Ngā pūngao e whakamahia ana mō ngā kākahu whaea i roto i te rāngai o ngā mahi tamariki me ngā whaea he hanganga matua e pai ana i te whiuwhiu, te manaaki, me te haumaru. He whakatakoto i ngā kākahu whaea, pērā i ngā tipu whaea, ngā taka, me ngā kākahu noho whare, hei whakamanawa i te manaaki i te wā e pūauau ana, ā, ka mutu i te whānautanga, ā, ka whiwhi hoki i te hunga whaea e tū nei me ngā whaea hou ki te whakaatu i ō rātou ake taeaha. Nā ngā pūngao e whakamahia ana ki runga i ēnei kākahu ka puta mai te nui o te mahi hei whakapai i te āhua whatitiri, ā, ka tiakina hoki te oranga o te tangata e paku atu ana. Ko te haumaru he mea matua hei whakaaro i mua i ngā pūngao mō ngā kākahu whaea. Ka hangaia ēnei pūngao kia kore rawa i ngā momo whakarere me ngā mea hē e taea ana e riro i te kawe kai i te kiri o te tangata, inā he wā e nui rawa ana te waenganui i te kiri o te wahine. Kāore i aha i ngā mete nui, i ngā fatahetahe, rānei i ngā taumaha matua o ngā hākinakina whakawara (VOCs). Ka whakahaere i te whakamātau nui hei whakatika i te mea ko ngā pūngao e tutuki ana i ngā paerewa haumaru matua, tae atu ki te whakamana i te hinengaro o ngā whaea. Ko te manaaki he mea nui anō. Kāore i a ngā pūngao e whakatupu ai he ururangi rānei, he kuku ki runga i te kiri o te kākahu. Me he kīwai tonu te ahua, kāore i ahu atu ki te korenga o te hāone me te korenga o te kākahu whaea. Ka whakamahi i ngā hanganga pūngao matua hei whakatika i te mea ko ngā hanga kiritaki e whakapai ana ki te kiri o te kākahu, kāore i ahu atu ki te whakapakari i te whakamahara o te tangata e paku atu ana. Ko te poropiti me te hanga kiritaki he mea nui mō ngā pūngao kākahu whaea. Kei te rapu ngā whaea e pūauau ana me ngā whaea hou i ngā kākahu me ngā hanga kiritaki pai ake, taeatua. Ka taea e ngā pūngao e whakamahia ana mō ēnei kākahu te whakahoki i te nui o ngā tae me te tino tohu, hei whakatū i ngā rarangi kiritaki nui, ngā kiritaki pai, me ngā hanga kiritaki whakapakari. Ahakoa he kiritaki kohikohi rānei, he kiritaki nui, he kupu whakamārama, kāore i aha i te pūngao e taea ana e whakamana i te hanga kiritaki. Ko te tūmanako he atu mea. Ka āhei te kākahu whaea ki te horoi nui tonu, nā reira me te kore e tūmuri ana i te mā, i te whakapapa, rānei, i te whakaputu. Ka whakamahi i ngā pango pai me ngā whakapai matua i roto i ngā hanganga pūngao, hei whakatika i te mea ko ngā hanga kiritaki e mau tonu ana i te nui, ā, ka mutu i te nui o ngā horoi, whakamana i te āhua katoa o te kākahu. Ki te nui ake te tono mō ngā kākahu whaea pai me te hanga whakamahere, ka whai wā ka whakapakari i ngā pūngao mō tēnei kāwanatanga, ka tirohia ngā hiahia matua o ngā whaea, ā, ka whai hoki i ngā huringa hou i roto i te rāngai hautekau.