Kei te mohio koe i tētahi wāhi whakarite hau rōpū anake? Nā, he mea hanga pūkenga nui hou e whakawai ana i te hau ki te waiora i roto i ōu whenua ā-waho. Kāore pea kia whai ake tātou i ngā mea nui o tēnei momo hanga whakairo, ā, pēhea ka taea e ia hei whakatiki i tētahi ao hou o te waiora i roto i ngā kāinga.
I mua iho, kei te ngenge noa ngā whare me ngā wāhi kiko tūturu pērā i te ko, te hauākura me te roro hei whakamahi i ngā mahi whare. Ko ēnei wāhi kiko tūturu, he utu nui rawa atu i te wā e hirango ana, ā, ka puta he mate nui ki te taiao i te tuku i ngā hā o te hangarere e whaiwhai ana i te whakatipu huarere. Ki runga i ēnei momo whakahē, kei te haere tonu ngā tāngata ki te whakamahi i te hau hei kotahi hoki i ngā hiahia ā-enereti. I mua i ngā turī hau, ka whai noa ngā whare i ngā wāhi kiko tūturu, pērā i te hikoī rānei me te hauākura ki roto i ngā whare. Ko ngā puhipuhi hau whenua i te ture tuarua, he ara hou ki te hanga i te watea mō tōu whare, ā, ka whakaae ngā whānonga whenua ki te haere whakamua ki te hanga i ngā rauemi kiko whakaoranga.

Kei te whakatau ake koe i tō whare hei whakaiti i ō huamutu pūniu? Ko ngā whiriahu rēhita hei wāhi mō te whare. Ki te iti, ko ngā whiriahu rēhita ā-rohe e ai ki te takutai me te reka, he iti noa te wāhi o ngā whiriahu rēhita pūnui (ko te wāhi he mea kua kitea he wāhi whenua hei hanga hiko mo tetahi whare), kaore i te ngenge i te whakamahi i te marae kāinga. He pūnui tika ki te taha o te tūranga, e āhei ana kia kitea te hau mai i ngā taha katoa, ka whai wāhi ki te whakaputa hiko iti.

Ki te iti nei te whakamārama, ka mahi ngā whiriahu rēhita pūnui ki te whakaetahi i te kuhu hau ki te hiko. Ka horoia ngā raarangi o te whiriahu e te hau. Ka horoihia anō te whiriahu, ka whakatūhia te kuhu i roto i te whiriahu, ka whakatūhia te pouaka hiko ki te hanga hiko. Ka whai wāhi anō tēnei hiko ki te whakamahi mō ngā maama, ngā rīpoata me ngā mea hoko hiko i tō whare.

Te whakamahi i tētahi rangapū hau pūnui matangaro mō te whakawhanake ēneiti i roto i tō whare he nui ngā pai. Tuatahi, ko ia he matawhai kai ēneiti e whai ana i te wā kia kore e tuku i ngā hā o riro ki te rangi me te tautoko i te tiaki whenua. Tuarua, ko te utu tuatahitanga kia nui rawa atu; no reira, ka whaihua ngā utu ēneiti e tūhono nei i a koe i waenganui i ngā wā. Hei tautoko hoki i te mana motuhake, me te whakawehe i ōu āhuatanga ēneiti i waho i te rāpori, ā, ka taea tonu e koe te whakamahi i tēnei i te wā e kore ai te ēneiti i tō marae hapori.
Nā reira, he pai rawa tētahi rangapū hau pūnui motuhake mō te whare me te pai anō kei runga i tō haerenga hei hanga ēneiti kua tika, ā, ka taea e koe hoki te itinga i tō kaiwhakarite āhuatanga ēneiti me te tiakina i ngā utu ēneiti. Ki te kore e pai hei whakamahi mō ngā tangata whenua katoa, heoi, he tino whakaaro hei tautoko i te whakahaere pūnui me te tiaki whenua o tō whare. Nā reira, he aha kia kī mai nei kia whakamahi i ngā take ēneiti kua tika & whakatakoto i tētahi rangapū hau pūnui matangaro hei whakamātau?
Ko tā mātou whakaaetanga ki te pono te tuāpapa o tā mātou pakihi. Ka tātou whakamānui i ngā hua hiko ōrite, ā, ka tātou whakamānui hoki i ngā ratonga pūkenga. I ngā turupuke hau, he mea nui te whakamāramatanga i te pono hei whāinga matua o tā mātou rorohiko, ā, ka tātou whakamānui i ngā hua hiko ōrite me ngā ratonga pūkenga. Ka tātou whakaaro i ngā āhuatanga pērā i te roa o ngā parirau, i te pākaha o te turupuke hau, i ngā turupuke hau tuwhera mō ngā turupuke hau mō te whare. Ka tātou whakamāna kia kaha ngā hua katoa a DHC i runga i te hiko ōrite, kāore i te hiko kōrero.
Ko ngā hua matua ko ngā turangawaewae hau pūtahi mō ngā pānui rā, ā, ka taea e ngā kiritaki te whiwhi i te whakamātau katoa i te whakamātau o ngā pūnaha hau-rā hui, i ngā pūnaha rā whai hiranga hoki. I tēnei wā, i tōna uara whakamātau pai, ka tāwhai a DHC i ngā whaihua me ngā hua e taea ana, i ngā ratonga whakamātau hoki.
Ko DHC te kaiārahi i te pūnaha hau-rā hui. He whare whakamātautau ake ōna, e whakauru ana i te R&D me te whakamātautau, te whakamātautau, te tautoko mātauranga. Mai i te tau 2009, kua tīmata ngā kaiwhakamātua o DHC i te whakamāhi i te whakaahua o te tiaki taiao, i ngā whakamātautau hou tonu, i ngā whakaahua o te rōpū o ngā turangawaewae hau pūtahi mō ngā whare, e whai ana i te whakaahua o te "mātauranga me te pono, te whakamātau me te whānuitanga." Ko tēnei anō te take o tā mātou tohu: "DHC".
Kei tātou te whakaaro mō ngā hiahia rorohiko o ngā nohonga me ngā whare, whakamahi i te rangitaki rā whānuitia. Ki te whakahaere pai i ngā here kaiwhakarite me ngā nekehanga, ka taea e tātou whakamahia ngā whakaaetanga katoa. Ka tukua e tātou ēnei ratonga pai i a koe i ngā wa o te rā hei whakatakoto i te pūhanga hau tuatahi mō te whare, me te hanga me ngā mahi muri.