Tētahi nui o ngā paunga nui o whare poutoa kua hanga mua he tino rangatiratanga tōna i te whakatau i ngā mate whenua, pērā i te puwerewere, te huruhuru rānei. Nui ngā raengrae ariki, ā, ka taea te whakarite i ngā hau nui me te kore kitea i te pūnaha. Ko tēnei he tohutohu i te mea ka kore ngā whare i hanga i ngā raengrae ariki i te whakakore i ngā mate i runga i ēnei take. Ka taea hoki e rātau te whakaheke i te ahi me te kore mokowāhi, e hīkohiko ana tēnei hei whakaiti moni mō te tangata kāinga i runga i ngā tūmomo whakahokia.
Āhei atu tētahi o ngā paihikara matatika whakaruruhau mō te hanga rākau pūmau, kia noa iho hoki te utu. E ai ki te nuinga, he mea nui rawa tēnei mo ngā whānau kāinga hei whakamana i te bujeti. Ngaro ingoa ā-matua, he paraehe ngā rākau pūmau, ahakoa iti ngā wā e mahi, e hīkaro, me te tūtohunga, tērā e whai take anō i te wā e utu ai ngā mahi ahuatanga me te tāutuutu. Ka ora ai ngā whānau kāinga i te utu i runga i te hanganga tuatahi, ā, i waenga i ngā wā e tirotiro ana i ō rātou kāinga.
Ki te ao hanganga o tenei rā, he whakaiti tonu koe i te taiao. Te whakamahi i whare rori poutoa he kohinga tēnei, he whakamahere whare mō te tiaki i te waiū, e whai ake nei i tētahi momo, hei whakamātau i ngā iwi ki tētahi huarahi mōhio whakaiti hei hanga whare. Nō te whakawhanake o ngā rara kei te hanga i ngā rauemi whaiwhai anō, nā reira he pai ake tēnei tonu hei whakaaturanga mō te taiao. Ka whai ake hoki tēnei i te whakaiti i ngā rerekē me ngā pūmau pūngao, he mea ka hiahia tātou katoa ki te whiwhi ai i te pai ake mō ā mātou whenua.
He mea atu enei mahi ki ngā whare rara kei roto i ngā takutaku e whakamahia ana ki runga i ngā tohu me ngā tuarongo. Kei te whakaiti ia i te nui o te hā oneone kaiwhakatetonga i te wā o te tau kaiwhakatetonga, me ngā wehi o waho i ērā wā. Ki te hiahia koe ki te whakamahi mōhio — ko wai e kore nei?— ka taea e koe te whakaiti i ngā moni mō ngā pūnaha whakawehi me ngā pūnaha whakamahana hei tangata whenua. Ka whakaiti hoki i te nui o ngā hā oneone whakapapa kaiwhakamahi e te tangata whenua, e mōhiotia ana hei whatunga pūngao, ka taea te whakamahi iti rawa i te waiū.
Kei te whai take te hanga kākano i roto i ngā rā, me ngā take pai ake hoki e roa atu i ēnei o mātou i kitea ai i tēnei wā. Heoi anō, he tohunga hoki, he mahi moni hoki, me te whakapapa ki te taiao. I whakahaere mātau i te katoa: Ko te nui o ngā kaiwhakaawe nei ka hiahia kia hanga whare kahurangi i roto i ngā momo whakahaere pūmau. Ko tēnei te momo whakahaere e whakamahi ana ngā tangata whenua i ēnei rā, kāore i te mohio he mea nui te whakahaere kākano āhua mīhini, inaianei ko ngā rautaki nui e pā ana ki ngā painga o te whakahaere kākano āhua mīhini i whakatupu mai i roto i ia motu.
Ka taea hoki te whakatika i ngā kākano whakahaere āhua mīhini, mea nui nei ko te take i te pupuri iho nei i te nohoanga pai. Noho pai rawa mō ngā wharenga e hiahia ana kia uara tonu te whare i a rātou. Ka taea te whakatika i ngā kākano āhua mīhini hei whakarite i ngā momo hanga me ngā hoahoa katoa, ahakoa moderni, ahakoa pakiwaitara, rānei. Ko tēnei whanaungatanga, hei whakamārama pea, ko te whakawhanake i te hunga wharenga kia hanga whare e pai ana ki a rātou me ō rātou hiahia.
Kei raro nei ētahi hekenga hanga e whakarerekē ana te whiuwhiu i roto i ngā mahere hanga kāinga mō te ao hanga ki te tuku mai i tētahi ara matua, pūtake moni, me te hokinga anamata hei hanga whare. He kaupapa whakapai noa iho nei i te ao, ā, he tētehi o ngā momo hanga e utu ai i ngā waipiro taiao i waenganui i ngā tikanga hanga matua. Ki te whakamahia ngā raengrae ariki, ka whakauruhia e ngā hangaanga ngā momo kaiarahi anamata me ngā take tipu hoki hei hanga.