Ko te whare huihui kai te kītchen he whakapai ake nui i te ao o ngā whare huihui. Kāore anō te hua tēnei i te whakarato nohoanga anake; he whakapapa nohoanga hoki e āwhina ana i te huringa o ngā here o te wā o nui. Ko te whakauru i te kītchen ki te hoahoa kia mōhio ai ngā kainoho ki te whakamahinga o ngā kai i whanake ai i te kāinga, whakapai ai i te āhua o te noho tūpono ahakoa te noho wā-tata. Ko te kītchen kua whakaurua ki ngā taputapu matua me te rohe whakaputua, kia taea ai te wāhi whakamahia ai te kai.
I runga i tēnā, kua hangaia ēnei whare pōkai ki ngā matū kounga teitei kia kaua ai te whara e te wā. Ko ngā hoahoa e manapōria ana e whakapai ake i te āhua o te whare, engari ko te whai hua anō hoki o te whare. Mā te aronga ki te wheako a te kaiwhakamahi, ka mārama tonu kia mōhio ngā kiritaki ki te āhua me te mahi, nō reira kua whakaritea me te whakatinanatia ngā āhuatanga katoa o tā mātou whare pōkai ki te kauta. He tino tōke tēnei hua ki ngā tāpoi maha, e whakauru ana ki ngā whānau, ki ngā kaiharama, me te hunga pakihi anō hoki e kimi ana i ngā whakautu wāhi mōrearea.