa e mahi ana, ā, ka ata tirotirohia ngā pānga. Ko te kimi i te rongoā me te horoinga tika he maha tonu te wā me te manawanui.
Ko ngā pānga noa pea ko te piki o te taumaha, te moe, te raruraru o te nekehanga. Ka mahi tahi tō tākua me koe ki te whakahaere i ēnei pānga i te wā e mau tonu ana te mana o ngā tohu.
Ka taea e te whakaora whanonga mohio (CBT) te awhina i tō tamaiti ki te mārama ki tōna āhuatanga me te whakawhanake i ngā rautaki whakahaere. Ka whakaako tēnei momo whakaora i ngā pūkenga mahi mō te whakahaere i ngā tohu me te whakapai ake i te mahi o ia rā.
Ka taea te whakamahi i te rongoā takaro, i ētahi atu huarahi e tika ana mō te pakeke o ngā tamariki iti. Ka whakarite te kaiwhakaora i tōna huarahi ki te taumata whanaketanga o tō tamaiti me ōna hiahia motuhake.
Ka āwhina te whakaora whānau i te katoa o tō whare ki te mārama ki te mate hinengaro, ā, ki te ako ki te tautoko pai i tō tamaiti. Ka taea e tēnei te whakaiti i te ahotea o te whānau, ā, ka whakapai ake te whakawhitiwhiti kōrero.
Ka ako koe i ngā rautaki mō te whakahaere i ngā whāinga uaua, ā, mō te hanga i tētahi taiao kāinga tautoko. Ka whakawhiwhia hoki ki ō tamariki kē atu ngā wā hei uiui, hei whakaatu i ō rātou ngākau.
He mea nui te mahi tahi me te kura o tō tamaiti mō tōna mātauranga tonu me tōna whanaketanga pāpori. Ka uru pea tēnei ki te whakawhanake i tētahi mahere mātauranga takitahi (IEP) i tētahi rānei mahere 504.
Ka uru pea ngā whakarite motuhake ki te wā atu mō ngā whakamātautau, ki tētahi wāhi māhorahora hei mahi, i ngā mahi whakarerekē rānei. Ko te whāinga ko te āwhina i tō tamaiti kia angitu i ngā mahi ako i te wā e whakahaere ana i ōna tohu.
He tokomaha ngā tamariki e pangia ana e te mate hinengaro e whai hua ana i ngā kaupapa whakarite e whakaako ana i ngā pūkenga pāpori, ā, e āwhina ana i a rātou ki te mahi tahi me ētahi atu. Ka taea e ēnei kaupapa te aukati i te motu, ā, ka whakapai ake ngā hononga.
Ka taea hoki e te rongoā rōpū me ētahi atu tamariki e tūturu ana ki ngā wero rite te whakarato i te tautoko hoa, i te mārama.
Ko te hanga i tētahi taiao kāinga tautoko he mea nui ki te ora ake o tō tamaiti me tōna oranga pai tonu. Ko tō aroha, ko tō manawanui, ko tō mārama he rerekētanga nui ki tōna haerenga.
Ko ēnei ngā huarahi mahi hei tautoko i tō tamaiti i te kāinga:
He maha ngā tamariki e pangia ana e te mate hinengaro e whai hua ana i ngā mahi o ia rā e whai kiko ana. Ka taea e ngā wā kai, ngā wā moe, me ngā kaupapa mahi te whakaiti i te manukanuka, ā, te whakapai ake i te mahi.
Kia ngāwari te whakarereke o ngā mahi tāruarua kia rite ki ngā hiahia o tō tamaiti, ā, kia mau tonu te ātete e hiahia ana rātou. Ā, pea ka hiahiatia te whakarerekē i ngā tumanakohanga i ngā wā uaua.
Whakaitihia te ahotea me te nui rawa o te whakaohooho i tō kāinga i ngā wā e taea ana. Pea ka āhei tēnei ki te pupuri i ngā taumata o te haruru, te whakaiti i ngā manuhiri i ngā wā uaua, te whakatū rānei i tētahi wāhi mālie e taea ai e tō tamaiti te hūnuku atu.
