Ko ngā whare hanga motokā hiko whakamahere he wāhi hanga matua e whai ake ana i te whakapuaki i ngā motokā katoa e whakahaere ana i te hiko rae. E whakamahi ana ngā whare hanga nei i ngā momo hanga tūhono hiko ā-motu me ngā momo hanga toko rangi motokā-tatai tūtonu. E mahi ana ngā mātau hanga me ngā mātau pūnaha ki te whakaatu me te hanga i ngā motokā e whai ana i ngā pūnaha hiko nui, ngā pūtake hiko tūmanawa, me ngā paepae tūpuhi. Ko ngā kaupapa haumanu pai utu e tirotiro ana kia tukuna ngā taumata katoa o ia motokā ki ngā tauira haumaru, pai rawa, me ngā tauira noa iho. Kei te whai ake tonu ngā mahi rangahau me te whanaketanga hei whakatipu i te oranga o ngā pūtake hiko, i te waenga o te whakarite, me te whakangungu hoki o te motokā katoa, me te whakatōmuri i te ara whakamua o ngā whakahaere kawe hiko.