1. He aha te moenga rā?
Ko te moenga rā (e kiia ana hoki ko te moenga tanning, ko te solarium rānei) he taputapu e whakamahi ana i ngā rama UV hei whakaputa i te mārama ultraviolet horihori, kia rite ai te āhua o te kiri ki te kiri e whiti ana ki te rā.
2. He pēhea te mahi a ngā moenga rā?
Ka tukuna e ngā moenga rā ngā hihi UVA me UVB e whakaoho ana i te hanga melanin i roto i te kiri, ka hanga he tae kiri pouri.
3. He haumaru te whakamahi i ngā moenga rā?
Mā te whakamahi pinepine i ngā moenga rā ka piki ake te mōrearea o te kino o te kiri, te koroheketanga wawe, me te mate pukupuku kiri. He mea nui te whakaōrite me ngā mahi tiaki.
4. Kia pēhea te roa o te wā e tika ana kia noho ki te moenga rā?
Ko te nuinga o ngā wā ka roa5–15 meneti, i runga i te momo kiri, ngā whāinga mō te kiri parauri, me te tauira o te moenga rā. Me tīmata ngā tīmatanga me ngā wā poto ake.
5. E hia ngā wā e hiahiatia ana mō te kiri parauri?
I te nuinga o te wā,3–6 ngā wātūi roto i ngā wiki e rua ka hangaia he kiri parauri taketake. 1–2 ngā wā tiaki e hiahiatia ana i ia wiki.
6. Me mau kakahu tiaki kanohi ahau i roto i te moenga rā?
Ae. Ka taea e te mārama UV te kino i ō kanohi, nō reira me mau he mōhiti tiaki mō ia wā.
7. Ka taea e ngā moenga rā te āwhina i te whakaputanga huaora D?
Ae, ka taea e te pānga o te UVB te whakanui ake i te huaora D, engari he nui ake ngā mōrearea i ngā painga. Ko ētahi atu huarahi haumaru ko ngā tāpiringa me te hihi o te rā māori.
8. Ko wai me karo i ngā moenga rā?
Ko te hunga he kiri mā, he kiri tairongo rānei, he hītori o te mate pukupuku kiri, ko te hunga rānei e tango ana i ngā rongoā tairongo-ata, me karo i te whakamahi i ngā moenga rā.
9. He aha te rerekētanga i waenga i ngā moenga rā whakapae me ngā moenga rā tū?
Mā ngā moenga whakapae ka taea e ngā kaiwhakamahi te takoto, engari mā ngā moenga tū ka taea te hipoki i te tinana kia ōrite, kia poto ake hoki ngā wā takoto. Kei te whakamarie me te watea te kōwhiringa.
10. He rerekē anō ngā moenga rā hei whakakapi mō te moe rā?
Āe. Kei roto i ngā kōwhiringate rehu whakatā kiri, ngā hinu whakatā kiri-ake, me ngā hua whakapara, e whakarato ana i te āhua parauri me te kore e pāngia e te hihi UV.