Te Rā Kaukau Wera ā-Motu o te UK me te Rā Kaukau o Āperira
I a te umanga whakangahau mākū o te UK e whakarite ana mō ngā huihuinga whakahihiri e rua, te Rā Kaukau Wera ā-Motu i te 28 o Poutū-te-rangi me te Rā Kaukau i te 1 o Paenga-whāwhā, he wāhi pai tēnei mō ngā tohunga o te umanga ki te whakaatu i ā rātou hua me ā rātou ratonga me te whakanui anō i ngā painga hauora me te oranga ki ngā kaihoko.
E rua ngā rā hei whakamārama i ngā painga o ngā puna kaukau me ngā wāhi mirimiri
Ko te Rā Kaukau Wera ā-Motu (Maehe 28) e whakanui ana i te harikoa me te whakangā e kawea mai ana e ngā kaukau wera ki te tini o ngā tāngata e aroha ana ki te motu. Mai i te whakangā takitahi ki ngā huihuinga oraora me te hunga e arohaina ana, ka koa ngā kaipupuri kaukau wera ki ō rātou 'Wā-Me' me ngā wheako hapori. E whakaatu ana tēnei rā i ngā wāhi okiokinga marino e tukuna ana e ngā kaukau wera, ā, e whakanui ana i tō rātou rongonui e piki haere ana hei whakapai ake i te oranga.
E ai ki te British and Irish Spa and Hot Tub Association (BISHTA), e whakamanamana ana te UK ki te neke atu i te 330,000 ngā kaukau wera pakari me ngā wāhi whakakori tinana, ā, e 800,000 atu ngā wāhi mō ngā wāhi pupuhi. Kei te tipu haere tonu te mākete, e whakaata ana i te whānui ake o te urunga atu ki tua atu i ngā mākete papai tuku iho.
Mō ngā kamupene e hiahia ana ki te whai hua i te Rā Kaukau Wera ā-Motu, ko te whakatairanga i ngā painga kanorau o te whakamahi i te kaukau wera – mai i te mirimiri wai whakaora ki te hononga pāpori – ka tino pārekareka ki ngā kaihoko e hiahia ana ki te whakapai ake i ngā taiao o ō rātou kāinga.
Ko te Rā Kaukau o Āperira (1 o Āperira), e arahina ana e te Swimming Pool and Allied Trades Association (SPATA), e whakanui ana i ngā painga maha o te pupuri i tētahi puna kaukau mō ngā kāinga. Mai i te oranga tinana ki te ngahau whānau, he maha ngā kōwhiringa o ngā puna kaukau e tutuki ai ngā tahua me ngā hiahia o te noho.
E kī ana a SPATA kei te UK neke atu i te 273,000 ngā puna kaukau noho i roto i te whenua, me te tata ki te 3,000 ngā whakaurunga hou i ia tau, e whakaatu ana i te tipu me te kanorau i roto i te rāngai puna kaukau ā-rohe. Mena kei te hiahia koe ki te hoko i tētahi kaukau kiriaku, whakapā mai ki a mātou – FSPA!