He mea hanga te rawhi ngongo hei whakau i te ngongo ki runga i te hononga, mā te whakau i te ngongo ki raro, ka ārai i te turuturu o te wai i roto i te ngongo i te hononga. Ko ngā taputapu rongonui ko ngā mea katoa mai i ngā miihini motuka ki ngā taputapu kaukau. Heoi, ka taea te whakamahi i ngā rawhi ngongo i roto i ngā momo ahumahi rerekē hei whakau i te kawe i ngā hua, ngā wai, ngā hau me ngā matū.

E whā ngā momo whānui o te rawhi ngongo; te tīwiri/te here, te puna, te waea me te taringa. Ka whakamahia ia rawhi ngongo rerekē i runga i te momo ngongo e pā ana me te taputapu kei te pito.

He pēhea te mahi a ngā here ngongo?

•Ka tāpirihia tuatahitia he rawhi ngongo ki te taha o te ngongo.

•Kātahi ka whakatakotoria te taha o te ngongo ki te taha o tētahi mea kua whiriwhiria.

•Me whakaukia te rawhi inaianei, me whakau te ngongo kia mau tonu, kia kore ai tetahi mea o roto e puta.

I te nuinga o te wā, kāore ngā rawhi ngongo tīwiri/rīpene e whakamahia ana mō ngā āhuatanga pēhanga tino teitei, engari ka whakamahia pinepine i ngā taiao pēhanga iti, me te wā e hiahiatia ana he otinga tere, inā koa i roto i te kāinga. Heoi anō, he maha ngā ahumahi e whakamahi ana i ēnei, tae atu ki te motuka, te ahuwhenua me temoanangā ahumahi.

Te tiaki i tō rawhi ngongo

§Kaua e whakakukū rawa i ō here, i te mea ka raru pea te pēhanga ā muri ake nei.

§ He rerekē ngā rahi o ngā rawhi ngongo, kia kaua e rahi rawa ngā rawhi i whiriwhiria e koe. Ahakoa he pai tonu te mahi a ngā rawhi nunui rawa, ka kore e ātaahua ki te titiro, ā, ka tūpono hoki ki te haumaru.

§Hei whakamutunga, ko te kounga te mea nui; kia tupato kei whakaitihia te rahi o ō rawhi ngongo me tō rātou tāutanga mēnā kei te pirangi koe kia roa te mau.