Heoi, kaua e wehe ke atu tō tamaiti – e hiahia tonu ana rātou ki te whānau me ngā mahi e rite ana ki tō rātou pakeke kia mau tonu te whanaketanga pāpori.
Āwhina i tō tamaiti kia mārama ai te take nui o te rongoā mō rātou, ā, mahi tahi me rātou kia inu tonu. Pea ka taea e koe te whakamahi i ngā kaiwhakarite rongoā, ngā whakamaharatanga, ngā pūnaha utu rānei hei whakamama i tēnei.
Kaua rawa e whakarerekē, kāore rānei e mutu ngā rongoā me te kore e ui ki te taote o tō tamaiti, ahakoa ka pai ake te ahua o ngā tohu. He mea nui te whakamahinga rongoā tonu hei ārai i te hokinga mai.
Kōrero ki tō tamaiti mō ō rātou wheako me te kore whakawa, me te wehi. Mēnā kei te mōhio rātou, whakaae ki ō rātou ngākau, ā, whakahoki mālie atu ki te tūturu.
Whakamahia te reo ngāwari, mārama, ā, kaua e tautohetohe mō ngā whakaaro teka. Engari, arotahi ki te āhua o ō rātou ngākau me te aha ka āhei te awhina i a rātou kia haumaru ake, kia māhaki ake rānei.
Ako ki te mohio ki ngā tohu o mua ka kino ake pea ngā tohu o tō tamaiti. Pea ka uru atu ēnei ki ngā whakarerekētanga i ngā tauira moe, te whakaheke i te whakauru atu, te hokinga mai rānei o ngā mōhio.
Tūhono i tētahi pukapuka mō ngā tohu me ngā mea whakaohooho hei whakawhiti atu ki te rōpū maimoatanga o tō tamaiti. Ka āwhina ēnei kōrero i ngā tākuta ki te whakarerekē i ngā mahere maimoatanga kia rite ki te hiahia.
Ko te whakarite pai mō ngā hui he āwhina ki te whakarite kia whiwhi tō tamaiti i te tiaki pai rawa atu. Ka āwhina hoki te whakarite pai ki te whakapono ake, ki te mana whakahaere ake i ngā wā e āhei ana te manukanuka.
Ko te huarahi pai ki te whakamahi i ō whakatau:
Tuhia ngā tauira mōhiohio o ngā tohu, tae atu ki ngā mea i puta, te wā i puta ai, me te roa o te roa. Whakauruhia ngā whāinga raru me ngā whanaketanga pai.
Aroturukihia ngā pānga o te rongoā, tae atu ki ngā pānga taha e kitea ana e koe. Tūhonohia te wā o ngā rongoā me ngā rongoā kua ngaro.
Whakaarohia te uiui mo te ahuatanga o te rongoā, te whakatika rongoā, ngā whakarite kura, me ngā rauemi tautoko whānau. Kaua e whakaroa ki te tono mārama ki te kore koe e mōhio ki tetahi mea.
Mēnā he tika mō tō rātou tau, whakaritea tō tamaiti kia whakapuaki ōna wheako me ōna whakaaro ki te taote. He nui te uara o tō rātou whakauru mō te whakarite maimoatanga.
Āwhina ia ki te mōhio kei reira te taote hei āwhina, ā, ko te pono ki ngā tohu ka ārahi ki te tiaki pai ake.
Kawe mai he rārangi o ngā rongoā o nāianei, ngā huringa hou o ngā tohu, me ētahi rīpoata kura rānei, me ngā āwangawanga. Ko te whakahaere i ēnei korero ka whakaora i te wā, ā, ka whakarite kia kaua e warewaretia tetahi mea nui.
Mēnā he maha ngā mema o te whānau e haere ana ki ngā whakatau, whakatau i mua i te tangata hei kaiwhakawhiti korero matua kia kaua e whakapohehe.
He āhuatanga nui engari ka taea te whakaora te schizophrenia tamariki e pā ana ki te āhua o te kite a tō tamaiti me te mahi tahi me te ao. Ahakoa ka raru te whakatau, ka taea e te whakauru wawe me te maimoatanga whānui te whakarereke nui i te ora o tō tamaiti.
