Te hanga i pūnaha tītoko he mea nui — kua whaiherea rātou hei whakamahi mō ngā whakatū whare nui me ngā whakatū whare i te ao. Kua werohia rātou i tērā wā hei mea kē, nā te hunga mahi rātou i te whakangungu i te hunga whakatū i te whenua. Kōrerorero nei te tuhinga i ngā whare whakaputiputi, i te whanonga rātau, me te nuinga o ngā whare. Ki te tuhinga nei, ka tirohia ko wai rātau, ko tēhea ngā rautaki, ngā pūtake hiranga o te whakamahi, me ngā painga i te hanga whare porihanga, te whakatika ēnei, me te whaimana i te tikanga whakarite ki ngā hiahia motuhake.
He whare rārangi pūtonga tēnei, he mīhini whakauru e kī nei e whai ake ana i te whiu me te pai. Nō reira, kei te hanga i ngā rākau toko i te whiu, he momo rākau matua nui e āhei ana ki te hoki i te nui o ngā taumata. Ko te rārangi matua e whakaheke nei i ngā pū (pou) e hono ana ki ngā kīwī horihori. E ai ki a rātou, ka hanga i te wāhi nui o te rākau hei whare. Hei tēnei wāhi, ko te tuunga o runga ko te pūtonga, e āwhina ana ki te whakawehewe i ngā whatu katoa ki runga i te whare. He mea nui tēnei hanga, nā tēnei ka noho haumaru te whare (āhea atu i te pūpuke rānei, he nui rawa te taumata), ka mutu i tēnei kaore e kore e hinga.
Ko te hanga porihita te wā e ai ki kainga whakamahere āniwaniwa e pai ana ki te whakatū i ngā wā katoa, nō reira ka taea e ngā mahi kē te whakapuaki i a rātou i runga i te maha o ngā wā. E hiahiatia ana tērā e ngā kaimahi kia tae atu ki te hanga i aua kainga me te mōhiohia he iti i te moni e whai ake nei, ā, ka whakamāhorahia ngā take me te whakatū mai i ngā kaupapa haere tonu. Nā te mea hoki e tino rangatira ana ēnei kainga ki te whakaaroaro i ngā mohiotanga nui e hiahiatia ana hei whakamahere moana mō ngā kaupapa nui, kei reira e maha ana ngā mahi.
Ka taea noa te whakarerekētanga rānei, te whakatūhuratanga ki ngā hiahia o ngā rōpū whenua matihiko me ngā hiahia o ngā pakihi kē. Nā tēnei ka taea e ngā kōmiti te whare e pai ana mō rātou, ko tēnēi he mea nui kia whiwhi i te kairongo. Hei tauira, e hia te whare horoi ka hiahia ki ngā wāhi whai painga nui hei whakaatu i ngā mahi, nā runga i tērā ka āhei te whare hanga hei wāhi whakamahi māngai. Nā tēnei hoki ko te take i te kī ai mō te nuinga o ngā pakihi e kōwhirina ana i ngā whare portal frame, nā te mea ka taea te whakarerekētanga ki ngā hiahia e rereke nei.
Kua kī nei mātau he pai ngā whariki pōti i te whare iti i te taiepa. Nō reira, mā te rahi o rātou, e tē tuhi ana i a rātou hei whare iti i te taiepa, ka whakamahia noa iho ki ngā wāhi tūruroa, ngā whare hanga, he mea hoki ngā reta. Ko ngā hoahoa iti i āhua noa ai mō ngā whariki whakatūhanga, kei reira he take matua mō ngā whare nei, nā te mea he toru ngā mahi whakatū, ko ia anō he rangatira i te whiuwhiu. Ki te tū ake ngā whare i te toru, ka whai wā ka whai manaaki, ka whai whakamahi i te wā, hei paunga i ngā urupa me te hapori.
Ko te hunga pūtaiao whariki he wāhanga nui i te hanga whare e tiakina ana te waihotanga. Nā reira, ko ēnei whare e hanga ana kia iti ai te waihotanga, kia iti ai te mate ki te ao. Ko tēnei he mea nui tōnū i te ao o tēnei rā, nā te mea me whakaiti i a Papatūānuku. He mea nui ake hoki te waihotanga i runga i ngā whenua whakamahana e tiaki ana i te waihotanga. Ko ēnei whenua whakamahana e āhei ana ki te whare kia mahana i te takurua, kia marino i te tūrahu, ka tiakina ngā moni whakamahana me ngā moni whakamahana.
Hei tauira, ki te hiahia he whakahaere nui ake i te horopaki o tō rautaki whakamahere, ka taea te whakatika i tēnā rautaki kia whai wāhi ake. Engari ki te hiahia tētahi kāinga kia maha ngā matapihi me te marama tuatahi, ka taea hoki te whakatū whare i tēnei āhuatanga. Ko tenei tīma o te whakatūhia he pai mo ngā kāinga e hiahia ana kia waihangatia he taiao taketake e tukua ana i ō rātou hiahia.