Ko ngā kīhini te ngākau o te kāinga, te wāhi e huihui ai ngā whānau me ngā hoa ki te tunu kai, ki te kai, me te whakahoahoa. Engari, mā te kīhini pōrearea, koretake hoki e taea te whakauaua i te pārekareka ki ēnei mahi. He otinga pai ngā kōtaha konumohe hei whakapai ake i te whakaritenga me te whai huatanga o te kīhini. Ka taea te whakamahi i ēnei momo whakapūtanga maha hei hanga whata, pouaka, me ētahi atu otinga rokiroki ritenga hei āwhina i a koe ki te whakanui ake i te wāhi me te pupuri i tō kīhini kia kore e pōrearea.
Rongoa Rokiroki Whakaritea
Ko tētahi o ngā painga nui o te whakamahi i ngā kōtaha konumohe mō te whakaritenga o te kīhini ko te taea te whakarite kia rite ki ō hiahia. Ka taea e koe te whiriwhiri mai i ngā momo rahi, āhua, me ngā whakaotinga hei waihanga i ngā otinga rokiroki e hāngai ana ki te tahora me te whakapaipai o tō kīhini. Mā tēnei ngāwari ka māmā ake te waihanga i ngā otinga rokiroki e whai hua ana, e huatau ana hoki.
Te mauroa me te kaha
He tino pakari, he tino kaha hoki ngā kōtaha konumohe. He ātete ki te waikura, te pirau, me te pakaru, ā, he mea pai mō ngā kīhini e whakamahia nuitia ana. Ka taea hoki te whakamahi i ngā kōtaha konumohe hei hanga i ngā otinga rokiroki taumaha, pērā i ngā whata hei pupuri i ngā kohua me ngā paraharaha taumaha.
Hewari ki te horoi
He ngāwari hoki te horoi i ngā kōtaha konumohe. Ka taea te muru ki te kakahu haukū hei tango i te paru me te paru. Nā tēnei he kōwhiringa pai mō ngā kīhini e ngawari ana te maringi me te paru.
Utu-Kainga
He iti ake te utu o ngā kōtaha konumohe. He iti ake te utu i ērā atu rauemi, pērā i te rakau, te maitai kore waikura rānei. Nā tēnei he kōwhiringa pai mō ngā kaipupuri whare e rapu ana i tētahi huarahi iti te utu hei whakapai ake i te whakaritenga o tā rātou kīhini.
Whānuitanga Whanui Whanui
Haunga te whakamahinga mō ngā whata me ngā pouaka, ka taea hoki te whakamahi i ngā kōtaha konumohe mō ngā momo mahi kē atu i roto i te kīhini. Ka taea te whakamahi hei hanga:
Whakamuri
Tuhinga
Kuaha rūnanga
Nga panui taiepa
Na te ake
Nā te maha o ngā whakamahinga ka waiho ngā kōtaha konumohe hei whiringa pai mā ngā kaipupuri whare e rapu ana i tētahi otinga kotahi-mutu mō ā rātou hiahia whakahaere kīhini katoa.
Opaniraa
Mena kei te rapu koe i tētahi huarahi hei whakapai ake i te whakaritenga me te whai huatanga o tō kīhini, he kōwhiringa pai ngā kōtaha konumohe. Ka taea te whakamahi i ēnei momo whakapūtanga maha hei waihanga i ngā otinga rokiroki ritenga e hāngai ana ki ō hiahia. He pakari, he ngāwari ki te horoi, ā, he iti te utu. Hei tāpiri, ka taea te whakamahi mō te whānuitanga o ngā tono, ka waiho hei kōwhiringa pai mō ngā kaipupuri whare e rapu ana i tētahi otinga kotahi-mutunga mō ā rātou hiahia whakaritenga kīhini katoa.
