He whare rāpeti rakau te whare rāpeti i hangaia mō ngā rāpeti hei nohoanga. He mea hanga ki ngā rauemi rakau pakari, pakari hoki, ā, he wāhi noho whakamarie, haumaru hoki mō ngā rāpeti. Ko te nuinga o te wā he papa teitei me te papa totoka hei whakarato whakamarumaru me te tiaki i te whenua. He taupoki waea hoki kei ngā taha me te tihi hei tuku i te hau kia rere, kia kore ai e uru ngā kaipahua. Mā te waea ka taea e ngā rāpeti te pārekareka ki te hau hou me te hihi o te rā, me te pupuri i a rātou kia haumaru i roto i te whare rāpeti. He maha ngā wāhanga, ngā taumata rānei o ngā whare rāpeti e whakarato ana i ngā wāhi motuhake mō te moe, te kai, me te whakakorikori tinana. He ngāwari te uru atu ki ēnei wāhanga mā roto i ngā tatau, i ngā arawhata rānei, e taea ai e ngā rāpeti te neke noa me te tūhura i ngā wāhi rerekē o tō rātou wāhi noho. He mea hanga ngā whare rāpeti rakau kia nui te wāhi hei whakauru i ngā rāpeti o ngā rahi rerekē ki te whakamarie. Ka hoatu he wāhi nui ki a rātou hei neke, hei totoro me te whai wāhi ki ngā whanonga taiao pēnei i te peke me te keri. He mea tino nui te whiriwhiri i te rahi o te whare rāpeti tika mō te maha me te rahi o ngā rāpeti, kia mōhio ai he nui te wāhi hei kopikopiko me te whakakorikori tinana. Hei tāpiritanga, mā te hanganga rakau o te whare rāpeti ka pai ake te whakamarumaru, ka mahana te rāpeti i ngā marama makariri, ka marumaru hoki i ngā marama raumati wera. E taunakihia ana kia waiho te whare rāpeti ki tētahi wāhi marumaru hei ārai i te pānga tika ki ngā āhuatanga o te rangi. He mea nui te horoi me te tiaki i te whare rāpeti i ia wā, i ia wā, mō te hauora me te oranga o āu rāpeti. Mā ngā paepae, ngā papa rānei ka taea te tango ka ngāwari te horoi, ā, ka noho ma, ka noho akuaku hoki te kīhini. Hei whakarāpopototanga, he wāhi noho haumaru, he wāhi noho whakamarie hoki te whare rāpeti rakau mō ngā rāpeti. Ka whakaratohia ki a rātou te tiakitanga e tika ana, ā, ka taea te whanonga taiao, ka whakarite i tō rātou hauora whānui.