Ki te hanga whare tu-tahi, pōhutukawa nō te waka rānei, rānei ko ngā wharau mō ngā waka rere, tēnā ka mahi tonu mātou i te kōwhai whakatika, he mete hirahira. He mea nui tēnei moenga hei hanga, heoi anō he aha te kōwhai whakatika, ā, he aha hoki te take i aro ai te maha o ngā hanga ki a ia? Kāore pea e kitea i tēnei ao huri noa, engari me whakamātau tātou ki tēnei ‘taurangi o te tūroa’ tēnā!
Ko te āhua toko he momo mete e whakamahi ai ki te hanga i ngā rauanga o ngā whare nui rawa atu, pērā i ngā whare me ngā tōku. Ko tēnei he momo noa nui, e āhei ana ki te whakaheke i te maha o ngā taonga wai ka noho pūmau ana. Ka taea hoki e ia te takohanga i ngā rā hāpara, pērā i te ua me te hukapapa, ngā ahi me etahi atu kōwhiringa e ātete ana te whare. Ko te nui o te pai tuatahi o te āhua toko ko tana nui. E āhei ana tēnei i whakatipu ki ngā āhua me ngā hoahoa e hīkina ai te mahi whakaputu.
Ko tenei whakatipu he mea nui i te take i te mea ko te akoaka toko i te poraka kōwhaiwhai hei whiringa pai mo te hanga, inahea ka whiwhi mai i te maha o ngā hanga whakamua. Ko tēnei tuoro me te wana i whakaae ai i ngā Kaihanga me ngā Kaihanga whare ki te hanga i ngā whare whakamua me ngā whare whakaaro nui e whai ana ki te whakapau haere i te hanga i runga i ētahi atu rara. Ko te kiko o te kōwhaiwhai he kiko nui, no reira ka whiwhi ai i ngā hokomaha ki te hanga i ngā whare roa rawa kia kore ai te whakaaro mo te rite o te whare. Ko tēnei tuoro hoki ka whakaiti i te utu mo te hanga i te mea ka whakaiti i te nui o ngā whare whakangungu e hiahiatia nei.
Kei ngā whare hanga, ngā wharau, me ētahi atu heke o ngā whare e whai ana i te kōwhai hanga. Ko tēnei nō te mea ko ngā whare e hanga nei i te kōwhai he nui te rangatira me te pūmau, nā reira ka taea e rātau whakamana i ngā mīhini nui me ngā tūtohu e noho ana i roto i tēnei tipe o whare. Nei pea, ko te kōwhai hanga he whakahē ki te ahi, e hē mihi ana i tēnei mea hei whakaaweawe i ngā whare e noho ai i ngā raraunga kino rānei, he waihotanga nui rawa rānei i te maha o te uru ahi. Ka taea e ngā hapori hanga whare te hanga i ngā whare kōwhai i te āheinga nui i waenganui i ngā momo hanga tuatahitia. Ka whakatika e tēnei i te wā me te moni i te wā o te hanga i ngā whare hou.
He iti anō hoki ngā painga taiao o te whakamahi i te kōwhai whare. Ka rautaki ngā whare me te kōwhai hei tūpato moe mō ēnei wā, ki te kore e hiahiatia ana ngā whakatika nui rānei, ko te mutunga ka hokihoki i te iti rawa atu o ngā rauemi i roto i ō rātou wā o te ora. Ko te kōwhai he atua pai anō, ka whai wāhi te kōwhai hei whakaatu, hei whakahokia anō, koia nei he maha te pai ki te whakapuakitanga i tēnei whenua. Kia whai wāhi ki te whakatutuki i ngā whare. Nō te mana me te pono nui o ngā whare kōwhai, ka taea e rātau te whakanui i ngā mana o te mana, kāore i te hiahia ki te whakarite i te whakanui i ngā mataara rānei. Ko te hanga o te kāri rānei me te hanga o ngā rangitatau rangi ka whakatika hei whakaiti i te iti rawa o ngā rauemi whare e hiahiatia ana, ā, hei whakaiti hoki i te waihape e hiahiatia ana kia tika ai te whare i te wā e hou ana.