Ko ngā whare kōngahu kua oti i te whakarewa i te ara e whai mātou nei i ngā wā katoa. Kua whakauruhia ēnei hanganga hou hei whakatutuki i ngā hiahia maha o te ao kua whakarewa, e whakarato ana i te whakarereke, te kaha o te whakamahi, me te whakawhanake. Ko tā mātou kōtaha he whare whakarahi, he whare kōngahu pakaru, he whare kōngahu wehe-wei, me ētahi atu, katoa rātou i hangaia kia whakarato i tētahi whakautu motuhake mō āu hiahia whare noho.
Kei te whakamahia e te ipu whakawhitinga hei matāpuna hanga mō te hanga tere me te nekeneke, e pai ana mō ngā tūmau poto me ngā tūmau roa. Kua whakauruhia katoa ngā whare kōngahu ki ngā waingohia matua, e whakapumautia ai te noho maru me te whai wātea. Ko tā mātou whakaritenga e whai mātua ana ki te kaha o te whakamahi pūngao, e whakamahi ana i ngā kiriatahi me ngā matāpuna whakawhanake hei waihanga i tētahi aronui noho maru i te wā e iti ai te utu pūngao.
I te nuinga atu, kāore he whakapāinga ki te kounga. Kei te whai wāhi tētahi hua ki ngā whakamātau kounga kia tino whakaaetia ai ki ngā tāngeo o te ao. Ki te tekau nā te whakaputanga, kei te arataki tātou i te umanga ki te auaha, whakapai ake i ā tātou whakapapa hei whakatutuki i ngā hiahia e tipu haere nei o ā mātou kiritaki. Ahakoa kei te rapu koe i tētahi whare ātaahua, tētahi whare manuhiri, i te wāhi mahi rānei, kei ā mātou whare kōpae tārua te whakautu tino pai, e whakakotahi ana i ngā āhua hōu me te mahi whai hua.