Nau mai ki te noho ā-whānau pai rawa atu! E kuhu mai ki tēnei whare hou tata, i hoahoatia e Begbie Bentham, kei reira te kounga teitei o ngā mutunga me ngā taputapu ahurei e whakahou ana i te noho hou ki tua atu i te noa.
I roto, he mahere papa hou e hono ngāwari ana i te kīhini, te nohoanga, me ngā wāhi kai ki tētahi marae ātea me te wāhi alfresco whakamīharo. Kei mua o te whare he wāhi semi-motuhake e tino pai ana mō ngā momo whakamahinga, kua kīkīa i te māramatanga tūturu mai i tōna tūnga ki te rāwhiti.
Ko te ngākau o te kāinga, te kīhini ritenga me te rūma kai a te kaitaraiwa, e whakakotahi ana i te ātaahua me te mahi. Kia pai ki ngā painga papai pērā i ngā kaiutuutu ngāwari-kati, ngā taputapu Smeg, me ngā papa kīhini marble o Queensland. He mihi ki te nohoanga o waenganui rautau, te rūma noho pōhēhē, e karapotia ana e ngā wāhi o waho hoahoanga, e tuku ana i tētahi wāhi mārie mō te okiokinga.
I waho, tūhura i tētahi marae nui tino pai mō ngā ahiahi whakangā i te taha o te ahi kōhua, te kaukau rānei i roto i te puna kaukau maramara kei runga ake i te whenua. He taiwhanga motuhake e tuku ana i tētahi wāhi tino pai mō ngā kaupapa auaha.
I hoahoatia mō te mahi me te whakangahau, kei roto i te kāinga he rūma manuhiri me te moenga, te wharepaku, me te rūma noho, e tuku ana i tētahi wāhi muna mō te okiokinga. Ko te rūma matua e whai ana i tētahi kakahu-nui hīkoi me te wharepaku nui, i te wā e mahi ana ngā rūma atu i te wharepaku matua. Kei runga, he rūma whānau motuhake e whai ana i ngā tirohanga ki te rāwhiti.
E noho whakamarie ana i ngā wā katoa o te tau me te whakahaere hau poka noa me ngā pā kōhauhau puta noa. Kua whakaritea te haumarutanga nā te mea kua taiapa katoatia, he tatau waka mamao, e tautokona ana e tētahi whare waka nui e rua ngā waka me te papa epoxy.
Kaua e ngaro i tēnei whai wāhitanga onge ki te whiwhi i tētahi kāinga e ngāwari ana te whakakotahi i te hoahoa hou, te mahi toi kounga, me tētahi momo ahurei. Meinga tēnei hei kāinga moemoeā mōu i tēnei rā!