Ko ngā whare pōkeka kawe tōwhio he whanaketanga nui ki te ahumahi whare tōtika. I whanangia kia whai āhua ōrite me te pono, ēnei whare e tautoko ana i ngā hiahia maha, mai i ngā whakaritenga whare mō te wā pāpaku ki ngā whare hōtaka hou. Kei te kawe hoki te whakaaro o te noho kawe tōwhio ki te ao, ā, he tino nui te aronga ki ngā kainoho taone e kimi ana i ngā kōwhiringa ki ngā whare tikanga. Kātou ngā whare pōkeka kawe tōwhio i hangaia ki ngā matā kounga teitei me ngā tikanga inu hōu, kia mau ai te roa o te whare me te āhua ātaahua. Ko ia kotahi o ngā kotaha e kumea ana ngā āhuatanga matua pērā i ngā wāhi moe, ngā kītcheniti, me ngā wharepaku, e whakarato ana i te noho āwhina. Kāore anō te āhua i te whai āhua anake engari he ātaahua hoki, e āki ai te whakarerekētanga kia tāone te ngākau o te tangata. Ā, kia pērā me te ao e huri haere ana ki te iti me te nekeneke, ko ngā whare pōkeka kawe tōwhio te whakautu tino pai mō ērā e hiahia ana kia noho māmā, kia kaua e iti noa te noho āwhina, te āhua rānei. He pērā anō pea te whakamahinga mō te hunga whānau, mō te whai hua rānei, kua rite kē ngā whare nei ki te tautohe e tipu haere nei mō ngā whakautu noho hou.