Ko ngā Whare Whakapae Wharepaku he ara hou ki te noho ake i te ao hou, e whai ana i te wāwā, te whakauru, me te utu whaitua. Kātai nei i hangaia ngā whare ki te whakamahi i ngā tikanga hou rawa me ngā taputapu kounga teitei, ka tūtohu i te kounga o ngā whare whakauru me te noho wāwā. Ko te hoahoa whakapae e whakawātea ana i te nekeneke māmā, nō reira he tino tōaitanga ngā wāhi e taea ai te whakaputu, he iti noa, he nui rānei te pa. Ki te whānui o ā mātou hua, tae atu ki ngā whare whakarewa me ngā whare kōngahu wehenga, ka tūhono mātou ki ngā hiahia maha o ngā kiritaki. Kātai anō hoki ngā whare ki te āhua ataahua, engari i hangaia hoki kia iti ai te hua o te hau, ā, ka āwhina i ngā kaitiaki whare kia iti ake te kaimana o rātou. Ko te whai whare whakapae wharepaku he whai aronga ki te aronga ki te kaha ki te aronga ki te aronga ki te taiao. Ko te tikanga whakauru he māmā noa, e āwhina ana i te tere tere whakauru kaua ko ngā pūkenga hanga motuhake. Ko te māmā o te whakamahi e āwhina ana i ērā e rapu ana i ngā whare noho tāone tāpiri, i ērā rānei e hiahia ana kia neke haere. Ko ā mātou whakapono ki te kounga e kitea ana i ngā āhuatanga katoa o ā mātou whare, mai i te hanga whakapai ki ngā āhua ā-haere. Ake ake ana te hiahia ki ngā whare utu whaitua, ko ngā whare whakapae wharepaku e tū mai ana hei whiringa tika mō ngā tāngata me ngā whānau e rapu ana i ngā wāhi noho hou e kore e whakaiti i te kounga, i te noho wāwā rānei.