Ko ngā pūhiko pūmau mō ngā kāinga kei te piki tonu i tēnei wā. Ko ngā pūhiko nei e whakamāhiatia ana kia whakamāhiatia i ngā wā e hiahia ana koe, ā, he pai tonu mēnā he pānui wāhi rā, he rereke hoki mēnā e hiahia ana koe kia iti ake ngā utu mō te hiko. Ko ngā kamupani pērā i a Mingtu e whakamāhua ana i ēnei pūhiko kia pai ake, kia whai hua ake. pūhanga pūhiko āwhina nui , kāore he raru i tōu hāngā i te wā e ngaro ana te hāngā. He ara mātauranga hei whakamāhi i te hauānga, ā, he whai hua hoki i te roa. I tēnei ngā pūhiko e whakamāhi ai ngā mea maha, pērā i ngā taputapu, ngā whakamārama, ā, āki hoki i ngā waka hiko. Tirohia ngā take e pai ana ai i te whare, ā, me pēhea te whiriwhiri i tēnei e tika ana.
He nui ngā pūhiko whakamātautau, he maha ngā whai hua hei whakamāhi i te kāinga. I mua tonu, e whakamātua ana i ngā hiko mai i ngā rākau hiko (solar panels), ā, mēnā he rākau hiko kei a koe, ka whakamātua i te wā o te ahiahi, ā, ka whakamāhi i te wā o te pō. Nō reira, ka taukeke koe i tōu ake hiko i te wā i tāpirihia ai ki te rārangi hiko. Ko tēnā he mea anō: he hiko whakamātautau. Ina he hauāki, he hiko kore, pūhiko pūmau teitei ka tū tonu ngā rākau hiko, ka mahi tonu te rūma kai. He mea tino pūmau tēnei mō ngā whānau e hiahia ana kia mau tonu ngā kai, i ngā rākau hiko hoki e hiahia ana kia whakamāhi i ngā rākau hiko mō ngā whāinga hauāra. I tēnā anō, ā, āhua iti ake ngā hiko whakamātautau i ngā hiko o ngā rākau hiko, nō reira, he pai ake mō te taiao! I tēnā anō, ā, āhua iti ake ngā utu hiko i ngā pūhiko whakamātautau. Ka whakamātua i te wā i iti ai ngā utu, ā, ka whakamāhi i muri. Ko tēnei he rite ki tēnei kāinga e whakamāhi ana i tōna ake pūhiko! I ēnei wā, i ēnei wā, ka taea hoki te hoko i ngā hiko tuatahi ki te rārangi hiko hei moni. I tēnā anō, ā, he roa ngā wā o ngā pūhiko whakamātautau, nō reira, kāore he hiahia kia whakakapi i ngā wā. He iti ake ngā rākau hiko, he pai ake mō te ao. Nō reira, i tō whakamāmā, he pai ngā pūhiko whakamātautau mō te taukeke, mō te hiko whakamātautau, mō te āwhina i te taiao, ā, mō te hiko e tū tonu ana.
He uaua te whiriwhiri i tēnei wā i tēnei pūhanga matua o te kaha, engari inā he iti noa ngā whakamātautau. Ko te tuatahi, whakaaro mai ki te hiranga o te hiko e whakamahinga ana i tōu whare. Tirohia ōu tātai hei whakamārama i te whakamahinga i ia marama, ā, ko tēnei te āhua o te rahi o te pūhanga e hiahiatia ana. He āhua iti ngā pūhanga iti hei whakamāhi i ngā mahi māmā, ā, āhua nui ake ngā pūhanga hei whakamāhi i ngā taputapu nui. Ko te tuarua, tirohia te roa o te wā e mau ana i te hiko. te pūhiko e whakamāmā ai ko tāu e hiahia ana he pūhanga e mau ana i te hiko i te wā o te whakamāngōranga, i te wā e hiahiatia ana te hiko. Whakamātauria hoki te rārangi o ngā whakamāna, me whai pūhanga pai he rārangi o ngā whakamāna i ngā tau e toru, e whakaatu ana i te whakamāna o te kamupene i tana hua. Ko Mingtu he kamupene e tohu ana i ngā pūhanga pūmau, me ngā rārangi o ngā whakamāna pai, nō reira e whakamāna ana. Ko te whakamāhi anō he take. He māmā ngā whakamāhi ā, he rerekē ngā whakamāhi e hiahiatia ana te mātua. Me pātai ake koe mō ngā huarahi o te whakamāhi. Kāore pea koe e whakaaro mai ki te rārangi o te whakamāhi hoki. Ko tēnei te whakamārama i te hiranga o te hiko e whakamahinga ana i te wā e whakamahinga ana. He pai ake te rārangi nui, he uaua ake te uara! Ā, kāore pea koe e whakaaro mai ki te pānui i ngā whakamātautau, i ngā whakamātautau a ngā hoa, he aha ngā whakaaro o ngā tangata. Ko tēnei te whakamārama i te āhua o te mahinga. I tēnei āhua o ngā tohutohu, ka whai koe i tēnei pūhanga e tātai ana i tōu whare.
