He tūāpapa nui te Canton Fair mō te hokohoko me te whakatuwheratanga o Haina, ā, he hongere nui hoki mō ngā umanga Haina ki te tūhura i te mākete o te ao. He huihuinga hokohoko o te ao whānui tēnei me te hītori roa rawa atu, te taumata teitei rawa atu, te tauine nui rawa atu, te momo taonga maha rawa atu, te maha nui rawa atu o ngā kaihoko, te tohatoha whānui rawa atu o ngā whenua me ngā rohe, me te pānga tauwhitinga pai rawa atu i Haina, ā, e mōhiotia ana ko "Te Whakaaturanga Tuatahi o Haina". Hei te 15 o Oketopa o tēnei tau, ka whakatuwheratia te 132 o ngā Canton Fair i runga ipurangi, e 16 ngā kāwai taonga, e 50 ngā wāhi whakaaturanga, e 6 ngā kaupapa whakaaturanga kawemai, e tohatohahia ana i roto i te 50 ngā wāhi whakaaturanga. Ka haere tonu te Canton Fair ipurangi ki te whakahaere i ngā mahi tukutahi me te 132 ngā wāhi whakamātautau whānui mō te hokohoko ipurangi whakawhiti-rohe me te 5 ngā tūāpapa hokohoko ipurangi whakawhiti-rohe.
E iwa tau karapīpiti te roa o te haere a taku kamupene ki te whakaaturanga Canton, mai i te tau 2014, ā, he maha ngā kiritaki i tūtaki mātou, ā, i whakatūria he whanaungatanga hoa mō te wā roa, kua neke haere tā mātou raina hua mai i te papa tapahi kotahi ki ngā momo kāwai maha atu pērā i te huinga papa tiihi, te pereti piza, te kaiwhakahaere pouaka taputapu, te whata waina me te kapu, te paepae ratonga, te ipu taro, te pouaka tī, te pouaka kaukau me ngā taputapu.
Ia Canton Fair, ka whakarewahia tonutia e mātou ngā hua hou e ai ki te hiahia o te mākete, ā, i te wā anō, ka kōrero mātou ki ngā kiritaki hou me ngā kiritaki tawhito ki te matapaki i te au o nāianei me te pēhea te mahi tahi me ngā kiritaki ki te whakatairanga i ngā hua hou i te mākete, kātahi ka whakatikatikahia, ka whakapaitia hoki te hoahoa, te takai me te hanga hua. Nō reira, he tūāpapa tuimotu tino nui hoki te Canton Fair mō mātou ki te kōrero kanohi ki te kanohi ki ngā manuhiri.
Ka whai wāhi tonu tā mātou kamupene ki te Canton Fair ipurangi, ka whakaatuhia e mātou he maha o ngā hua kīhini whare rakau bamboo, ka manaaki i ngā kiritaki mai i te ao katoa ki te toro me te whiriwhiri.
Wā tuku: Whiringa-ā-rangi-02-2022