ngā kōhatu ataahua mō te māra
Ko ngā kōhatu mārie mō te māra he huarahi hou, he whakapua pakuare ki te whakamārama i ngā wāhi waho i te ao tūroa. Ko ēnei kaupapa taunaha he kōhatu motuhake i hangaia kia koha i te auroa i te rā, ka whakaputa ai i tētahi mārie mārie, he mauiui kaupua i te pō. I hangaia mai i ngā matapae photoluminescent kounga teitei, ka taea e ēnei kōhatu te penapena i te nergi rā anuanu ki te 12 haora, ka tuku mārama tonu i te pō. E wātea ana ngā kōhatu i ngā rahi, āhua, me ngā tae rereke, ka taea ai te whakamahi i ngā tikanga maha mō te tūhuratanga māra. He katoa anō ngā kōhatu e kore e kino ki te taiao, kāore he hiahia ki te hiko, kāore hoki he rekoata, nō reira he kōwhiringa toitū mō te whakapaipai māra. He kōhatu pakari ki te pouri, i hoahoa kia tino pakari ki ngā tikanga taiao rereke, tae atu ki te ua, ki te hukapapa, me ngā hikoinga rereke. Kei te roa ngā īnanga phosphorescent, e mau ana te mahi mō ētahi tau. Ka taea te whakamahi i ēnei kōhatu whakamārama hei waihanga i ngā tohu ara, hei whakamārama i ngā tapa māra, hei whakakī i ngā āhua wai, i te whakapakoko rānei i ngā māra kōhatu. He kore mamae te matapae, he haumaru hoki mō te whakamahi tata ki ngā tamariki, ki ngā kararehe hoki, nō reira he pai rawa mō ngā māra whānau.