Kei te hanga ngā kāwai kuhu whakatetonga mō te tuku i ngā nohanga whare ranei, nohanga mahi ranei i roto i te whakaaro matua. Ko te nuinga o ngā wāhi kuhu he rangi whēnua hirahira i roto i te wāhi kuhu, e āwhina ana i te kuhu me te piki atu o ngā mea rahi pērā i ngā rūkahu me ngā poaka, me etahi atu. Heoi anō ētahi kuhu poaka kuhu e mau ana i ngā ara ki runga, ara ki raro, e whakaaeae ana i te kuhu me te piki atu o ngā mea, ā, e mau ana he waewae whakapiri mō te haumi kuhu. Kei reira ngā kuhu i waenganui mai i ngā whatitanga, kei reira ngā iti hei whakamahi mō ngā kuhu whenua, ā, ngā nui mō ngā kuhu whakatetonga ki ngā wāhi paihere ake. Nā te wāhi kuhu poaka ka kitea te hunga kuhu me te whakaputu kuhu, nā te wāhi me te haumi kuhu e āhei ana i te kuhu.