Kia mahara ehara tenei āhuatanga i te whakatau i te heke mai katoa o tō tamaiti. Ma te rongoā tika, te whakaora, me te tautoko whānau, ka taea e te tini o ngā tamariki e pangia ana e te schizophrenia te haere tonu ki te ako, ki te tipu, me te whakawhanake i ngā hononga whai kiko.
He utu nui tō mahi hei mātua i te haerenga o tō tamaiti. Ko tō aroha, ko tō tautoko, me tō whakaute ki tō rātou maimoatanga te turanga mō tō rātou ora ake me te oranga pai tonu.
Titiro ki a koe me tō whānau i tēnei wā uaua. Rapua te tautoko mai i ētahi atu whānau, ngā tohunga hauora hinengaro, me ngā rauemi hapori. Kāoea e koe anake te haere i tēnei haerenga.
Ahakoa kāore he rongoā mō te schizophrenia, he āhuatanga tino taea te whakaora. Ma te rongoā tika me te tautoko, ka taea e te tini o ngā tamariki te whakahaere pai i ō rātou tohu me te noho ora pai. Ko te maimoatanga wawe te nuinga o te wā ka ārahi ki ngā hua pai ake i te roa.
Ko te whāinga o te maimoatanga ko te whakaiti i ngā tohu, te whakapai ake i te mahi, me te āwhina i tō tamaiti ki te whakatutuki i tōna kaha katoa. He tokomaha ngā tāngata e pangia ana e te schizophrenia e haere ana ki te mahi angitu, ki ngā hononga, me ngā whānau.
Ka taea e te tini o ngā tamariki e pangia ana e te schizophrenia te haere ki te kura noa me ngā whakarite me te tautoko tika. Ka uru pea tenei ki te mahere mātauranga takitahi, ngā mahi whakarereke, me ētahi atu ratonga tohutohu.
Ko te matua ko te mahi tata me ngā kaimahi kura hei hanga i te taiao ka taea ai e tō tamaiti te angitu i ngā mahi ako me te whakahaere i ōna tohu. Ka pai pea etahi tamariki ki ngā akomanga iti ake, ki ngā kaupapa motuhake rānei.
Kāo, he rerekē katoa ēnei āhuatanga. Ko te schizophrenia kei roto ngā whakairoiro, ngā whakaaro teka, me te whakaaro kore whakarite, i te mea ko te mate maha o te tangata (e kiia nei inaianei ko te mate rereketanga o te tuakiri) kei roto ngā tuakiri motuhake maha.
Ko te whakapohehe te nuinga o te wā mai i ngā kiriata me ngā pāpāho e whakaatu he he ana i te schizophrenia. He mea nui kia whiwhi korero tika mai i ngā tohunga hauora, kaua mai i ngā puna whakangahau.
Ko te nuinga o ngā tamariki e pangia ana e te schizophrenia e hiahia ana ki te maimoatanga roa, e haere tonu ana ki te pakeketanga. Heoi, ka taea te whakarite i te maimoatanga i runga i te wā i te mea ka huri ngā tohu, ka whakawhanaketia e tō tamaiti ngā pūkenga whakahaere pai ake.
Ko te roa me te kaha o te maimoatanga e whakawhirinaki ana ki te whakautu takitahi o tō tamaiti me te kaha o ngā tohu. Ka taea e ētahi tāngata te whakaiti i ō rātou rongoā, i te auau rongoā rānei i te wā e pupuri ana i te mana o ngā tohu.
Whakamāramahia te schizophrenia i ngā kupu e tika ana mō te tau, me te whakamahi i te āhuatanga hauora penei i te mate huka, i te mate huango rānei. Kia mōhio rātou ehara tō rātou teina i te whiriwhiri ki te whāiti i te whāinga, ā, ko ngā tohu e puta mai ana i te mate.
Whakatenatena ngā pūrongo me te whakarato tautoko tonu. Whakaarohia te whakaora whānau, i ngā rōpū tautoko mō ngā teina hei āwhina i a rātou ki te mōhio me te whakahaere i ngā huringa i roto i ngā mahi whānau.
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