I tēnei ao wātū, he mea nui te whakamana i te oranga taiao me tōna hononga whakahirahira ki ngā ahuatanga mehanga mo ngā whare noho me ngā whakaruruhau huri noa i te motu.
Kaore e kore, he mea hiranga te tiaki taiao me ngā raruraru e whakatōrea ana i tenēi kaupapa, te whai whare noho. Mā te whakaahu i te māramatanga me te whakapono o te hapori ki ngā tikanga whare whaiaro, ka tutuki i te oranga taiao. E tika ana, he mahi whai hua te whakatairanga i ngā tikanga tiaki taiao me ngā ture hāpai whare hauora, te whakamahi i ngā hangarau auaha, kia tautoko tātou kia tāmata ai te taiao mo ngā tamariki mokopuna. Ki te tairanga i te māramatanga me te whakapono ki te kaitiakitanga mo tō tātou nei taiao, ka whai huarahi ai tātou hei iwi kia puta he iwi matatau ki ngā āhuatanga kātoa o te tiaki taiao, me te whakatū whare whaiaro e akiaki ana i te hauora me te oranga tonutanga mo tātou kātoa.
