Nā ngā whare hanga waka rīpeka i kawe i ngā mahi nui ake hei hanga i ngā waka me ngā kaiwaka e whakamahi ana i te rīpeka. E whakamahi ana ngā whare hanga nei i ngā momo hanganga nui rawa hei hanga i ngā poaka rīpeka kaha, pērā ki ngā tūru karāhi mō te whenua rānei, ki ngā waka rīpeka moana rānei. E hanga ana ngā mokopuna kairangi me te whakauru i ngā raraunga pai ki ngā reta pūngao, ki ngā pūnaha tino tūpato hei tirotiro i te kawe/whakawhiti, me ngā pūnaha haumaru matatū. I whakatūria ngā tikanga tino tūpato hei whakarite i ngā waka rīpeka ki ngā paerewa o te ao hei tirotiro i te haumaru, te whanaketanga, me te tiaki i te taiao. Nā te rangahau me te whakapakari ā-wāhanga i ngā whare hanga nei i whakapai i ngā hanga waka rīpeka, i whakapai i te whanaketanga pūngao, me te whakatinana i te haumaru o te kawe rīpeka.