He nui te mahi nui o te hiko i ō tātou oranga kotideta. Ki te whakamahi tātou ki te hiko ki te whakahaere i ō tātou kāinga, ki te whakahaere i ngā momo rorohiko, me te whakarite i te mārama i ō tātou wāhi. Ki te korenoa te hiko, ka kore e taea ai ēnei mahi nui, pērā i te whakariki i ngā pūoro whakaata me te whakamahi i ngā rorohiko. Ko wai te mea i whakangungu ai te hiko ki tō kāinga? Ko tēnā he wāhi e tae mai ana te raparapa whakawehe rānei hei tautoko.
Ko te kākano whakawāhi āhuru mō ngā hāora he momo wāhanga tūmataiti o te rāngai āhuru mō tō whare. Ko tāna mahi whakamīharo he whakawehe i te āhuru mai i te matawhāiti āhuru ki ērā atu wāhi o tō kāinga. He mea pērā i te kaiwhakarite huarahi mō te āhuru, e tirotiro ana kia kitea ai kohea te wāhanga o te āhuru ka haere. Ka whakapakari tēnei panui i ngā mahi e paunga ana i ngā kākano whakawāhi āhuru, ngā matāpuhi i noho ai rātou, te tirotiro me te tiaki, ngā tikanga haumaru, me te whakaū i ngā take nui.
Ko te rāngai hiko o tō whare ko te matawhai hiko matua, ngā kairangi, ngā pūrua me ngā takitahi — ka mahi ngā kōmponenti katoa tēnei ki tētahi wāhi. Ki te kotahi te hunga nui ko te pātengi whakawehewehe . Ko tēnei i rite ana ki te maru tuatahi e whiwhi ana i te hīkoi ā-māhina mai i te wāhi ā-māhina nui o waho o tō whare me te whakawehe i ia ki ngā pūtahi katoa i roto i tō whare. Ko ngā pūtahi e whakawehea ana i ngā māhina me ngā whatu katoa i roto i tō whare.
He atu anō hei whakaaturanga i ngā āhuatanga tiaki i te poaka ā-māhina hei tiaki i a koe me tō whare i te whakamutunga i ngā momo ā-māhina. He mea taurite, he mea hanga i ngā pūtake me ngā toki pūtahi. Ko ngā toki pūtahi i rite tonu ki ngā toki tiaki, ka tahuri te wā i te mea ka uru te hīkoi ā-māhina ki runga i te wāhi matua, ka mutu te hīkoi ā-māhina hei whakarongo ki ngā ahi ā-māhina ranei, hei whakaiti i te whakapae i ngā pūnaha ranei. Ka mahi ngā pūtake i te mea rite, engari ka horoia rātau ka whakatūria anō i te mea ka puta te hiko.
He taumata whakahaere here tangata nui tēnei i roto i te rāngai ā-motu o tō whare, ko te whakapūmau. Ka tiaki te whakapūmau i a koe me tō whare mai i ngā pakari ā-wiri. Ki te he i tētahi whatu ā-motu, ka wheako tēnā i a koe, e āhei ana kia mate koe, he mea nui rawa atu ki te wā. Ko te whakapūmau ka hanga i tētahi ara kore-kai hei whakawhiti i te hiko ki te whenua, e kore ana kia puta ki a koe. Nō reira, ko tēnei te take i te mea kia tika ai te whakapūmau i tō pūrū ā-motu.
Tētahi o ēnei he kei waenganui he aha, he mea nui, he pūrū ā-motu. Hei tauira, ka kitea e koe ngā whakamahiti motuhake o ngā whakatū hiko, arā, ngā pureweru matua. E taea ana ēnei he mō ētahi atu take, pērā i te whakamahinga nui i te hiko i te wā kotahi, ngā here here herea herekore, rānei ko ngā wharewhare kāinga e whakamahia ana i te nui o te hiko.
Ko te whakaputa ano ake i ngā kaiwhakarite pūngao, nō te poaka rānei, ko tēnā he tohu kāore i te mea e taea ki te mohio. E ārahitia ana ēnei take e ngā take pūngao matua hei tirotiro i ngā take. Ka taea rātou te tirotiro i te poaka me ngā tāhuhu hei kite i te take me te whakatika i a ia ki te haumaru.