He tika tonu ngā whare pūtahi kōrero mō te tiaki i ōu rongoā, ōu tikanga me ēngaro taonga. E whai pūtake ana enei whare i te kōwhaiwhai kaha e taea ai te hoki haere i te wā. Inaianei ka kōrero tātou mō te aha ngā whare kōwhaiwhai he ara matua ki te tiaki i ōu mea, pēnei i te whakamahi pai o te wāhi, ngā pai o te whakamahi i ēnei whare me ngā whakaaro anō hoki i runga i ngā hiahia e hiahiatia ana i te whakamahi i ngā whare kōwhaiwhai e kitea nei i te paerewa, ā, ko ngā tohutohu hoki mō te whakamahi i ngā ratonga e mahi ana i te tiaki i ngā mea taketake.
Ki te kitea e koe he whare karoro hei whakaputu i o taonga, ka taea te mea ko te pai rawa kei roto i a ia ki te whai iho mo te wā e mohio ana, ā, kahore he mahinga. He take noaiho te whare karoro matua! I hangaia rātou ki te kaha hei whakamana i ngā huringa huarere e tukuna nei, pērā i te ua, te hukarere me ngā hau nui. E hīnāhina ana ia i ngā huringa i ēnei tau katoa, kāore i te whakatūmatawhiti. Nei anō, he wā e iti ana te tirotiro haere i te whakahaere, e hāngai ana ki te oranga matua o ngā whare karoro matua, kia kore ai koe i te kite i te kiriata o te rā e whati ana ki ngā turangawaewae o ō ngā hoa i runga i ōu rangi! He pai rawa rātou mō ēnei tangata e nui ana ngā whakaaro i roto i ō rātou hinengaro, kia kore ai te whai wā: taonga ki te whakaputu, kahore he mate.
He nui ngā mahi kē o ngā whare pūtahi matua i te mea ka taea e rātou tētahi hurihanga waihanga hei whakarite i ngā mea e hiahia ana koe ki te rokiroki. He nui ngā āhuatanga me ngā momo katoa hei whakamana i ngā hiahia whare kāwatawara rānei, whare pūtahi rānei mo to taiao māngere. Mēnā ka kite koe he nui ngā mea hei rokiroki, ka taea e koe te whakatakoto o ngā raparapa rānei me ngā pūtirotiro rānei me ētahi atu hangarau whakariterite ki runga i ō whare pūtahi matua. He pai rawa he huarahi ki te haere tonu i ngā whakariterite, ka mohio hoki koe i te wāhi nei o ō hokoī i te wa e tino hiahia ana koe ki a rātau. Tae atu ki tērā, ka taea e koe te whakaora i tō wā e tino nui ana, ā, he oranga hoki tō hīkoi.
Kei te Whiwhi i ngā Pūtake Nui ā-Rohe te whare Rorohiko, e taea ana te whakaū i ngā pūtake o era atu momo whare rorohiko. He mea nui ake hoki ngā whare rorohiko, hei tā kē he maha ngā wā e ora ana, e taea ana te noho. Kua hangaia ngā mea nei mo ngā momo huringa ā-huarahi katoa, ko te take kaore e manaaki i ngā mea e paku ana i te ua, heoi ano ka puta ki waho. Ko ngā whare rorohiko he iti noa iho ngā mahi paunahi me ngā mahi tirotiro, e mahi ake ana he whakaaetanga pai raweke i te moni, kaore hoki e whai ake i ōu wā. He mea nui tēnā i te mea kei te nui rawa koe i ngā mahi. Tērā pea, he maha ngā whare rorohiko i te whanonga, kei reira te hunga whakapae kia tae ki ōu hiahia whakamahere me ōu mōhiohio. Ka tūnoa te whakatau i te moni i runga i te whakatipuranga, kaore he mea e taea te whakatau ki te moni i roto i ngā whare rorohiko, nā te mea he whakaaetanga pai raweke i te moni mō koutou katoa e hiahia ana ki te whakamahi i tētahi whakamahere pai.
Kaore rawa, i te wa e whakatū ai koe i to whare matua ka whakaaro koe i a he aha ka whakamahi. Ko ia hei noho tonu mo te taonga rānei, he mea hoki tēnā ko te whakamahere nei i tēnei wāhi hei pūhanga; heoi anō pea — kei roto i ngā urupa o ūkaipō! He mōhio ki te take hei whakarite i ngā huatau me te rautaki o to whare toi. Me whakaaro hoki koe i ngā huringa ā-maratua o tō wāhi noho me ngā āhuatanga e taea ana e tō whare toi. Tētahi tauira mārama he mea ko te wā e noho ana koe i tētahi wāhi e mau ana i ngā herehere, me utu te takutai o tēnā whare kia pai ai ki te mana i runga i tēnā. Nā ēnei whakaaro ka aratoi koe ki te whiriwhiria i ngā momo e pai rawa ana hei hanga i tō whare toi.
Te paunga nui o ngā whare kōwhai he mea e taea ana te whakamahia hei whakangungu i ngā taonga. He whero, he rangatira ngā whare kōwhai, e noho ana he wāhi haumaru mō ngā hoko kāinga rēhita, ā, kāore i te tino whakapae kia taea te whakaeke i a ia. Nō reira, ka noho haumaru ngā mea katoa i roto i ngā whare kōwhai! Hei tātou hoki, kua hangaia ngā whare nei hei whakarite tonu ki te haumaru, ko te take i te kino me te tahū i runga i ngā mea katoa. Mēnā e hiahia ana koe ki te whai i te āheinga atu o te tiaki i ngā taonga, ka taea te whakarite i tētahi pūoro nui ki te whare, arā, tētahi pūmanawa haumaru. Ko tēnei āhuatanga ka taea e koe te whakaawe i tō hauhaumatatanga, i te mōhio hoki i a koe i te pai o ō mahi.