Hapori: he matera whakatika nui te hapori, kei runga i te paihere ki te maha o ngā āhua me ngā take rerekē. He take tawhito tōna kōrero i te whakamahi i te mahi moe tuatoru tau. He whare nui te whare matua. Kei te pai tēnei whare! Hapori, engari i waenganui mai te iwi e maha ana ka whakamahia hei matera whare, no te mea he whakatika, he iti utu, me he pai tikanga mo te taiao. I tēnei tuhinga, ka kitea atu tātou i te maha o ngā whare hapori me te take i te mea he pai noa rātau hei whakatau i ngā kaupapa whare o tenei rā.
He āheinga nui te hanga whare ahi ki te tono mō tētahi wā e roa ana. Nō reira, he mea nui hoki kei ēnei whare maru, e āhei ana ki te pūmau i ngā momo kino nui, pērā i ngā ua riri, ngā hau nui, ā, ākona atu ko te hauware. Arohatia: kāore i mate i ngā pepeke, kāore hoki e rere ana ki te kaihoro, kaore anō e kite ana i te ahi noa. Ko tana whenua rawakore ki ngā momo kino o te ao, pērā i te kīngi hou rānei, hei whakarite i tētahi painga. Kei te whakaaro ki tētahi mea hei hanga, pērā i te ahi, me whakamārama mai ko te take i te whakanui i te ahi, ka taea te whakatika i te āhua o te whakaatu, koia nei tētahi kōrero taunaki.
Nui ngā whakaaro mō ngā whare ahu toki, nō reira he iti i te utu kia hanga i ēnei i runga i ngā hua noa. Ko te toki he uha me te mana moe o te mahana, nō reira ka ora moni maha ki te hanga i te whare i runga i tēnei. Nō te mea he pūmau te toki ki te whakatupu anō i te whenua, ko tēnei e whai ana ki tētahi wāhi pai ake hei tiaki i te ao, me te iti i te rama. He maha ngā whare ahu toki e puwhiri ana i te wā, ka taea e rātau e whiti tonu i ngā momo whare kē, e kore e maoa mai ana i te wā e whai nei i ēnei tau e whai nei, pērā i ētahi hanganga matua ranei, ara, i ngā whare rākau rānei, i ngā whare poraka-papa rānei, nō reira ka hiki iho he iti noa iho ngā mahi whai wāhanga e ai ki te wā.
He nui ngā whare ikaika te aha e taea ana kia hanga i runga i ngā whakaaetanga matua o koe, mēnā ka hiahia koe ki te whare mō te rapu wāhi, kāwai pātene, rānei ngā tūranga mahi i te waheke o te wā - ka taea e ngā whare ikaika e whakatika ana ki ngā hiahia o koe. Ko te toki kei roto i te whare ikaika e āwhina ana kia nui ngā wāhi whaiaro noaiho, nā reira ka heke rawa atu ngā pou e tīkina nei i roto i te whare, e ai ki tēnei mea, ko te toki he rauemi nui e taea ana te whakamahi i tēnā i tēnā taha. Ko tēnei nui ake tonu te take i te mea he iti noa ngā tangata e kite ana i te whakahaere iwi i te toki hei hanga mō ō rātou hiranga.
Te aho he mātauranga taiao nui ake te aho nei i te taea e whakawhitiwhiti ana ki he whare hou. Ki te kore e taea te hanga o tetahi whare aho, ka taea te whakahoutia o te rauemi hei whakamahinga i nga mea hou. Ka tohua he iti i nga rupu i te waihangatanga, ka whakangungua he iti rawa i te waihangatanga mo ia tuatahi i nga rauemi katoa, ahakoa ka whakangungua he iti i te upoko hoki. Ka hanga he whare aho hoki hei whare ka tiakina te wai. Ko te whakatakoto whakararahi i roto i te whare aho ka tiakina i te wehewehe o te roanga i runga i te whenua, ahakoa ka tiakina he iti to koutou hiahia ki te wai mo te whakatika i te whare i te pai. Ko tenei ka whakahaere i te taiao, engari ka noho he iti rawa ano hoki to koutou utu wai.
Nā ngā hanganga me te whiwhinga ka tino pai ake ngā whare ā-hapori. Nā ngā momo hiranga hou, nā ngā whakatangitanga, me ngā whiwhinga o te hunga whakamahi i te hangarau, ka tū tonu ia hei whakatika i te whanaketanga, ā, ko te whakaaro hoki kia pai rawa. Ka taea e ngā whare ā-hapori o tenei rā te whakamana, te whakapiki i te mana whenua engari ka taea hoki e ratou te whakatipu ki te pai, ā, ka taea hoki te whakauru i roto i tō ratau taiao.