Ehara i te mea ko ngā tatau me ngā matapihi anake hei tiaki i te hau me te mahana, engari hei tiaki hoki i te haumaru o te whānau. Nō reira, i roto i te oranga o ia rā, me aro nui ki te horoi me te tiaki i ngā tatau me ngā matapihi, kia roa ake ai te ora o te whakamahinga, kia pai ake ai te mahi mā te whānau.

Ngā Tohutohu Tiaki Tatau me Matapihi
1, Kaua e whakairihia ngā mea taumaha ki runga i ngā whitiki o te tatau, ā, kaua hoki e kuru, e rakuraku rānei ngā mea koi, ka pakaru pea te peita, ka rerekē rānei te āhua o te tatau. Kaua e kaha rawa te whakamahi i te kaha ina whakatuwhera, ina kati rānei i te whitiki o te tatau.
2, Kaua e tukua te wai horoi, te wai rānei kia uru ki roto i te āputa o te papa o te karāhe ina horoia ana, kia kore ai e huri te āhua o te papa. Kaua e horoia rawatia te karāhe kia kore ai e pakaru te karāhe, kia kore ai hoki e whara. Tena koa, tonoa ngā kaimahi ngaio ki te whakatika i te karāhe pakaru.
3. Ki te kore e taea te whakatuwhera tika i te raka o te tatau, tāpirihia he hinu whakahinuhinu e tika ana pērā i te paura pene ki te kōhao kī hei whakahinuhinu.
4, Ina tangohia ngā paru i runga i te mata (pērā i ngā tapumati), ka taea te muru ki te kakahu ngohengohe i muri i te whakamakuku o te hau. He ngāwari te rakuraku i te mata ki te kakahu mārō. Mena he matotoru rawa te paru, ka taea te whakamahi i te hopi horoi koretake, te paraihe niho, te hopi horoi motuhake rānei mō ngā tāonga. Whai muri i te horoinga, horoia tonutia. Te tiaki i ngā tatau me ngā matapihi i ia rā.
 
Tirohia me te whakatika i te piripono
He wāhanga nui te pū kōhao wai o te matapihi. I roto i te oranga o ia rā, me tiaki. He mea tika kia kore e āraihia te pū kōhao taurite e ngā mea maha.
 
Horoi pinepine
Ko te aukati i te ara me te waikura o ngā tatau me ngā matapihi ngā āhuatanga e pā ana ki te ātete ua me te ātete wai. Nō reira, i roto i te tiaki o ia rā, me aro ki te horoi i te ara i ia wā kia kore ai he matūriki me te puehu e āraia; Muri iho, horoia ki te wai hopi hei ārai i te waikura o te mata.
 
Ngā whakatūpato mō te whakamahi i ngā tatau me ngā matapihi
He hononga nui anō hoki te pūkenga whakamahi i roto i te tiaki i ngā tatau me ngā matapihi. He maha ngā āhuatanga mō te whakamahi i ngā tatau me ngā matapihi: panaia, tōia hoki ngā wāhanga o waenganui me raro o te taupoki matapihi i te wā e whakatuwhera ana i te matapihi, kia roa ake ai te ora o te taupoki matapihi; Tuarua, kaua e panaia te karāhe kia kaha i te wā e whakatuwhera ana i te matapihi, ki te kore ka ngawari te ngaro o te karāhe; Hei whakamutunga, kaua te anga matapihi o te ara e pakaru i ngā mea pakeke, ki te kore ka pā te rerekētanga o te anga matapihi me te ara ki te ātete ua.