Mena he mea ke kaore e hiahiatia ana e te ao, he hoahoa pounamu wai ano ka taea te whakamahi. I waenga i nga kaupapa autaia e kore nei e tere haere mo te horoi ki era e whakauru ana ki te whakakiu rēmana rimurapa, kaore ano kia whitikia e te taangata he wai hei whakauru i te wai ki roto i te waha penei i enei. Ae ra, mihi ki a Kickstarter, kei a maatau tetahi hoahoa pounamu wai hei taapiri ki tenei raarangi ... engari kei te rere tetahi o nga rangatira hou me nga mea hou o nga hoahoa hou me te hiahia ki te whakahou i tetahi tikanga tuku iho… me te hoahoa tuatahi.
Ko te NeoGourd, i hoahoahia e te kaipakihi rangatahi a Joseph Derris Polite, i whakaaweawe mai i nga tini hitori o te kura i a ia e haere ana i te kaareti me te panui tonu i nga hue hei momo ipu inu.
Nā te mea kua angitu te pūtea tautoko i runga i a Kickstarter, i tūtaki mātou ki a Hohepa ki te pātai atu i ētahi atu pātai me te tiki kōrero mō te hoahoa i tētahi pounamu wai "hou-tawhito".
SS: Ehara tēnei i te pounamu wai kirihou noa iho i hangaia i te momo Nalgene… ā, ehara koe i te kaihoahoa hua ngaio. Nō reira, he aha te kōrero mō te NeoGourd Joseph, ā, nō hea mai?
JP: I tīmata taku whakaaro ki te NeoGourd i ahau e tamariki ana. Heoi, i ngā rā tata nei, i noho tahi māua ko ētahi o ōku hoa whare wānanga i taku whare noho i Hawai'i, ā, ka puta mai he pānuitanga pouaka whakaata mō tētahi pounamu wai rino kore waikura porotaka, tata ki te $20 te utu. I tino kī atu ahau ka taea e au te hoahoa i tētahi mea pai ake i tērā. Nā aua kupu, i werohia ahau e aku hoa – kāore i tukua kia mawhiti – kia whakamatau. Whai muri i te tuhi, te whakamāori, te whakanoho ki roto i tētahi mea uku, ā, i te mutunga ka hangaia hei tauira whakarewa, ko te NeoGourd, taku moemoeā tamariki, kua tae mai ki konei hei pārekareka mā te katoa.
SS: Mō te hanganga, he aha ngā mahi auaha matua?
JP: I whakamahia e mātou tētahi tukanga whakahānga ahurei e taea ai te hanga i te pounamu mai i te kowiri tira – he mea nui tēnei mai i te tirohanga rauemi mō tā mātou e hiahia ana kia mau tonu te hoahoa pakari me te ergonomic.
SS: He aha te wero nui rawa atu i te whakawhanaketanga o te Neogourd?
JP: Ko te wero nui ko te kimi i tētahi kaihanga e ngana ana ki te hanga i te pokepokea ai māku. Inaa, i roto i ngā kaihanga katoa e hiahia ana ki te mahi OEM, kotahi anake i whai wāhi ki te ngana ki te mahi tahi me ahau i taua wā.
SS: Ā, me pēhea te whakaaro mō te Neogourd?
JP: I ahu mai te hoahoa i aku kōrero hītori onamata me ngā momo anime, ngā mahi toi whawhai me ngā ahurea onamata. I a au e tamariki ana, e maumahara ana ahau ki te mātakitaki i a Jackie Chan i roto i te kiriata Drunken Master e inu ana i te hue. He maha hoki ngā tohutoro mō ngā hoahoa hue rite mai i te ao katoa i roto i aku akoranga hītori onamata i te kāreti.
SS: Ka taea e koe te tuku mai i ngā taipitopito e pā ana ki te pūmanawa, ngā taputapu mīhini/whakatauira, he aha ngā momo tātuhi/tauira/tauira i hangaia, he aha ngā momo wero i pā ki a koe?
JP: I whakamahia e au a AutoCAD hei tuhi matihiko, ā, he maha ngā tuhi hiko me ngā tuhi tā i awehia e aua tuhi. Hei kaihoahoa hua hou, he maha ngā wero i pā ki ahau ko te kaha ki te hanga i tētahi hua tūturu, kaua ki te hanga i ngā tauira. Ahakoa nā aku kaihanga, ahakoa pēhea, i taea e au te hanga i aku pounamu.
Ka tīmata te utu mō te pounamu wai NeoGourd i te $18 i runga i te Kickstarter.
