Ngā Tae Manu he huarahi hihiri, whakamere hoki mō ngā tamariki kōhungahunga ki te ako i ngā tae.

“He koroua nōku tekau mā rima ngā mokopuna, ā, kua pānui au i te maha o ngā pukapuka tae mō ngā pēpi me ngā tamariki nohinohi. He maha i kitea e au he kore hihiri—kaore e taea e ngā pikitia kārikihua te whakaatu i te hōhonu o te ao huri noa i a tātou. I hiahia au ki tētahi mea kē atu, tētahi mea ka whakaata pono i te ātaahua o te tae i roto i te taiao.”

I taua wā ka kite au i te pukapuka Histoire Naturelle des Perroquets nā François Levaillant. Ko ngā pikitia whakamīharo, i hangaia i raro i te tohutohu a Bouquet, he Ahorangi Toi i te Prytanée o Parī i te tīmatanga o te rau tau 1800, he mea rerekē rawa atu i ōku kitenga o mua. Ko ēnei whakaaturanga mātāmua, tū āhua, kī tonu i ngā tae māori, he taonga tino pai hei whakaako i ngā tamariki i ngā ingoa o ngā tae i runga anō i te huarahi mātauranga, whakamīharo hoki.”

Mā te Ngā Tae Manu, ka haere ngā tamariki i tētahi haerenga i waenga i ngā atarangi kanapa o te taiao, ka noho te ako hei wheako harikoa, kī tonu i te wairua.