I te wā e whakaaro ana mō ngā pūnaha pūhiko nui mō te whare, he mea nui kia mōhio ki ētahi raruraru noa. Ko te utu nui tētahi. He utu nui ēnei pūhiko i mua, ahakoa ka whakaora rātou i te pire i muri mai, ka taea te ohorere te utu tuatahi. Kāore hoki te tāutanga i te mea māmā. I te nuinga o te wā e hiahia ana ki te kaiwhakawhanake tika, tāpiri atu utu. Tukua tētahi atu take. He nui te wāhi e tangohia ana e ngā pūhiko, kāore i te pai te wāhi o ngā whare katoa. Whakaarohia te wahi e waiho ai. He mea nui hoki te haumaru. Mēnā kāore e āta tiakihia, ka taea e te pūhiko te wera rawa, te raruraru rānei. Whaia ngā ture haumaru i ngā wā katoa. E āwangawanga ana ētahi mō te roa o te roa o te wā. He maha ngā mahi roa engari ka whakakapi pea i muri i ngā tau. Mā te mōhio ki ēnei e whakatau mēnā he pai te pākahiko nui mō tō kāinga. I Mingtu ka ngana mātou ki te hoatu i ngā mōhiohio katoa kia pai ai tō kōwhiringa mō ngā hiahia pūngao.
Ko ngā pūhiko pūmau mātua he mea whakamāhua kia whai hua ake te whakamātautau i ngā kāinga. Ko ngā pūhiko nei e whakamāhiatia ana mai i ngā pānui wāhi rā, hei tauira. Mēnā he pānui wāhi rā, ka tīmata te whakamāhiatanga i te pūngao o te rā i te wā o te āhua. I le wā i tēnei, kāore he whakamāhiatanga tonu, engari ko ngā pūhiko e whakamāhiatia ana mō te pō, i ngā wā kākāriki, i ngā wā kāore he pūngao mai i ngā pānui wāhi rā. Ko tēnei he whakamāhiatanga i te moni, nā te iti ake o te whakamāhiatanga i te rākau pūngao. He ara anō hei whakamāhua i te whai hua, ko te whakamāhiatanga i te pūngao. Ko ēnei pūhiko āpiti e mōhiotia ana i ngā wā e iti ake ngā utu, i ngā wā e nui ake ngā utu. Ka whakamāhiatia ngā pūhiko i ngā wā iti ake ngā utu, ā, ka whakamāhiatia i ngā wā nui ake ngā utu. Ka whakamāhiatia te moni i te tuhinga utu. I tēnei hoki, ko te whakamāhiatanga i te pūngao kua whakamāhiatia te iti ake o te whakamāhiatanga i te rākau pūngao i ngā wā tāwhai, i ngā wā e nui ake te whakamāhiatanga o te iwi katoa. Ko tēnei hei whakamāhiatanga i te rākau pūngao kia tāwhai, ā, pērā anō pea he āwhina ki te taiao i te iti ake o ngā rākau pūngao āhua. I tēnei, ko ngā pūhiko pūmau mātua he mea whakamāhua kia whai hua ake te whakamātautau i ngā kāinga, kia whakamāhiatia ai te moni, ā, kia pai ake hoki mō te ao. I Mingtu, tā mātou whakapono ko te whakamāhua i ngā kāinga i te pūngao mātauranga.