He roa te hanga o ngā hanganga rakau
He pakari, he pakari hoki ngā hanganga rakau, mai i ngā whare rakau mano tau te pakeke kua tu tonu i te whakamātautau o te wā ki ngā pourewa rakau teitei e piki haere ana.

He roa te ora o ngā whare rakau
He pakari, he pakari hoki te rakau, ā, he roa te wā e whakamahia ana mō ngā tekau tau, tae noa ki ngā rautau. Heoi, kei te mau tonu te whakaaro hē ko ngā whare i hangaia ki ngā rauemi pēnei i te raima, te maitai rānei ka roa ake te ora i ngā whare i hangaia ki te rakau. Pērā i ngā rauemi hanganga katoa, ko te hoahoa whai hua te mea nui.
Kei te tū tonu ngā whare rakau tawhito tae atu ki ngā temepara Hapanihi o te rautau 8, ngā whare karakia poupou o Nōwei o te rautau 11, me ngā hanganga pou-me-kurupae maha o Ingarangi me Ūropi i ngā wā o waenganui. Haunga ō rātou tikanga ahurea, kei te mau tonu ēnei whare rakau tawhito nā te mea i hoahoatia pai, i hangaia, i tiakina hoki.
Te whare karakia o Lom stave, Nōwei | Whiwhinga whakaahua: Arvid Høidahl

He mea hou anō te mea tawhito
Mā te hoahoa me te tiaki tika, ka roa te wā e whai hua ai ngā hanganga rakau. Ahakoa he mea nui te pakari, he maha ngā āhuatanga kē atu, pērā i te kaha ki te ngāwari me te urutau ki ngā whakamahinga hou, e whakatau ana i te roa o te oranga o te whare. Inaa, i kitea e tētahi rangahau kāore he hononga nui i waenga i te pūnaha hanganga e whakamahia ana me te roa o te oranga tuturu o te whare. Ko te hoko whenua, te hurihanga o ngā hiahia o te hunga noho me te hurihanga rohe te take e whakahoroa ai te whare. Hei rauemi pakari, ka taea te whakamahi anō me te hangarua, ka taea e te rakau te whakaiti i te para me te urutau ki ngā hiahia e neke haere ana.
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Te kaha me te pumau o te rakau
He rauemi pakari, he rauemi māmā hoki te rakau. Ka taea e ngā rākau te tu atu ki ngā kaha nui o te hau, te rangi, tae atu ki ngā āhuatanga kino o te taiao. Ka taea tēnei nā te mea he pūtau roa, angiangi, pakari te rakau. Ko te hoahoa roa ahurei o ēnei pakitara pūtau te mea e kaha ai te hanga o te rakau. He cellulose, he lignin, he hemicellulose ngā pakitara pūtau. Ina hurihia hei hua rakau, ka tukuna tonutia e ēnei pūtau he otinga hanganga māmā, tere hoki, he kaha e rite ana ki ētahi atu rauemi hanga whare.
Nō reira, ahakoa te mama ake o te taumaha, ka taea e ngā hua rakau te tu atu i te kaha nui—ina koa ka tukuna ngā kaha pēhi me te kume e rite ana ki te kiko o te rakau. Hei tauira, ka taea e te tapawhā Douglas-fir kotahi, 10 cm x 10 cm, te tautoko i te tata ki te 5,000 kg i roto i te pēhi e rite ana ki te kiko. Hei rauemi hanga whare, ka pai te mahi a te rakau i raro i te ahotea nā te mea he rauemi pakari—te tawhiti ka piko i mua i te pakaru, i te pakaru rānei. He pai ake te rakau mō ngā hanganga kei reira te ahotea pumau me te auau, he mea pai mō ngā hanganga e mau ana i ngā kawenga nui mō te wā roa.
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Te piko, te rerenga wai, te whakamaroke me te pakari o ngā whare rakau
Ka taea te karo i ngā take pēnei i te pirau me te harore mā te whakapaipai tika i ngā whare rakau hei ārai i te mau o te wai me te makuku. Ka taea te whakahaere i te makuku, me te karo i te pirau i roto i ngā whare rakau mā te whakamahi i ngā rautaki e whā: te piko, te rerenga wai, te whakamaroke me ngā rauemi pakari.
Ko te whakahurihuri me te rerenga wai ngā arai tuatahi. Ka āraihia te hukarere, te ua me ētahi atu puna makuku i waho o te whare e ngā taputapu whakahurihuri (pēnei i te whakakikorua me ngā rama matapihi), ā, ka panaia atu i ngā wāhi nui. Mā te rerenga wai ka tere te tango i te wai e uru ana ki waho o te hanganga, pērā i te kōhao rerenga wai kua whakauruhia ki roto i ngā pakitara ārai ua.
Ko te whakamaroke e pā ana ki te whakaputa hau, te rere o te hau me te āheinga manawa o te whare rakau. Ka taea e ngā whare rakau tino pai o ēnei rā te whakatutuki i te ātete hau nui, me te noho uruhanga tonu. I tēnei horopaki, ka horahia te makuku ki waho, ka whakaitihia te tūponotanga o te hauhautanga me te tipu o te harore, me te whakarei ake i te mahi wera.
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Te pakari taiao me te ātete ki te pirau
Haunga te whakapiko, te rerenga wai me te whakamaroke, ko te pakari tūturu o te rakau he arai anō mō te tiaki. Kei ngā ngahere o British Columbia ngā momo pakari tūturu tae atu ki te hita whero o te hauauru, te hita kōwhai me te Douglas-fir. He rerekē te ātete o ēnei momo ki ngā pepeke me te pirau i roto i tō rātou āhua tūturu, nā te nui o ngā matū waro e kiia nei ko ngā mea tango. Ko ngā mea tango he matū tūturu e whakatakotoria ana ki te ngākau o ētahi momo rākau i a rātou e huri ana i te rakau ngākau hei ngākau. He pai ēnei momo mō ngā whakamahinga o waho pērā i te taha o te pakitara, te papa, te taiepa, te tuanui me te anga matapihi—i ētahi wā ka whakamahia ki te hanga poti me ngā whakamahinga moana nā te mea he pakari tūturu.
Ka roa te mahi a ngā hanganga rakau, ā, mā te whakamahi i ngā taipitopito ātaahua ka kore e hiahiatia he maimoatanga matū. I ētahi wā, ina kitea te rakau, ā, ka pā tonu ki te wai—pērā i te papa o waho, i te taha rānei—ka whakamahia rānei ki ngā wāhi e pāngia ana e ngā pepeke keri rakau, me whakamahi pea ētahi atu tikanga. Kei roto pea i tēnei ko te whakamahi i ngā mea tiaki me ngā maimoatanga pēhanga teitei hei whakarato i te ātete atu ki te pirau. Kei te piki haere te tahuritanga o ngā kaihoahoa ki ngā otinga hoahoa auaha me ngā maimoatanga taiao ake mō te rakau e whakaiti ana, e ārai ana rānei i te whakamahinga o ngā mea tiaki matū.
Whare Taonga Tuatahi e Whā | Whiwhinga whakaahua: KK Law
Wā tuku: Paenga-whāwhā-05-2025









