Ko ngā whare wāhanga o ngā kōneke e whanui ake nei e whakamānawa ana i te whakaaro mō te noho mōhine. I whakamahinga hei whakamātautau mō te whānuitanga, ā, ka taea ngā hanga nei te whakakī, me ngā whakamātautau, ā, he pai hoki mō ngā wāhi rereke, tāraiwhenua, ngā wāhi tāwhai, me ngā whakamātautau wāhi. Ko te āhua e whanui ake nei he whānuitanga o tōu wāhi noho i te wā e hiahia ana koe, he whakatau pai mō ngā whānau, ngā pakihi, me ngā hapori.
I tēnei ao e haere tonu ana, kei te piki ake te inoi mō ngā whakamātautau noho mātua. Ko ngā whare āwhina o mātou i ngā kōhanga e whakawhānui ai tēnei inoi, e whakamātautau ana i tēnei ara hōu me te tūmatau, hei wāhi noho e mahi ai, kāore he wā roa hei hāngā i ngā ara tāraiwhenua ōkawa. Ko ia wāhi i hanga mai i ngā whakamātautau teitei, e whakamana ana i te tāwhai me te whakamātautau, ahakoa hei whare, hei tari, hei wāhi mo ngā manuhiri.
Anō hoki, ko tā mātou whakaaetanga ki te whai hauānga, kāore ngā whare āwhina o mātou i ngā kōhanga e whakawhānui ai he whakamātautau pūmau anō, engari he whakamātautau roa, e whakamana ana i te taiao. I hanga mai i ngā kōpae whai hauānga, ā, i whakamātautau ai hei whare e whakamātautau ai i te hiko, ā, āki ai i tōu rārangi kāpāri, ā, e whakamātautau ana i tēnei wheako noho āhua hāngā me te āhua hōu.