Ko ngā whare pāpaku taone he nui ake i te aronga noa; kei te tohu i te hokinga mai ki te ngāwari, me te hononga ki te taiao. Kua whakaritea ngā kāinga nei kia whakaputua ai te whakaaro o te rangimārie, e tino pai ana mō ngā tāngata e hiahia ana kia wehe i te ririhau o te ao o ngā tāone. Kua hangaia ō mātou whare pāpaku taone ki ngā matū kounga teitei e whakapai ake ana i ō rātou āhua, engari hoki kia tiakina te kaha me te roa o te ora. Kua whakakīiaa kia whare ki ngā whakarahinga o nāianei, e āki ai i a koe kia ngā whakapāinga o te noho ake i ēnei rā, i te wā e noho ana koe ki te taiao.
Ko te mataku o ā mātou whare pōpōpō he āhua whakamahia. Ahakoa kātahi koe e whai whare māmā i te wao, he wehenga tāpoi ki te tākotoranga wai rānei, he whare noho ake rānei, ka taea e ā mātou ngā whare pōpōpō te whirinakitanga ki āu hiahia. Ā mātou whare pōpōpō he whakapaihia, he whakaputua hoki i ngā hoahoa e āwhina ai i te whakamahinga wāhi, nō reira he tino pai mō ngā taiao, mō ngā aronga hoki. Anō hoki, he māmā te whakaputanga me te neke atu, arā, ka taea e koe te whakaputa i tō whare pōpōpō ki te tere, ki te pono hoki, kia tīmata ai koe ki te ngana i tōu whare hou.
Ko tā mātou whakapono ki te kounga e āhua ana i ā mātou tikanga whakaputa me ngā ārai whakamātau. Kua hangaia katoa ngā whare pōpōpō kia kaua e pakaru e ngā āhuatanga, kia mōhio ai koe ki te noho haumaru, ki te noho māmā ki te wā katoa. Mā ā mātou whare pōpōpō, ka taea e koe te waihanga i ngā mahara roa ki ngā whānau, ki ngā hoa rānei i tētahi wāhi māmā, i tētahi wāhi ataahua hoki.