Ko ngā whare hanga-mua o te kounga teitei he ahu whakamua nui i roto i te hangarau hangahanga, e whakakotahi ana i te kaha me te ahuareka. Kei te anga whakamua tō mātou kamupene i tēnei huarahi hurihuri, e whakarite ana kia tutuki i ia whare kua oti te hanga e matou ngā paerewa kounga me te hoahoa teitei rawa. Ka hangaia ngā whare kua oti te hanga i waho o te pae, ka tukuna ki te wāhi, e āhei ana ki te whakakotahitanga tere me te whakaiti i te raruraru. Ehara i te mea ka whakaora noa iho tēnei tukanga i te wā, engari ka whakaitihia hoki te huanga waro e pā ana ki ngā tikanga hanga tuku iho. Kei roto i tā mātou momo hua he whare whakawhānui e taea ana te whakarite ki ō hiahia hurihuri, he whare ipu papatahi e tuku ana i te kawe me te ahuareka, me ngā whare ipu e taea ana te wehe e whakarato ana i te ngawari o te whakamahi. Kua hangaia ia o ēnei hua ki te rangatira o te whare o nāianei, e whai ana i ngā pūnaha pūngao-whai hua me ngā rauemi tauwhiro. I te mea e tipu ana te tono o te ao mō ngā rongoā whare whaitake, ā, ka nui ake te kounga o ā mātou whare hangai-mua, he rongoā pai mō ngā whānau, ngā pakihi, me ngā hapori e hiahia ana ki te awhi i tētahi huarahi ora hou. Ko tā mātou whakatapua ki te kounga e kitea ana i ngā āhuatanga katoa o tā mātou hanga, mai i te wāhanga hoahoa tuatahi tae noa ki te tirohanga whakamutunga, e whakarite ana kia whiwhi a tātau kiritaki i tētahi hua ehara i te mea mahi anake engari he ahuareka hoki ki te noho.