Ko ngā kau tetahi o ngā kararehe e tino whakamahia ana i roto i te ahuwhenua ahumahi, e pāngia ana e ngā mahi e whakatairanga ana i te whakaputanga i runga i te oranga. Hei tauira, ka akiakihia ngā kau miraka ki roto i ngā huringa whakawhānau me te tango miraka, me te mamae nui o te tinana me te hinengaro. Ka wehea ngā kuao kau i ō rātou whaea i muri tata mai i te whānautanga—he mahi e whakararuraru nui ana i te tokorua—ko ngā kuao kau tāne ia ka tukuna ki te umanga kuao kau, ka pāngia rātou e te ora poto, te ora iti i mua i te patunga.
I taua wā, ka pāngia ngā kau kau e ngā tikanga mamae pēnei i te parani, te tango i ngā haona, me te tango i te tara, he maha ngā wā kāore he mate whakamoe. Ko ō rātou oranga e tohuhia ana e te kiki o ngā wāhi whāngai kararehe, ngā āhuatanga kāore i te pai, me te kawe taumaha ki ngā whare patu kararehe. Ahakoa he tangata mohio, he tangata pāpori e kaha ana ki te hanga hononga kaha, ka whakaitihia ngā kau ki ngā waeine whakaputa i roto i tētahi pūnaha e whakakore ana i a rātou i ngā herekoretanga taketake.
Haunga ngā āwangawanga matatika, ka puta hoki i te ahuwhenua kau te kino nui ki te taiao—he nui te pānga ki ngā tukunga hau kati kōtuhi, te whakangaromanga ngahere, me te whakamahinga wai kore pumau. E whakamārama ana tēnei kāwai i te mamae huna o ngā kau, ngā kau miraka, me ngā kuao kau, me ngā hua whānui o te taiao o tā rātou whakamahinga. Mā te tirotiro i ēnei āhuatanga tūturu, ka tono mai kia pātai tātou ki ngā mahi kua noa, kia rapu huarahi aroha, tauwhiro hoki mō te mahi kai.
E miriona ngā kau e mamae nui ana i roto i ngā umanga mīti me te miraka, ā, e huna ana tō rātou āhua i te tirohanga a te marea. Mai i te kikī me te werawera o ngā taraka kawe ki ngā wā whakamutunga whakamataku i roto i ngā whare patu kararehe, ka pāngia ēnei kararehe whai whakaaro e te kore aro me te tukino. Nā te korenga o ngā mea e hiahiatia ana pērā i te kai, te wai, me te okiokinga i ngā haerenga roa i roto i te huarere kino, he tokomaha ka mate i te ngenge, i te whara rānei i mua i te taenga ki tō rātou ūnga kino. I ngā whare patu kararehe, ko ngā mahi e aro ana ki te moni ka hua ake te noho mataara tonu o ngā kararehe i roto i ngā tikanga nanakia. E whakaatu ana tēnei tuhinga i te tukino pūnaha kua mau ki roto i ēnei umanga, me te tautoko i te mōhiotanga nui ake me te neke ki ngā kōwhiringa tipu hei ara aroha ki mua










