He mea nui rawa te paepae kawe hiko, ka whakamahi hei whakauru i te hiko i roto i te whare. Ka karangahia anō e ngā tāngata he paepae hiko, he rākau whati hiko. I roto i tēnei rākau, he nuinga nui o ngā momo matua e hoahoatia ana kia waihangahia te whakahaere hiko pai me te wehi.
Ko te paepae whakahaere hiko tonu he waea e kī ai i ngā pūtē me ngā tohutohu. Ko tēnei tō whare pūtē, kei reira te hiko e whiti mai ana i runga i ōu mīhini, i whakahaerehia e ngā tohutohu me ngā pūtē. Ko te mahi nui o te paepae he whakahaere i te whakamahi hiko i roto i te whare, ā, he tiaki i ngā whatu hiko. Ko ngā mea rawa katoa e whakamahi ana, pērā i ngā pūoro, ngā whatu hiko, me ētahi atu mea hiko i roto i te whare rānei ko te kura, ka whai iho katoa i te paepae whakahaere hiko hei whakatika i te mea kia mahi ngā mea katoa hei tika.
Porotē: He mea iti noa iho ngā porotē, ka taea te whakau i te pāngarau rānei, ka whakauru anō. He nui rawa te take nei, nā te mea e tiaki ana enei momo āhuatanga hei tiaki i te whare i waenganui i ngā ahi rānei me ngā hapa pāngarau. Ki te hokohoko tonu te pāngarau, ka porotē te porotē, ka mutu te pāngarau hei tiaki i te whare.
Ngā taura — Tērā i ngā ara waka, e mau ana ngā taura i te hiko ki roto i te pūtaha A ki B mō te whakamahi i te rautaki. E whakamahi ana rātou i ngā momo matāwhare nui hei hanga i ngā taura, pēnei i te parū me te whītau. He whai karauna te tika o ngā taura, inahea he mea nui kia hikohiko mai i aua taura, me te haumaru.
Ngā Whakarerekē: Ko ngā whakarerekē ngā ipurī ka whakahokia e rātou ana te uara o te hiko. I mōhio au he uara te hiko, me te whakawhanake i a ia ka āhei ai te hiko ki te tae atu ki ngā wāhi o te whare i hiahia ki te whakamahi i a ia. Ko tēnei he mea nui tērā i ngā whare nui me ngā wāhi e whakamahia ana i ngā itinga rerekē o te hiko.
Whakatakoto i te Pūtaha Kauwhata Kua kitea he mea nui te kaiwhāngai i te wai ki runga i tētahi papa whakauru hiko. Ki te tiakina te pūtaha, he mea nui kia kauwhata tonu, kāore i whakapāwhiri ki te ua rēhita rānei, ki te wai rēhita rānei. Kia mahara ki te whakamahi i ngā kākahu kauwhata ki runga i te pūtaha i te wā e takotoria ana i tētahi wāhi e huringa ā-weather.
Mahi a te Pūkaha Whakapono: Ko ngā pūkaha whakapono anake e paheko nei i ngā paepae kawe hiko, nō reira ko ngā tāngata nei e mohio ana ki te mahi hei whakaora i a rātou. He whai kia pai ngā tikanga haumaru katoa hei whakamutu i ngā āheinga me te haumarutanga o ngā tāngata katoa e noho ana i roto i te whare.