Kei te ao hurihuri nei, kāore he tāngata e hiahiatia ake ai ngā whare noho māmā, māmā hoki i tēnei wā. Kei te tōpuka tonu o tātou kaupapa whare noho ā-irirangi te nuinga o ngā whakatipuranga, e whakaatu ana i te tōwari o te whakamahinga me te noho pārekareka. Kua whakatinanahia ēnei whare kua hangaia kia kumana ki ngā kaha a-tau, kia tiakina ai kia noho pāpaku, haumaru hoki tōu wāhi noho, ahakoa ngā tikanga waho. Mā te aronga ki te kounga me te whanaketanga, ka whakamahi tātou i ngā taputapu mutunga kore me ngā tikanga hanga hei whakaratonga i ngā hua e tino whai hua ana, kāore anō kia tino whai hua. Ko ā mātou whakatakotoranga matua he whare whakarahi, he whare kōngeru hoki e kaha ana ki te wai, ā, he whai āwehua hoki kia tāwhai i ngā aronga katoa, mai i ngā kainoho taone ki ērā e rapu ana i te wāhi noho ki te taiao. Anō hoki, ko tā mātou aronga ki te whakapaukara kaiwhakamahi i te taiao, arā hoki he kaitiaki taiao ā-tāpoi mō ngā kaiwhakamahi e mōhio ana ki te taiao. Mā te kōwhiringa i ā mātou whare noho ā-irirangi kia kumana ki te wai, kei te inea koe i tētahi āpōpō kei te noho pārekareka, haumaru, āwhina hoki te āhua o te noho.