Kei konei ngā whitu mea e kimi ana inā hiahiatia te kōwhiringa i ngā paparanga kihini mārouri mā i tō kaupapa. Tuatahi, me hiahiatia te āhua o tō kihini, te āhuatanga hoki o te hoahoa. E wātea ana ngā paparanga kihini mārouri mā i ngā tae rerekē, i ngā takotoranga hoki, nō reira me tino mātua pai te āhua mō te wāhi katoa o tō kihini. Kātahi ka tīpako koe i taua paparanga mārouri mā anō ki te tae makariri, kaha mēnā he kihini ōrite tōu ki ngā raina maroke, kore noa i te piko. Mēnā, arā anō, he kihini tikangia tōu, i te āhua rānei o te ao tawhito, kaua e whakamārama ki ngā paparanga mārouri mā ki ngā aroaro iti/kowhatu iti.
Kāore anō pea i tino pai te mātai, engari ko ngā paparanga mahi mā white quartz he mea tino kaha hoki; he panaunga ki te karapoti, ki te totohu, me te wera. Ka rite tonu ai ki ngā kīhini hūmarie, e mōhiotia ana ki te pouri me te whakamaroke. Ko te mea pono, me te iti nei o te tiaki, ka taea e ngā paparanga mahi mā white quartz te noho pai, ka roa te ora, kaore hoki i te ngaro i tō rātou āhua, i tō rātou mana. Hei tauira, mēnā ka honoa ki tētahi Rāpua Kōrero ka taea te waihanga i tētahi taiao kīhini māmā.
Heoi anō, he maha ngā whanonga o ngā paparanga quartz mā, ā, ka taea te whakaaetia ki te tae, ki te āhua rānei o ngā kete kihini. Māmā, ranei, hāngai, me ngā paparanga mā ka taea e koe te whiriwhiri i te hoahoa kete; ahakoa ko ngā kete mā takotoranga taketake mō te āhua kore-puta, nō reira ko ngā kete hōhonu kua kīia ki ngā tae ataahua. Hei tauira pai tēnei mō ngā kaitiaki kāinga e hiahia ana kia huri te āhua o tō rātou kihini ia tekau mā rua tau engari kāore e hiahia kia whakauru ki tētahi kaupapa tae.
Ko ngā paparanga kīhinē he parauri he maha ngā kainoho e hiahia ana kia whai tatauranga hōu o rātou kīhini. Ko ngā paparanga parauri he ara tere ki te whakanui i te āhua o tō kīhini, kaua ko te parauri anake. Engari he nui ake i te āhua pai ngā paparanga parauri: he nui ngā hua whai take e tuku ana i te whakapai ake mō tētahi kāinga. Anō hea, he pai te takotoranga o te parauri me ngā matērahi pērā i Māpara Hangaia mō ngā paparanga, mō ngā taarua.

Te maru: Ko ngā paparanga parauri, pērā me ngā hua pēnei, he roa te ora. He matū kaha, he maeneene: Ko te parauri he matū kaha e kore e māminga, e iti ai te māwherowhero, e iti ai te mate i te wera. E uru ana tēnei ki te mea ka pai tonu te āhua o ō paparanga parauri i ngā tau e tū ake nei, ahakoa te whakamahinga ia rā i tētahi kīhini ngahau. Anō hea, he kāreo ngota te parauri nō reira e iti ana te putanga o ngā pāpaku, o ngā māwherowhero, i ngā matērahi pēnei. E whiriwhiri hoki maha ngā kainoho ki te whakapaipai i ō rātou paparanga parauri me tētahi Tepu Kawhe ki te pupuri i ētahi arataki kia ū tonu ki te wāhi noho.

He mea māma te tiaki i ngā paparanga mahi ma. Arā, e kore e hiahiatia te pāpaku whakaputa me te whakaputa anō hei pupuri i tana āhua hou, heoi anō ko te pāpaku kore-kirikiri ia, nō reira e kore ana e hiahiatia te pāpaku whakaputa. Me tīniro noa koe ki te weieraite māmā me te wai hei horoi i tō paparanga mahi ma, ka puta ai te āhua o ngā paparanga hou, takitahi hou i ia wā.

Ko ngā paparanga mahi ma e rite tonu ana te āhua me te roa o te ora. He āhua mā, hou hoki te āhua o te ma, e āwhina ana i te whakaahua o te wāhi i tō kihini, ka pai ake ai te karangatanga, ā, he mea tino kaha hoki nō reira ka mōhio koe ka taea e ia ngā herekenga o te ao noho. Ahakoa he aroha nui koe ki te arataki hou, ki te arataki tūturu rānei, ka taea e ngā paparanga mahi ma te whakanui i ētahi momo kihini, ētahi tae hoki. Whakamātauria hoki te whakakotahi i te quartz me Terrazzo ngā elemeni hei hurihuri hou, hou hoki ki tō hoahoa kihini.
E tuku ana mātou i tētahi ratonga kotahi-tūwae katoa—mai i te hoahoa, te hanganga tata, te pakete, ki te āwhina i te whakauru ki ngā wāhi pāpaku—ka tukuna e mātou ngā raihana takotoranga kōhatu e āwhina ai i te kaupapa tūhuratanga uaua, ā, ko ngā kiritaki o te ao e mahi tahi ana.
Ka whakahaere mātou i ngā whare hanga e toru e 200,000 m² te nui, kei te taputapu 20 mātātoko gangsaw, 8 kātata inarāweri, me ngā raina paraihe 4 katoa anuanu, ka tukuna e mātou he huinga nui o te 1 miriona m² ia tau mā ngā papa, ngā tapa, me ngā hua takirua kua tapahia.
Mai i te 20 tau neke atu rānei te mātauranga ki te ahumahi kōhatu, kua paingia e mātou te ISO9001 me te ISO14001, ka arataki mātou ki te aronga “kounga tuatahi, mana tūmatanui”, kia noho tūpono, tū aroaro hoki ai te hāngaitanga o te hāpai i te taiao.
Kei te pupuri mātou i ngā hononga tūmatanui ki ngā puna matua o te ao, e tiaki ana i ngā rawa umanga matua, e whakarite ana hoki i tētahi arataki tūpono, maha rānei kia tutuki ai ngā inoi tūmatanui me ngā ota nui-āhuatanga.