He tino whakamana te kāinga matua mō ngā tangata whenua. He nui rawa atu te whanake me te rangatira rātou, nō reira i waihanga mai i te pūnaha matua. Ka tiaki tēnei pūnaha matua i runga i te ahi, i ngā peke, ā, i ngā mea hoko rānei i te whare noa. Upoko roa Kāore anō he mea nui rawa te pai o ngā whare matua nei i te roa o te wā mahi. Nā reira, ka pai te whakaaro ki te whare matua mō tō whare hei whai hua māku e kore e hiahaia anō i muri i ēnei tau.
He maha ngā pūtake whai kaha o ngā whare mīhini mō te tangata whenua. He tētahi, e taea ana ēnei whare tuhituhi iho mo ngā tekau tau ki mua i te hiahia ki te mahi nui tonu rānei ki te whakatika ki te hanga anō. Ki te ita nei, ka noho koe i te moni iti i runga i te rohe nui ake, nā te mea kaore koe e hiahia ana ki te whakapakari moni nui hei whakatika i ngā hainuku i muri iho. Tuarua, he paihere nui te waihotanga o ngā whare mīhini. E ai ki tēnā, ka taea e koe te utu iti ake i runga i ō uinga waihotanga mō ia marama. Nō reira, e whai take ana ngā tāra e whai ake nei i te waihotanga! He wāhi hē ki te tirotiro ngā whariki mīhini. Ko tēnā he kino nui ake te whakamāharahara mō ngā tangata whenua nā te mea kaore koe e hiahia ana ki te whakapakari i te tiaki me ngā whakatika.
Ki te whakaaro koe i te hanga i tō whare mōna, whakaaro ki te mete. Ko te mete he rauemi nui rawa, e hīnā ana i ngā whakamahi tuatahi. Ka taea e koe te whakaatu i ngā momo āhuatanga me ngā hoahoa e pai ana i a koe. Ki te hunga mai ki ngā pūtake whare, ko ngā pūtake mete e tukuna nei i tētahi āhua hou, e hāngai ana ki tō wāhi, nō reira ka kitea he mea kē i ngā wā o mua. Nā, ko ngā whare mete he nui te rangatiratanga. Ko tēnei i tenei e taea ai e rātau te tahuri i ngā āhuatanga hāpai kino (uha roa, hau nui) kia tuwhera ai te whanau koutou.
He maha ngā huarahi i te wehewehe ai ngā whare matua ki te whakamahinga i te kaupapa hanga whare. Kia tiakina ngā wā, ā, kia whakaiti hoki ngā raru e taea ana i te whakamahi i ngā take hanga konui. Ka hanga mua ngā whare matua i te whare pūkaha, ā, ka maranga noa rātou ki te whenua. Ko tēnā e ahu nei i te mea ka pau atu te kaupapa hanga i runga i ngā take whakatupuranga. Ka whakaiti he wiki, he marama i roto i te wā hanga, ka hurihia he waatea nui o ngā wā me ngā moni ka tiakina, kia ea ai te katoa o te kaupapa i runga i te pai me te iti raweke.
He mea tika hoki ngā whare mīhini i te taiao. Nō te wā o nāianei, he mōhio ki ngā kaiwhānau whare kia pai rawa i te tiaki i te ao huri noa, ā, e pai ana ngā whare mīhini hei whakamana i tēnei hiahia. He pūmau te mīhini ki te whakahoki, kātahi ka taea e ia te whakaarotia anō anō, kaua e rite ki te rereke. Ko tēnei he pai mō te whenua. Engari kei reira hoki ngā whare nei hei whakaiti i ngā whatunga o te huringa āhuarangi, kia puta mai i a koe te hokohoko i ngā whatunga, me te iti i te tohe ā-huringa o koe. Ko tēnei e whakaatu ana ko koe e mahi ana i runga i tō koutou hiahia ki te tiaki i te Papatūānuku, ā, e whiwhi ana i ngā painga o ngā whare mīhini.
Ā, nā tōna momo whakairo, he pai rawa hoki ngā whare mīhini i te whakaaetanga o te hoahoa me te whakahaere. Ka taea te whakatūpato ki ngā hiahia me ngā whakaaro ā-waho o koe. Ka taea e koe te hoahoa i tētahi whare e kitea ana e koe hei whare. He take atu anō i te mea he nui ngā whare mīhini i te pupuri i te āhua ataata me te āhua ahurea o nāianei, ka taea e rātau te whakauru i roto i ngā āhuatanga rerekē rānei, ā, ka taea te whakatupu i ngā whare mīhini hei tae atu ki ngā mea e hiahiatia ana e koe, nāianei rite tonu rānei, nāianei whakapiri tonu rānei.