Ko ngā whare kāpene he huarahi hōu ki te noho ake i ngā wā kaihau, e whai ana i te kāiri, te whai rawa, me te whai hua. Koia tā mātou kaihanga i ngā whare kua hangaia i te wā kua oti, ka mārama hoki ki ngā hiahia maha o ā mātou kiritaki i ngā tāone katoa. Kua whanakehia ngā whare kāpene ki te whai āhua mōrearea, e taea ai te whakamahi i ngā wāhi rereke, pērā i ngā whare mātua, ngā kāinga takotoranga, ā, me te noho taupua anō hoki mō ngā kaupapa. Kei te āhua tapawhā hōhonu te āhua e whakawhanake ai te whakapai ake i te wāhi noho, e āki ai ngā whānau e tipu haere ana, i te whanonga noho rānei.
Ko ngā whare whakapakoko e hangaia ana ki ngā matū kounga teitei e whakapumau ai i te roa o te ora me te whakapae i ngā tikanga hau paruru. Ko te whakauru i te hangarau mātau ki ā mātou hoahoa e whakapai ai i te wheako noho, me ngā kōwhiringa mō ngā pūnaha aunoa e whakahaere ai i te whakapapa, te haumaru, me te āhu. I runga i tēnā, ko ā mātou aronga ki ngā tikanga e tika ana ki te taiao ka arahia ai e koe kia iti ake tō kāpua karbon ki te whakauru i ngā utu raraunga. He iti noa te wāhi e hoki atu ai koe, he wāhi noho hirangi rānei, ko ā mātou whare whakapakoko te whakautu tino pai, e whakakotahi ana i te noho pāpaku me te mahi tūturu.