Te rongoā mō ngā tamariki me ngā whaea he wāhanga kē ki roto i te ao o ngā rongoā, e whakatika ana ki ngā huringa āhuarangi me ngā huringa pai o ngā taonga e whakamahi ana ngā tamariki me ngā whaea. Kei roto i tēnei kāwai kei reira ngā kākahu tamariki, ngā pēpihi, me ngā taonga kai, ko ngā taonga whakanui whaea hoki pērā i ngā kākahu whakauru kai me ngā kākahu whaea. Me whai mana nui anō te rongoā i whakamahia hei tuhituhi i runga i ēnei taonga, kāo kāo kia pai te tirohanga, engari ka whai ake te nuinga, kia ora me te iti. Ka timata te whakaputa i te rongoā mō ngā tamariki me ngā whaea i te tohu i ngā rawa matua kia ora ai, kāore i te noho whakawara. E whakatakotoria ana ngā pūngao i te pai o ō rātou purenga me te kore puta whara, kia kore ai e whakatūria nei he mate ki te kiri tinana rānei, ki te hauora rānei o ngā whakamahi. He nui te mahi a ngā pūnaha kia tae ki te whakapakari i te hononga ki ngā papa katoa. Kua hangaia hei whakatū i tētahi hononga tūpū kāore i te whakapāwheraitia i ngā waewae rānei, i ngā raruraru ā-kiri tinana. Mā ngā pūnaha kē e whai ana, ka taea te whakapakari i ngā taonga kua tuhituhia hei whakaaturanga i te pai me te whakamahi. Ko ngā porowhāiti i tēnei rongoā ka whakatatūhaia kia taea te whakautu i te kotipu me te momona o te rongoā. Nō te mea ka pai ake te wai, ka whakahē kē te wai i ngā porowhāiti kē, ka whakaaro pai tonu, ka whai oranga tonu i a ia i te whenua i tēnā i tēnā porowhāiti. Ka whakauru ngā whakatūhanga hei whakapai i ēnei āhuatanga o te rongoā, pērā i te kohikohinga, e hiahia ana kia kore ai te rongoā i te mōhio, i te wehe i te wā o te horoi. Heoi, ko ngā whakatūhanga anake e pai ana mō ngā tamariki me ngā whaea ka whakauru ki te hanga. Ko ngā hangaunga rongoā mō ngā tamariki me ngā whaea ka whai hokinga hoki ki te whakatika i ngā ture haere-tahi ā-īwi me ngā ture haere-tahi. Ka whakamātauia ēnei rongoā i ēnei atu āhuatanga, pērā i te mate, te take whakapāwheraitanga ki te kiri tinana, me te whakapakari i ngā huinga whiu, hei whakamana i te ture. Ki te whai ake te mōhio o ngā kaiwhakamahi i te nui o te hiranga o te tiaki i ngā taonga mō ngā tamariki me ngā whaea, ka whai ake hoki te hiahia mō te rongoā pai, pai, mō ēnei taonga, ka whakamotuhia te huarahi me te rangahau hei hanga i ēnei rongoā pai, pai.