Ko ngā whare kauta kawe wātea he ara hou ki te noho ake i ngā wā katoa, e whai ana i te wāwā, te whirawhira, me te whakamau. Kua whakaritea ngā whare ki te whakamahi i te wāhi iti, engari kia noho pumau ai te noho. Mā te āhua wātea e āwhina ai i ngā kaitiaki whare kia rerekētia tā rātou wāhi noho e hāngai ana ki ā rātou hiahia, e pai ana mō ngā whānau e tipu haere ana, i te umanga e hiahiatia ai he wāhi anō.
Kua hangaia mai i ngā taputapu kounga teitei, kāore anō pea ngā whare kauta kawe wātea i te roa noa atu engari i te wā anō hoki te whakauru i te wā mātukutuku, e whakapōpō i te makariri i te takurua me te makariri i te tau. Mā te hoahoa takotoranga e āwhina ai i ngā tāhuhu rereke kia waihangatia ai e koe tētahi wāhi e tohu ana i tōu āhua takitahi me ngā here here whakamahi. I runga i ērā, kua whakaaetia hoki ngā whare ki ngā ture whare o te ao, e tiaki ai i te haumaru me te whakapono.
He iti rā anō pea koe e whai kāinga tūmatanui, tētahi kāinga mō te hararei, i te tari takotoranga pōkai, kei te tuku ngā kāinga kauta kua whakarahuitia e mātou he whakautu mōrearea e whai ana i te utu me te manawaaki ki te taiao. Mā te neke haere ngāwari me te whakaputanga tere, ka taea e koe te neke i tō kāinga, te whakaputu anō hoki i te wā kore, nō reira he kōwhiringa tino pai mō ngā tāngata e whakapā ana i te mahi whai hua me te whai rawa i ō rātou whakaritenga noho.