He aha i ahau e pai sē ai tētahi nui matua nā tēnei te mea hēmi i te whai hua, ā, nā tēnei e mahi ai te waea o te oranga. He pūtahi nui noa ngā kōwhaiwhai matua nei e hoki ana i ngā mea maha e whakamahia nei e mātou. Ka taea tēnei whare taonga whēia ki waenganui i ngā āhuatanga huarere katoa, ā, ka tiaki i ā mātou taonga i te para.
He whare ahaanga te whare taonga ki te noho i roto i ēnei mea e rahi ana. Ka taea e koe te whakarāpopoto i ngā whakahuwhātanga o te pā harakeke, pērā i ngā hani, ngā rakau whakaputu me ngā waka wai. Ka taea hoki e koe te whakapakoko i ngā whakahuwhātanga māmuatanga, pērā i ngā pōro, ngā rīpe me ngā karaehe ki reira. I te wā e kāore e haere ana ngā papa ki runga i a rātou, ka taea e koe te whakarāpopoto i ngā papa i roto i te whare taonga matua. E pai rawa ana he whare iti mo ngā mea nui ake a koe, e tiaki ana i te katoa hei mea kīwaha, hei mea rangona!
He whanau pai rawa ngā whare matua. Ki te haurua te hau ki runga, ki te ua te ua, kaore rātou e mawehea nei. Kaore te ua, kaore te hukapapa, kaore hoki te ra whetū i te tuhituhi i a rātou. Ka tae atu ki ngā peke me ngā kararehe iti, pērā i ngā kiore, ka kitea rātou, ka mahi rātou he mate. Ko tēnā ka tiakina e rātou ngā poroporoaki, ngā whakahuwhātanga, me ēnei mea taketake kē, hei mea kīwaha, hei mea rangona i a koutou.
Kei te mohio he nui rawa atu ngā huarahi whakamīharo me ngā huarahi tōmua kia whakamahi i tōu whare matua. I te mutunga i a koe e whakanuia ana i waho, ka taea e koe te whakauru i ngā rautaki pūtakea ki roto. Ki te kore e hau te ua, ka taea e koe te whakarite i tō whakapapa ki reira kia kaua e mārō. I te makariri, ka āke mai ngā kaiwhakatū me ngā paepae tuawhenua o waho, ā, ki te kore e hiahia ana koe ki te whakamahi, ka taea e koe te whakahoki i aua mahi ki roto kia kaua e whakarerekētia. Nō reira, kei ētahi atu, ka whakatūhia ngā whare matua hei nohonga whakamātau mō ngā tamariki rānei, hei take whakairo rānei mō ngā mahi.
Kāore ngā whare matua hei whakawehea rawa i te moni, ko tēnā he pai mo ngā whānau. He wāhi iti noa iho te whakariterite, nā reira kāore koe e hiahiatia nei hei tohunga hanga. Ka taea e koe te whakatupu i aua wāhi pūmau nā runga i ngā hiahia koutou, pērā i te whai pūngao rānei, i te whakatūhia he momo kaiwhakatūkura rere rānei. Nā reira, ka taea e koe te whakariterite i tō marae kai, me ō koutou taonga katoa, kia noho pai ai, kia kitea ai ia rara nei.