1. Nō te umanga hanga te umanga matū pai, ā, he nui te hononga ki ētahi atu umanga.
Ko ngā ahumahi e pā tata ana ki te ahumahi matū pai ko: te ahuwhenua, te kakahu, te hanga whare, te ahumahi pepa, te ahumahi kai, te hanga matū o ia rā, ngā taputapu hiko, me ētahi atu. He pā tata te whanaketanga o te ahumahi matū pai ki ēnei ahumahi.
Ko te ahunga whakamua o te umanga matū pai ko te hanga rauemi mata matū taketake; i te wa ano, ko ngā hua e whakaratohia ana e te umanga matū pai ko ngā rauemi mata taketake mō ngā umanga maha atu, pēnei i te ahuwhenua, te hanga, te kakahu, te rongoā me ētahi atu umanga nui. Ko te whanaketanga o te ahuwhenua, te hanga, te kakahu, te rongoā, te hikohiko me ētahi atu umanga e pā ana ka whakarato i ngā whai wāhitanga whanaketanga mō te whanaketanga o te umanga matū pai; i te wa ano, ko te whanaketanga o te umanga matū pai ka whakatairanga i te whanaketanga o ngā umanga o runga.
2. He āhuatanga motuhake tō te umanga matū pai mō ngā ōhanga tauine
Neke atu i te 100,000 tāne te rahi o te hanga matū pai o tāwāhi. I te haurua tuarua o te rautau 20, ko te Hononga o Amerika me Hapani ngā kamupene hanga matū pai o te ao, e whakaatu ana i ngā āhuatanga o te tauine nui me te motuhake, kia taea ai te whakaiti tonu i ngā utu hanga. I tēnei wā, he iti te kukū o te umanga matū pai o tōku whenua, ko te nuinga he pakihi iti, ko te ōwehenga o ngā pakihi reo me te nui, inā koa ko ngā pakihi nunui, he iti.
3. He ahumahi te ahumahi matū pai rawa atu, he nui ngā tukunga o ngā poke ahumahi.
E ai ki te Pūrongo ā-Tau mō ngā Tatauranga Taiao o te tau 2012, ko ngā tukunga wai para o te umanga matū e 16.3% o ngā tukunga wai para ā-umanga o te motu, ko te tuarua tēnei; ko ngā tukunga hau hau e 6% o ngā tukunga ā-umanga o te motu, ko te tuawhā; ko ngā tukunga para totoka e 5% o ngā tukunga para totoka ā-umanga o te motu, ko te tuarima; ko ngā tukunga COD e 11.7% o ngā tukunga COD ā-umanga katoa o te motu, ko te tuatoru tēnei.
4. Ngā āhuatanga ā-wā o te ahumahi
Ko ngā ahumahi o raro e anga atu ana ki te ahumahi matū pai ko ngā mea hanga kirihou taiao, ngā paninga paura, ngā rauemi ārai, ngā kaihoko whakamahana pāmahana teitei me ētahi atu ahumahi. Ka whakamahia ngā hua whakamutunga ki ngā momo hua kirihou, rauemi hanga, rauemi tākai, taputapu whare, mīhini motuka, me ētahi atu, e kapi ana i roto i te maha o ngā wāhanga o te ōhanga ā-motu, kāore te ahumahi tonu i te kitea ngā āhuatanga huringa, engari nā te pānga o te ōhanga whānui, ka kitea ētahi rerekētanga i te huringa o te āhua ōhanga whānui. He rite tonu te huringa ahumahi ki te huringa o te mahi ōhanga whānui katoa.
5. Ngā āhuatanga ā-rohe o te ahumahi
Mai i te tirohanga o te tohatoha ā-rohe o ngā umanga matū pai o tōku whenua, he mārama te hanganga ā-rohe o ngā umanga i roto i te umanga matū pai, ko Haina ki te Rawhiti te ōwehenga nui rawa atu, ā, ko Haina ki te Raki te tuarua.
6. Ngā āhuatanga o te wā o te ahumahi
He whānui ngā mara tono o te umanga matū pai i raro iho i te whenua, ā, kāore he āhuatanga ā-wā e kitea whānuitia ana.