Ko ngā Wāhanga Whanau Pūkaha e whakakao ana he huarahi hurihuri ki te noho o nāianei, e whakakotahi ana i te ngawari, te tōtika, me te pūmau. Kua hangaia ēnei hanganga auaha hei whakatutuki i ngā hiahia hurihuri o ngā tāngata me ngā hapori puta noa i te ao. Mā te arotahi ki te kōwae, ka taea te whakakao me te whakarite ngāwari i ēnei waeine hei hanga i ngā wāhi noho rerekē e tika ana mō ngā āhuatanga rerekē, mai i ngā pokapū taone ki ngā wāhi tawhiti. Kua hangaia ia waeine ki ngā rauemi kounga teitei, e whakarite ana i te roa me te whakamarie. Ko te āhei ki te whakatakoto tere i ēnei waeine ka tino pai mō ngā āhuatanga e hiahiatia ana he rongoā noho tonu, pēnei i ngā parekura māori, te tere o te taone rānei. I tua atu, ko te hoahoa taiao-pai e hāngai ana ki nga whāinga tauwhiro o te ao, e hanga ana i a rātou he kōwhiringa whai mana mō ngā kaihoko taiao. Ehara i a mātou whare anake ngā whare e tūhono ana; he rongoā e hāngai ana ki te ao hurihuri o ngā hiahia noho, e whāngai ana ki ngā whānau, ngaio, tae noa ki ngā whare poto mō ngā kaupapa, kaupapa rānei. I a mātou e whai tonu ana ki te auaha, kei te noho tonu mātou ki te whakarato i ngā kōwhiringa whare kounga teitei, utu, me te tauwhiro e whakapai ake ana i te kounga o te ora mō ā mātou kiritaki.