Ko ngā whare kauta tōpuni kaha te whakapai ake i te whare papai, e kimi ana i te whakapā ki te hoahoa hou. Kaua ko te whakamahi tino, engari ko te whanui hoki o ngā whāinga e hāngai ana—mai i ngā whare noho ki ngā tari karawhiti, ki ngā whare whakaruru hoki. Kua hangaia ēnei whare ki ngā taputapu o te kounga teitei, e whakapumautia ai te kaha ki te whakamahi pū. Ko te tikanga tōpuni motuhake e whakawātea ai te neke tere me te tūhono, e tino tika ai ki ngā whakamahinga maha, tae atu ki ngā whare noho taupua mō te āwhina i ngā raru, ngā whare hararei, me te tari hoki. Mā te aronga ki te whakauru, kua hoahoaia ngā whare kauta tōpuni hei whakaiti i te whakamahi hau, e whakamahi ana i te mārama ake me te hau māmā hei waihanga i te taiao noho māmā. Ko ngā tāpiritanga tūtohu e wātea ana ka taea e ngā kiritaki te whirihora i ā rātou whare kauta tōpuni hei te whāinga motuhake me te nuinga o ngā āhua. I te tūpuna o te umanga whare papai, kei te whakapehapeha tātou ki tā mātou aronga ki te kounga me te whakapai, e āwhinahia ana e tā mātou kohinga rerekētanga. Kaua ko ngā whare kauta tōpuni he hua noa; he whakautu ia mō te noho hou, e tuku mai ana i te whakawhitinga, te kaha, me te āhua.