He nui ake te whanonga o ngā whare meko ki te raweke i te whakamārama, he nui ake hoki te mana moana. He nui ngā tūtohu mō ēnei whare meko, ka taea te whakamahi i roto i ngā kāhui hanga, ngā whare pakihi hoki ko ngā whare noho anō hoki. Nā, kia akona tēnei tohutohu matihiko hei hanga i tō whare tinana meko i runga i te mahi pai o te tinana!
Tērā pea, e hiahae ana ki te mahere. Hangaia tētahi maakaupae mōkete hei kite i te āhua o te rautaki whare me ēngia ai he aha nga meko e hiahaetia nei. Muri i tēnā, whakatika i te wāhi hanga me te kawe moni haere atu, kia pai ai te tirohanga hei whakarite i tētahi matawhairohe kua taurite kia tūpato ai te hanga i te whare hou.
Ko te maha o ngā mahi tūranga i whakaritea ai te whenua, ka tae atu ki te mahi pūnaha e tiaki ana i ngā pou awhi me ngā kauwhata o te toki. Ko ngā rara nei ko ngā rara i whakapiri kēia ki te whiuwhiu āhua nui, ka whakapiri ki te pūnaha i muri iho. I te mea ka whakapiri kēia i te whiuwhiu, ka tīmata te whakauru o ngā takitahi me te kākano i hanga mai i ngā rara toki rānei, he kākano meteira rānei, nō reira ka taea te whakahē i ngā whakapae i te wā o te whakauru.
Ki te tīmata te hanga i te whare, kaua e haere i muri i te whakamahinga o ngā matawhenua me ngā pūtaka hei whakawhiwhi i te marama hiko rānei, me te ara whakauru ki roto i te whare, me te whakawehi i te hā o roto i te whare mō ngā ahoroa. He mea nui te whakamahi i ngā rauemi whakatakoto hā hei tiaki i te hā o roto i te whare mō ngā ahoroa katoa.
Kua ngaro ngā rā o mua i te wā e anga ana ngā whare ahu tōtara hei kēmu rite. Nei pea te mea nui kei runga i te whakamana nui ki te taumata o ētahi atu huringa ā-ao - mai i ngā huarere whānui, ngā puhipuhi whenua ki ngā ahi - he mea hoki nui te mahi mārika me te iti noa iho i ngā mahi whakahaere.
Āe anō hoki, ko te whare i roto i te ahu tōtara he mea iti rawa te whakarerekētanga, ka taea te whakatūpato mō koe i ēnei take e rerekē ana, inahea ko te tohu pūtake rahi rānei ko te kāhui iti iti rānei. Ka taea hoki te whakamahi mō ngā hanganga rauropi, whakawehi atu i te nui o ngā waahi tirotiro.
He mea nui anō hoki o te whakatū ahu tōtara, ko tōna uara moemoeā ki te ao taiao. Kia tiakina ai ngā momo whakamate me ngā taonga tahuhu whenua hoki, nā reira ko te ahu tōtara he mea ka taea te whakahokia. Ko ia hoki he mea whakaiti haere i te waihotanga, me te āwhina ki te whakapakari i ngā waahi i roto nei, me te tiakina i ngā moni whakamahana rānei, me te whakaheke i ngā pūmau hā oneone.