Ehara i te mea he whakapaipai ataahua noa iho ngā pere hau; engari he marino, he rangimārie hoki ngā wāhi o waho. Heoi anō, ko tētahi pātai e puta ake ana i waenga i ngā kaiwhaiwhai, "Kia pēhea te roa o te ora o ngā pere hau?" Ko te whakautu e whakawhirinaki ana ki ngā rauemi i whakamahia mō te hanga, ko te pāma, te rakau, me te muka waro ētahi o ngā kōwhiringa tino rongonui.
E mōhiotia ana ngā pere hau pāwhara mō ō rātou āhua ataahua me ō rātou tangi whakamarie. I te nuinga o te wā, ka roa pea mō te 3 ki te 10 tau, i runga i te kounga o te pāwhara me ngā āhuatanga taiao e pāngia ana e rātou. He rauemi taiao te pāwhara ka ngawari ki te makuku me ngā pepeke, nō reira'He mea nui kia whakanohoia ki tētahi wāhi marumaru hei whakaroa i tō rātou oranga. Mā te tiaki auau, pērā i te horoi me te pani i tētahi hiri tiaki, ka taea hoki te whakaroa i tō rātou roa.
Ko ngā pere hau rakau, pērā i ngā mea i hangaia ki te hita, ki te paina rānei, he ataahua āhua tawhito, he oro whai kiko hoki. Ka roa pea ēnei pere i waenga i te 5 ki te 15 tau, i runga anō i te momo rakau me te tiaki e mahia ana. He pakari ake te rakau i te pīkau engari ka pāngia tonu e ngā āhuatanga o te rangi. Hei whakanui ake i tōna roanga ora, ka whakamahia'He mea tika kia mauria mai ngā pere rakau ki roto i te whare i te wā kino o te rangi, ā, kia rongoatia hoki ki ngā mea tiaki rakau.
I tētahi atu taha, he kōwhiringa hou ngā pere hau muka waro e whakamanamana ana i te roa o te ora. Ātete ki te makuku, ki ngā hihi UV, me ngā rerekētanga o te pāmahana, ka taea e ngā pere muka waro te roa mō te 20 tau, neke atu rānei, me te iti o te tiaki. Nā te mama o te āhua, ka taea te whakairi me te nekeneke ngāwari, ka waiho hei tino pai mō te hunga e hiahia ana ki te roa o te ora me te kore e whakaiti i te kounga oro.
Hei whakamutunga, he rerekē te roa o te ora o ngā pere hau i runga i te rauemi i whakamahia. Ahakoa he pīkau, he rakau, he muka waro rānei tāu e whiriwhiri ai, mā te mārama ki ō rātou āhuatanga ka āwhina i a koe ki te whakatau whai whakaaro me te pārekareka ki ngā rangi marino mō ngā tau e haere ake nei.
